Varna System

Q. The varna system in the Early Vedic age was based on . The varna system in the Later Vedic age was based on .

1. skill
2. birth
3. place
4. time

Q. What was the major drawback of the historic classification made by James Mill?

1. The simultaneous existence of different faiths and rulers.
2. The classification based on religion was not reasonable.
3. All the above
4. The ignorance towards the Indian system.

Q. Visheshta was watching a movie about how a priest stops a shoemaker from entering the temple. The same priest is respected and given gifts by the king. She was confused as to why this discrimination existed. Her father told her that it was because of the class system from the time.

Which class do you think the shoemaker must have belonged to?

1. Vaishya
2. Brahmin
3. Shudra
4. Kshatriya

Q.

Rigveda was written in which language?

1. Vedic Sanskrit

2. Sanskrit

3. Vedic Hindi

4. None of the above

Q. Which of the following is not a religion?

1. Zoroastrianism
2. Jainism
3. Judaism
4. Communism

Q. Bourgeoisie refers to the _______ class of the society.

1. middle
2. top
3. bottom
4. intermediate

Q. According to the Varna system, a person's social position was determined by his/her ____

1. Political power
2. Varna
3. Weatlh
4. Educational achievement

Q. Match the following varnas with their respective occupations:

1. Priestly class
2. Warrior class
3. Agriculture/Business
4. Menial jobs

Q. Ali was reading about the discriminating Vedic rituals. He read about how the scholars tried to make a transition from Vedic ritualism by creating a philosophical text that included ideas from Hinduism, some of which were shared across Buddhism and Jainism.

Do you remember what this text was called?

1. Upanishads
2. Vedas
3. Shaivapurana
4. Vishnupurana

Q. What did the bakers wear: When the author was young

Q.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LATER VEDIC PERIOD AND EARLY VEDIC PRIOD

Q. S1: Science has given us powers fit for the gods.
S6: And we should remember that they are very stern masters.
P: For example, we do not know how to manage our machines.
Q: Yet we use them like small children.
R: But in practice, they have become man's masters.
S: Machines were made to be man's servants.
The proper sequence should be:

1. RQPS
2. PQRS
3. QPRS
4. QPSR

Q. Which of the following defines 'caste'?

1. System of irrigation.
2. Collection of sacred hymns.
3. Occupation based on skills.
4. Fixed social class into which a person is born.

Q. Who was witnessing the whole course of Surender’s miserliness?

Q. Assertion(A): The varna system existed during the Vedic Period.

Reason(R): The 8th Mandala of Rig Veda mentions about the varna system.

1. A is true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true.
3. Both A and R are false.
4. A is true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Q. Choose the correct pairs.

1. Brahmins
2. Kshatriyas
3. Traders
4. Priestly Class
5. Shudras
6. Discriminated
7. Warriors
8. Vaishyas

Q. Visheshta was watching a movie about how a priest stops a shoemaker from entering the temple. The same priest is respected and given gifts by the king. She was confused as to why this discrimination existed. Her father told her that it was because of the class system from the time.

Which class do you think the shoemaker must have belonged to?

1. Vaishya
2. Brahmin
3. Shudra
4. Kshatriya