Set 3 | Important Languages and Literature of India MCQs

Correct Answer is A.

• Vedas are the earliest known literature in India.
• The Vedas were handed down orally from one generation to the other and later written in Sanskrit.
• The word ‘Veda’ literally means knowledge. In Hindu culture, Vedas are considered as eternal and divine revelations.
• They treat the whole world as one human family Vasudev Kutumbakam.
• There are 4 Vedas- Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda.
• Each Veda consists of the Brahmanas, the Upanishads and the Aranyakas.

Correct Answer is C.

• There are four Vedas – Rig Veda(Knowledge about social, political and economic condition of ancient India), Yajur Veda(Yajur means Sacrifice or Worship), Sama Veda(Melody or songs) and Atharva Veda(For Diseases).

Correct Answer is A, B & C.

• The Rig Veda, Sama Veda and the Yajur Veda are collectively known as Traji.
• That means “Threefold Knowledge”.

Correct Answer is D.

• The Rig Veda is the earliest of the Vedas.
• The text is organised in 10 books, known as Mandalas, of varying age and length.
• It is a collection of 1028 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit.
• Many of these are beautiful descriptions of nature.
• The prayers are for seeking worldly prosperity and for the development of a highly cultured society.
• Along with religion, Rig Veda provides us knowledge about social, political and economic condition of ancient India.

Correct Answer is B.

• There are 10 Mandalas, 1028 hymns in Rig Veda.
• The majority of the hymns are about life, death, creation, sacrifice and seeking godly pleasure or soma.
• The entire Rig Vedic hymns are dedicated to various deities, specifically to their chief deity, Indra.

Correct Answer is A.

• Yajur means Sacrifice or worship. This Veda is concerned mostly with rites and mantras of different sacrifices.
• It gives directions for the performance of the yajnas. It has both poetic and prose renderings.
• Being a treatise on rituals, it is the most popular of the four Vedas.

Correct Answer is C.

• There are two major branches of Yajur Veda, namely Shukla and Krishna Yajur Veda i.e. Vajasaneyi Samhita and Taitriya Samhita.

Correct Answer is A.

• Sama means melody or songs. The Sama Veda prescribes the tunes for the recitation of the hymns of Rig Veda.
• It may be called the book of Chants(Saman).
• This book is an evidence of the development of Indian music during this period.

Correct Answer is C.

• The Atharva Veda is also known as the Brahma Veda.
• It contains treatment for ninety-nine diseases.
• The Atharva Veda is of immense values as it represents the religious ideas at an early period of civilisation.
• This book gives detailed information about the family, social and political life of the later Vedic period.

Correct Answer is B.

• The Charanavyuha mentions four Upavedas i.e. Dhanurveda, Sthapatyaveda, Gandharvaveda and Ayurveda.
• The term Upaveda(applied knowledge) is used in traditional literature to designate the subjects of certain technical works.