History Quiz (Vedic Dose)

Q 1:Tantric ideas appeared in the .................. Some regard Tantra also as Sruti which is generally used to refer to the Veda.
Atharva Veda
Samveda
Yajurveda

Q 2:The term `..................` is often met with in different works. Generally it is taken to denote the people beyond the purview of the four castes of the ancient Indian societies. Several researches and surveys have been done on the ancient societies of India.

Mimamsa
Mleccha
Marmas

Q 3:The rashtra (polity) was governed by a rajan (chieftain, 'king'). The king is often referred to as ............... (protector) and occasionally as samrat (supreme ruler).
krishti
vishpati
gopa

Q 4:The line in the ..............., "Daksha sprang from Aditi and Aditi from Daksha" has reference to "the eternal cyclic re-birth of the same divine essence". In one of the most mystic aspects, Aditi is divine wisdom. Aditi is the goddess of space, consciousness, the past, the future, and fertility.
Rig Veda
Upanishads
Aranyakas

Q 5:............is an exalted divinity in the Rig Veda, sometimes spoken of in the plural, "the Dawns." She is portrayed as welcoming birds and warding off evil spirits, and as a beautifully adorned young woman riding in a golden chariot on her path across the sky.
Prithvi
Usha
Aditi

Q 6:With his wife Prasuti, he is the father of thirteen daughters, namely Aditi, Diti, Dānu, Kala, Danāyū, Sinhika, Krodha, Pradha, Viswa, Vinata, Kapila, Muni, and Kadru.Many of whom were married to Soma. Daksha found that Soma overly favored one daughter (Rohini) over the others, thus neglecting their needs and flouting his responsibilities. For this, he cursed Soma to wither and die. The daughters intervened and made his death periodic, symbolized by the waxing and waning of the moon.Whose daughters and wife are we talking of?
Agni
Indra
Daksha

Q 7:It is described as prepared by extracting juice from the stalks of a certain plant. In both Vedic and Zoroastrian tradition, the drink is identified with the plant, and also personified as a divinity, the three forming a religious or mythological unity.Which drink are we talking of?
Soma
Henqet
Sattva

Q 8:The Ninth Mandala of the ............ is known as the Soma Mandala. It consists entirely of hymns addressed to Soma Pavamana ("purified Soma"). The drink Soma was kept and distributed by the Gandharvas.
Yajurveda
Rigveda
Atharvaveda

Q 9:In Hindu law, a ............... marriage is one contracted by mutual consent and without formal rituals.
Arsha
Prajapatya
Gandharva

Q 10:Rite of the ...............- when a man by stealth seduces a girl who is sleeping or intoxicated or is mentally disbalanced or handicapped.
Pisaka
Gandharva
Rishis