______ were used for various kind of work.

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(a)

Carpenters

(b)

Farmers

(c)

Slaves

(d)

Labour

Stone circles or boulders on the surface were used to cover the

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(a)

house

(b)

burial places

(c)

port-holes

(d)

All of these

What is the feminine of dasa?

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(a)

dasi

(b)

dasay

(c)

dasasi

(d)

dasyu

Which river(s) was/were worshipped as goddesses?

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(a)

Beas

(b)

Sutlej

(c)

Both (a) and (b)

(d)

None of these

Vishvamitra was

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(a)

A Sage

(b)

A god

(c)

A king

(d)

A soldier

The people who composed the hymns described themselves as _______ .

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(a)

Aryas

In ________, one skeleton was buried with 33 gold beads, 2 stone beads, 4 copper bangles and one conch shell, while other skeletons have only a few pots.

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(a)

Brahmagiri

The manuscript of the Rigveda, on birch bark, was found in _________.

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(a)

Kashmir

There are many prayers in the Rigveda for____and____

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(a)

Cattle, Children, horses

Battles were also_____ for land, which was important for________ and for growing hardy crops that ripened quickly, such as barley

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(a)

Fought, pasture

Yajnas were for kings and rulers.

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(a) True

(b) False

The practice of erecting megaliths began about 3000 years ago.

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(a) False

(b) True

Soma was the warrior god

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(a) True

(b) False

Battles were fought for land, water and to capture people

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(a) False

(b) True

Megaliths were used to mark burial sites

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(a) False

(b) True

What is cist?

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(a)

A type of megalith is known as a cist. Some cists have port-holes which could be used as an entrance.

Where was the manuscript of Rigveda found?

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(a)

The manuscript of the Rigveda was found in Kashmir.

When did the earliest texts of the Rigveda get printed?

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(a)

The earliest texts of the Rigveda were first printed less than 200 years ago.

Who were slaves in the Rigvedic period?

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(a)

The term dasa came to mean as slave. Slaves were women and men who were often captured in war. They were treated as the property of their owners, who could make them do whatever work they wanted.

What were the possible occupations of the people of  Inamgaon?

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(a)

The people at Inamgaon produced grains, hunted and reared wild and domestic animals, and collected varieties of fruits.