Ancient History Vedic Age MCQ (Set-1) 1. Who is the author of the Ramayana? Ved Vyas Valmiki Kalidasa Tulsidas 2. The original name of Maharshi Valmiki was Ratnakar Vishwamitra Bharadwaj Agastya 3. Initially, Ramayana contained how many verses? 12,000 18,000 6,000 24,000 4. The final number of verses in the Ramayana is approximately the following: 10,000 24,000 50,000 100,000 5. Who wrote the Mahabharata? Valmiki Ved Vyas Panini Chanakya 6. Mahabharata is known as the following: Shortest epic Oldest Veda Religious code Longest epic 7. The Mahabharata originally began with the following: 6000 verses 8800 verses 10,000 verses 24,000 verses 8. Shanti Parva belongs to which epic? Mahabharata Ramayana Rigveda Upanishads 9. Indra is the god of: Fire Water Thunder & Rain Wind 10. Number of hymns dedicated to Indra in Rigveda: 100 150 250 500 11. Rudra is associated with: Creation Preservation Destruction Wealth 12. Varuna is the god of: Fire Air Water & Moral Order Sun 13. Agni is the god of: Wind Fire Water Sky 14. Surya is known as: God of war God of wind Source of life God of wealth 15. Aditi is known as: Goddess of earth Mother of Gods Goddess of wealth Goddess of dawn 16. The Varaha avatar is associated with the following: Fish Lion Boar Horse 17. The Varaha avatar was taken by Vishnu to: Destroy demons Save Earth from water Create universe Spread religion 18. Which is NOT an avatar of Vishnu? Matsya Indra Kurma Kalki 19. Ninth avatar of Vishnu: Krishna Rama Buddha Vamana 20. The Kalki avatar is known as Warrior King Sage Farmer 21. Ancient name of Indus River: Vipasha Sindhu Vitasta Saraswati 22. Jhelum was known as: Asikini Purushni Vitasta Shutudri 23. The Saraswati River was also called: Naditarna Sadanira Kaushiki . Kubha 24. Avesta is: Indian text Persian text Iranian language text Buddhist text 25. "Dasa/Dasyus" refers to Kings Priests Indigenous people Warriors 26. Later Vedic Age period: 1500–1000 BC 1000–600 BC 600–200 BC 200–100 BC 27. Aryans expanded eastward using: Gold tools Stone tools Fire & Iron tools Copper tools 28. Vedic religion is dominated by the following: Kings Brahmins Traders Soldiers 29. Another name of Vedic religion: Shaivism Vaishnavism Brahmanism Buddhism 30. Varna system originally divided: Rich & poor Aryans & non-Aryans Kings & priests Tribes 31. Vajapeya is: Fire ritual Soma Yajna War ritual Marriage ritual 32. Rajasuya Yajna is related to the following: Agriculture King's consecration War Trade 33. Ashvamedha is Fire ritual Horse sacrifice Water ritual Sun worship 34. "Rajanyas" refers to Farmers King’s relatives Traders Priests 35. Gotra means: Tribe Family head Cowpen/clan lineage Village Your score is Restart quiz Send feedback