Ancient History GK Quiz with Answers

There are 33 gods and goddesses mentioned in the Rigveda. Goddesses like Surya, Usha and Aditi have been described in this Veda. In this, Agni has been called Aashirsha, Apad, Ghritmukh, Ghrit Page, Ghrit-Lom, Archilom and Vabhralom. In this, Indra is considered to be the universally accepted and most powerful god.

The main deity of Rigveda was Indra.

In eighteen Puranas, the stories of sin and virtue, religion and unrighteousness, karma and non-karma have been told considering different Gods and Goddesses as the center. In some Puranas, details of creation from beginning to end have been given.

In the Vedic period, various principles of nature were worshiped as deities. Prominent among these deities were Sun, Fire, Air, Rain, Earth, Water etc. Various Vaishvinas of nature were worshiped as deities.

There are following four ashrams:

• Brahmacharya – student

• Grihastha – household household

• Vanaprastha – Forest traveler/forest dweller

• Sanyas – renunciation

The period before the later Vedic period in which the verses of the Rigveda were composed. The language of these verses is called Rigvedic language. Rigvedic language is a language of the Indo-European language family. Its later daughter languages are Avesta, Old Persian, Pali, Prakrit and Sanskrit.

Classical singing is tune-oriented, not word-oriented. In this, the importance is of tone (its rise and fall, not the words and meaning). While only the ears accustomed to the practice of classical music and sound can understand it, even the unaccustomed ears can enjoy the pleasure of country songs or folk songs just by knowing the meaning of the words.

Sir Monier Williams, describes Brahmanism as a spiritual doctrine that identifies God with the universe. Brahma is simply a creator in the sense of being, the first evolution emanating from the One Spirit, the evolution from which all other evolutions have proceeded.

Who has written 'Mitakshara', a book on Hindu law? Mitakshara is Vijnaneshwar's commentary on Yajnavalkya Smriti, composed in the 11th century. This book is famous for the principle of 'inheritance by birth'.

The present Garhwal, spread across five sections of the Himalayas from Haridwar to Mount Kailash, was known by the name Kedarkhand in ancient times. The detail of Kedarkhand is given in Chapter 40 of Skanda Purana (Kedarkhand). In the Puranas, Kedarkhand is considered as heaven.