Tnpsc Vedic interview questions

The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the

1. Chhandogyopanishad
2. Mundakopnishad
3. Kathopanishad
4. Kenopanishad

The game of ‘dice’ was part of the ritual of

1. Agnistoma
2. Aswamegha
3. Rajasurya
4. Vajapeya

The famous ‘Battle of Kings’ between Bharat and the host of ten kings was fought near the river

1. Vitasta
2. Parushni
3. Saraswati
4. Sindhu

Which river has not been mentioned in Rig Veda?

1. Sindhu
2. Narmada
3. Tapti
4. Saraswati

The Manu Smriti mainly deals with

1. Economics
2. Social order
3. Laws
4. State craft

Which one of the following primarily deals with the construction of sacrificial altars?

1. Brahmasutra
2. Dharmasutra
3. Grihyasutra
4. Sulvasutra

Which of the following Mandalas of Rig Veda is described the battle of ten kings?

1. Second Mandala
2. Fifth Mandala
3. Seventh Mandala
4. Ninth Mandala

Who is the propounder of the theory that the Rig Vedic Aryans and the Harappans might have been the same people?

1. R.S. Sharma
2. Romila Thapar
3. H.D. Sankalia
4. B.B. Lal

Which of the following does not come under shruti literature?

1. Aranyaka
2. Brahmana
3. Upanishad
4. Vedanga

Which of the following Mandalas is completely devoted to the Vedic God Soma?

1. 1
2. 5
3. 9
4. 10

The flood Legend in which a divine fish has been described as rescuing Manu occurs in detail in

1. Rig Veda samhita
2. Vajasaneyi samhita
3. Satapatha Brahmana
4. Aitareya Brahmana

Who among the following was a Brahmavadini that composed some hymns of the Vedas?

1. Gargi
2. Lopamudra
3. Savitri
4. Leelavati

The world ‘Aryan’ denotes

1. Superior race
2. Speech group
3. Nomadic people
4. Ethnic group

Who wrote the first text book on Jyotis?

1. Katyayan
2. Bhrigu
3. Patanjali
4. Panini

A story of Sunahsesha, in which his father Ajigarta is stated to have sold him to Harischandra occurs in

1. Aitareya Brahmana
2. Gopatha Brahmana
3. Svetasvatara Upanishad
4. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Which of the following upnishads is written in prose?

1. Svetasvatara
2. Katha
3. Brihadaranyaka
4. Isa

King Asvapati of the Upanishadic Age was the ruler of

1. Sursena
2. Panchala
3. Matsya
4. Kekaya

The article of Indian constitution related to abolition of untouchability is

1. Article 15
2. Article 16
3. Article 18
4. Article 19

Which of the following Upanishads includes Itihasa – Purana in the list of subjects to be taught to disciples?

1. Mundaka Upanishad
2. Chhandogya Upanishad
3. Prasna Upanishad
4. Katha Upanishad

Who among the following Vedic deities bears resemblance with Avestan God ‘Ahurmazda’?

1. Varuna
2. Indra
3. Rudra
4. Vishnu

Which of the following Vedic deities is not mentioned in the Boghazkoi inscription?

1. Agni
2. Mitra
3. Indra
4. Varun

The earliest reference to Devakiputra Krishna occurs in

1. Atharva Veda
2. Rig Veda
3. Chhandogya Upnishad
4. Satapatha Brahmana

Which one of the following assemblies was also called Narishta meaning a resolution that cannot be broken?

1. Gana
2. Vidhata
3. Sabha
4. Samiti

To which sakha does the published Rig Veda Samhita belong?

1. Sankhayana
2. Sakala
3. Asvalayan
4. Sawnaka

Who is the most important God in Rig-Veda?

1. Agni
2. Indra
3. Varun
4. Vishnu

In the Vedic Period, which animal was known as ‘Aghanya’?

1. Bull
2. Cow
3. Elephant
4. Sheep