Vedic Age MCQ Question and Answer | History MCQ Question

In the Vedic period, the 'Sabha' was an important institution with significant functions within the society. It played a major role in the administration and governance of the community.

The 'Sabha' was primarily an assembly of all citizens who had the right to participate in discussions and decision-making. It functioned as a form of national assembly where important matters were debated and decisions were made.

This institution was a part of the political structure and was considered a democratic body that represented the collective voice of the people. The members of the 'Sabha' had the power to make decisions on various issues, including governance, law-making, and other administrative matters.

Other options do not accurately describe the 'Sabha':

Option A: 'Institution of professional men in villages' refers to a different type of local assembly.

Option B: 'Royal Court' refers to a different type of judicial or executive body under the king.

Option C: 'Mantri Parishad' refers to a council of ministers, which was different from the 'Sabha'.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

Option D: National Assembly of all Citizens of the State

In Vedic age the king used to collect Bali from the people which is an offering made to king or God. It was voluntarily paid in Rig-Vedic Period but later it was made compulsory.

Ramayana happened 5114 BC i.e.; in Tretayuga. According to Hindu belief a Kalpa is the half day (excluding night) of Brahma, the god of creation. As per various Puranas Lord Rama was born in Treta Yuga.

In early Hinduism, Varuna Sanskrit (meaning "to surround") was a Vedic solar god who, in Hindu mythology, presided over the celestial ocean surrounding the earth. In ancient India, he enjoyed supremacy over the Vedic pantheon as the god of the universal law/moral order (rta), though he was eventually usurped by Indra, the god of storms.

The Mimamsa accept the logical and philosophical teachings of the other schools, they insist that salvation can only be attained by acting in accordance with the prescriptions of the Vedas. It says that the essence of the Vedas is dharma. By the execution of dharma one earns merit which leads one to heaven after death. If one does not follow one's dharma or prescribed duties, then one incurs sin and as a consequence suffers in hell.

The Mimamsa Sutra or the Purva Mimamsa Sutras (300–200 BCE), written by Rishi Jaimini is one of the most important ancient Hindu philosophical texts. It forms the basis of Mimamsa, the earliest of the six orthodox schools (darshanas) of Indian philosophy. According to tradition, sage Jaimini was one of the disciples of sage Veda Vyasa, the author of Mahabharata.

VishishtAdvaita (literally "Advaita with uniqueness; qualifications") is a non-dualistic school of Vedanta philosophy. It is non-dualism of the qualified whole, in which Brahman alone exists, but is characterized by multiplicity. It can be described as qualified monism or qualified non-dualism or attributive monism.

Gargi,Maitrey and Kapila all were great philosophers of Vedic Age. They all belonged to Mithila (present-Bihar). Mithila is a geographical and cultural region located in the Indian subcontinent, comprising Tirhut, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Munger, Bhagalpur and Santhal Pargana divisions of India and some adjoining districts of Nepal. The native language is known as Maithili and its speakers are referred to as Maithils.

During the Rig Vedic period only copper was used for which the general term - 'ayas' has been used. In a later period when iron came into use, copper and iron came to be known as lohit ayas and syam ayas respectively.

The Vedas were composed and orally transmitted with precision by speakers of an Old Indo-Aryan language who had migrated into the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent early in this period. The associated Vedic culture was tribal and pastoral until c. 1200 or 1100 BCE and centred in the Punjab.