Question 1

When did the Harappan civilization reach a stage of stagnation?

Accepted Answer

1500 BCE

Answer

2500 BCE

Answer

600 BCE

Answer

1000 BCE

Question 2

What were the indigenous inhabitants of India who came into conflict with the Aryans called?

Accepted Answer

dasas/dasyus

Answer

kurus

Answer

lichhavis

Answer

vrijji

Question 3

Where did the Aryans migrate from?

Accepted Answer

Central Asia

Answer

Persia

Answer

China

Answer

Europe

Question 4

The Vedas were written in this language.

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Answer

Prakrit

Answer

Ardhamagadhi

Answer

Pali

Question 5

What did the Aryans name the territory that they initially settled in?

Accepted Answer

Brahmavarta

Answer

Sapta Sindhu

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Brahmagiri

Answer

Aryavarta

Question 6

Who was the head of an Aryan tribe?

Accepted Answer

rajan

Answer

sannidhata

Answer

vishpati

Answer

purohita

Question 7

What was the head of the family called?

Accepted Answer

grihapati

Answer

suta

Answer

bhagadugha

Answer

vrajapati

Question 8

Women could choose their husbands in this ceremony.

Accepted Answer

swayamvara

Answer

antaryajna

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upanayana

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sankalpa

Question 9

This was the name of the intoxicating drink consumed by the Aryans:

Accepted Answer

soma

Answer

grita

Answer

dugdha

Answer

yava

Question 10

This council was a smaller assembly of important members of the tribe.

Accepted Answer

sabha

Answer

parishad

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samiti

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jana

Question 11

Who was the head of a jana?

Accepted Answer

rajan

Answer

bhagadoogh

Answer

senani

Answer

purohita

Question 12

This was the name given to the Gangetic valley by the Aryans.

Accepted Answer

Aryavarta

Answer

Videha

Answer

Brahmavarta

Answer

Kosala

Question 13

Which Veda was composed during the Early Vedic period?

Accepted Answer

Rig Veda

Answer

Yajur Veda

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Sama Veda

Answer

Atharva Veda

Question 14

The word ‘Veda’ means

Accepted Answer

knowledge

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celestial

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lore

Answer

wisdom

Question 15

Where did the Aryans first settle down after their migration to India?

Accepted Answer

Sapta Sindhu

Answer

Ayodhya

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Magadha

Answer

Gangetic valley

Question 16

Craftspeople belonged to this ‘varna’:

Accepted Answer

Vaishyas

Answer

Brahmanas

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Shudras

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Kshatriyas

Question 17

The ‘Varna’ system in this period was based on:

Accepted Answer

occupations

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wealth

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intelligence

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birth

Question 18

The Aryans who migrated to India were termed as:

Accepted Answer

Indo-Aryans

Answer

Macedonians

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Scythians

Answer

Parthians

Question 19

Which ‘varna’ protected the tribe from outside attacks?

Accepted Answer

Kshatriyas

Answer

Shudras

Answer

Brahmanas

Answer

Vaishyas

Question 20

Who was the most important god of the Aryans in this period?

Accepted Answer

Indra

Answer

Varuna

Answer

Agni

Answer

Vayu

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