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Question Bank – March 2022

Study of Vedas

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c „/…{
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c Œ•˜•
d •˜•Œ

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c De6
d .š

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b 24
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a ˜Œ
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a
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b
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a „/…{†5`
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a ˜••
b ˜•
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 1 With which word does the first mantra of Rigveda begin?
a Water
b Fire
c Air
d Sky

2 From which Sanskrit dhatu is the word Veda derived?

a Vidya
b Daan
c Vid
d Vidhi

3 Which sage composed the third mandala of Rigveda?

a Savitri Rishi
b Vishwamitra
c Vasistha
d Angiras

4 What is the meaning of the word Rik?

a Gyan
b Mantra
c Richa
d Archana

Where is the richa found about the mystery of the creation of the
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universe?
a Rigveda
b Hiranyagarbha Sukta
c Nasadiya Sukta
d All of above

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 6 Who was Ashwinikumar?
a Vaid for the gods
b Manu's Vaidya
c Vaid for the sages
d Vaid for common man

7 Asthenia, haemorrhagic artery stenosis is related to which area?

a medical
b engineering
c art
d architecture

8 What did Ritvij do?

a Completing the work of Yagya,
b teaching rich,
c offering sacrifice
d none of these

9 What is Yajurveda about?

a Astronomy,
b Medicine,
c Yadnya procedure
d Human Life

10 By what other names are the Upanishads known?

a Brahmanical texts
b Vedanta
c Method
d Economics

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 11 Which Samhita of Rigveda is fully available?
a Shakal Samhita
b Bhrigu Samhita
c Vashistha
d Vishwamitra

"Which is karma ki chodna i.e. inspirational sentences, they are

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identified by name -------
a Richa
b Mantra
c Brahmin
d Deve

13 How many chapters are there in Aitareya Brahmana?

a 20
b 40
c 60
d 80

Into how many sections are the chapters of Aitareya Brahmana

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divided?
a 285
b 258
c 582
d 825

In the Brahmanical texts of Rigveda, ....... Brahman is more familiar

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and prevalent.
a Kaushitaki
b Aitareya

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 c Taittiriya
d Jaiminiy

16 How many Rudra deities are there in Aitareya Brahmin?

a 11
b 12
c 8
d 1

17 How many hymns are there in the ten mandalas of Rigveda?

a 1028
b 8120
c 2018
d 8102

18 Who is the sage of the fifth division of Rigveda?

a Angiras
b Vishwamitra
c Atri
d Kanva

19 Who is the deity of the Anushtubh verse of Rigveda?

a Indra
b Jupiter
c Agni
d Soma

Which many different sages are related in the first mandala of

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Rigveda?
a 30

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 b 24
c 28
d 12

21 With which verse is Indra Devtaman associated?

a Jagti
b Anushtubh
c Trishtup
d Brihati

Aitareya Brahmana and Kaushitaki Brahmana are the two

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Brahmanical texts related to which Veda.
a Surdas Aitarey
b Mahidas Aitarey
c Devdas Aitarey
d Hemdas Aitarey

23 The Aitareya Brahmana text is divided into how many Panchikas?

a 8
b 10
c 40
d 5

24 What is the number of deities in Aitareya Brahmana?

a 63
b 23
c 33
d 13

25 What is the number of Aditya deities in Aitareya Brahmana?

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 a 12
b 33
c 8
d 11

26 How many chapters are there in Aitareya Upanishad?

a 3
b 6
c 8
d 12

27 What is the total number of mantras in Aitareya Upanishad?

a 28
b 33
c 36
d 12

28 Death Lok means -----

a Hell
b Earth
c Amb
d Paatal

29 Who is the creation ombudsman of the eye?

a Aditya
b Moon
c Death
d Fire

30 What is Ambh Lok full of?

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 a Water
b Light
c Dark
d Energy

31 How many branches of Yajurveda are there?

a 101
b 21
c 15
d 86

32 "Vajaseni Samhita is associated with which textual tradition?

a "Krishna Yajurveda
b Shukla Yajurveda
c Madhyandin
d Atharvaveda

33 Which is the Brahmanical text of Krishna Yajurveda?

a Maitrayani
b Kathak
c Shvetasvatara
d Taittiriya

The Maitrayani and the Kathak Samhita are connected to which of

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the sanhita?
a Taittiriya
b Madhyandin
c Kanva
d Yadnyavalkya

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 35 What is the prevailing code in South India
a Madhyandin
b Maitrayani
c Vajasaneya
d None of these

36 How many chapters are there in Shatpath Brahmin

a 1000
b 100
c 10
d 100000

37 How many Kand are there in Kanva Shatapath Brahmin?

a 17
b 13
c 71
d 21

What has been called truth from the point of view of ethics and
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inspiration?
a Eye
b Ear
c Hand
d Best

39 In the Brahman Granth, there is a study of .......,

a Scientific
b Adhibhautik
c Spiritual
d All of Above

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 40 ...... Vai Shresthamo Dharma:
a Dnyan
b Yagyao
c Dhyano
d Dano

41 Aaranyas in Gopath Brahmin, in Manusmriti are called as ....

a Rahasy brahman
b Sankalp brahman
c Sabrahman
d None of them

42 Who is the best among all the senses?

a Buddhi
b Prana
c Heart
d Eyes

43 How many sections are there in Maitrayaniya Aranyaka?

a 73
b 37
c 75
d 57

44 Where is the first mention of Yagyopaveet found?

a Taittiriya Aranyaka
b Ramayana Mahabharata
c Brihadaranyaka
d Kanva Samhita

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 45 Who is the commentator of Taittiriya Brahmana?
a Sayan
b Bhattabhaskar Mishra
c Option 1 and 2
d Not out of these

46 Vedanta and Brahmavidya are the two names of .......

a Brahman Granth
b Samhita
c Veda
d Upanishad

47 How many Upanishads are there in Yajurveda?

a 108
b 18
c 180
d 801

48 From which branch of Yajurveda is Ishavasyo Upanishad?

a Shukla yajurveda
b Krishna Yajurveda
c Svetasvetar Yajurveda
d None of these

49 How many poems (verse) are there in Ishavasyopanishad?

a 108
b 18
c 180
d 810

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 50 Where do you get to read the story of Nachiketa?
a Ishavasyopanishad
b Svetasvetra
c Kathopanishad
d Brihadaranyaka

According to Kathopanishad, who is the driver of the chariot of the

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body?
a Soul
b Shri Krishna
c Buddhi
d Brahma

52 In which swaras is Rigveda sung?

a Udattat
b Anudattat
c Swarit
d All of them

After the Samaveda, in which texts the written education of music is

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found?
a Sapta Sargam
b Sangeet Ratnakar
c Nardiya Shiksha
d Option 2 and 3

54 What is the biggest sacrifice in Somayag?

a Ghrit
b Soma Ras
c Angiras

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 d None of these

To be engrossed in music by associating one's components with the

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melody of the song is called..?
a body language
b Gatraveena
c Deh Veena
d Gatra Sangeet

56 Who has the most pure voice?

a Venu (Bambu)
b Pakhwaj
c Veena
d Gandhar

57 Which are three schools of samaved?

a Kouthum
b Ranaayaniy
c Jaiminiy
d All of them

58 Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita : Vedanam.......Vedosmin

a Rigveda
b Yajus
c Sam
d Atharva

59 Which is the Brahmanical text of Atharvaveda?

a Gopathabrahmin
b Shatapatha brahmin

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 c Kathabrahmin
d None of these

60 Where is the first mention of the concept of reincarnation found?

a Gopathabrahman
b Shatapatha Brahman
c Kathabrahman
d Chhandogya Upanishad Brahman

61 How many times bigger is Jaimini Brahmin than Tandya Brahmin?

a 2
b 3
c 4
d 6

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