State and Society up to 1000 CE: Practice Set 1

The Chola king Rājendra I took the title "Gaṅgaikoṇḍa" because:

The Vedas were composed in

The Ṛigveda, the earliest of the Vedas, contains about:

Which mahājanapada became the most powerful and led to the Mauryan Empire?

The Kudavolai ("ballot pot") system of village elections is described in the:

Ṛigvedic hymns arranged for singing, which form the base of the seven svaras of Indian music, are found in the:

The Āḻvārs and the Nāyanmārs were Tamil Bhakti saint-poets devoted respectively to:

The four Vedas are the Ṛigveda, Sāmaveda, Yajurveda and

Assertion (A): Guilds in early India acted like banks.
Reason (R): They accepted deposits and paid a fixed interest on them.

Assertion (A): Iron helped settlement spread in the Ganga plains.
Reason (R): Iron tools could clear dense forests and plough heavy soil.