ANSWER:C
SOLUTION : Division of the Vedic society into four classes is clearly mentioned in the purusa sukta of rig veda. The Purusha sukta visualised the four varnas as hierarchical.

ANSWER:D
SOLUTION: A few ancient Upanishads, especially the ones derived from the Brahmanas, also contain information about them to denote their spiritual significance. Apart from the Vedas, our knowledge of rituals also comes to us from other sources such as the Tantras, Agama Shastras, and several Vaishnava texts.

ANSWER:C
SOLUTION:The Upanishads are a collection of texts of religious and philosophical nature, written in India probably between c. 800 BCE and c. 500 BCE, during a time when Indian society started to question the traditional Vedic religious order. Some of their speculations and philosophy were compiled into the Upanishads.

ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:In India Aryans first settled in the Land of Seven Rivers then known as Saptasindhva. Saptasindhva is the region of modern Punjab.

ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: Vishnu Sharma was an Indian scholar and author who is believed to have written the Panchatantra collection of fables. The exact period of the composition of the Panchatantra is uncertain, and estimates vary from 1200 BCE to 300 CE.

ANSWER:B
SOLUTION : “Satyameva Jayate” (Truth alone triumphs) is a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad.

ANSWER:A
SOLUTION: Indra a war god, breaker of forts (Purandra). Indra was the most important divinity and was lord of war. He destroyed the forts of Dasyus, so also known as Purandhar.

ANSWER:C
SOLUTION: The Kula i.e. the family was the basis of both social and political organisations. Unit of Kula (the family) is headed by Kulapa. The Grama was above the Kula. A group of Kula (families) formed a Grama (the village). Unit of Grama (the village) is headed by Gramani. The Vis was above the Grama. A group of Grama formed a Vis. Unit of Vis (the clan) is headed by Vispati. The Jana was above the Vis . A group of Vis formed a Jana. Unit of Jana (the people) is headed by Gopa or Gopati. The Rashtra was above the Jana . A group of Jana formed a Rashtra. Unit of Rashtra (the country) is headed by Rajan.

ANSWER:D
SOLUTION: Moksha also called vimoksha, vimukti and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism which refers to various forms of emancipation, enlightenment, liberation, and release. In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth. In its epistemological and psychological senses, moksha refers to freedom from ignorance: self-realization, self-actualization and self-knowledge.

ANSWER:B
SOLUTION:Rudra, in the form of Pashupati is the God of the animals in the vedic period.