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Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers:Agriculture in Vedic Perid     Pre-Historic Period-Question 36 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. Q36. The crop which was not known to Vedic people is? A. Barley B. Wheat C. rice D. tobacco Show Answer tobacco Note: Tobacco was introduced in India by the Portuguese . 🔑 Key Points ✔Tobacco was not known by the people of the Vedic period . During this period, economic activity was dominated by agriculture . ✔ The Vedic period, or Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE) , is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (ca. 1300–900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the Urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation which began in th

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers:Iron Age     Pre-Historic Period-Question 30 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 30.Which of the following craftsmanship  was not practiced by the Aryans ? A. Blacksmith B. Pottery C. Jewellery D. Carpentry Show Answer Blacksmith Note: Iron was not known to Aryans during the early vedic period . 🔑 Key Points ✔ Aryans: A nomadic, Indo-European tribe called the Aryans who suddenly overwhelmed and conquered the Indus Valley Civilization. ✔Iron metal was not known to Aryans who belonged to Vedic Age. ✔ The people of post –Vedic age used Iron . ✔ During the Rig Vedic period only copper was used for which the general term - ' ayas ' has been used. ✔ In a later period when iron came into use, copper and iron came to be known as lohit ayas and sya

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers:Indus Valley Civilization Houses   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 20 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 20.Which metal was first used by the vedic people?   A. Copper   B. Silver   C. Gold   D.Iron Show Answer Copper Note: Artisans like carpenter, chariot-maker, the potter, have been mentioned in Rigveda , which is the evidence  that these professions were practiced and in all these crafts, copper was used on the large scale. The term 'ayasa' was used for copper, which indicates that they possessed the knowledge of metallurgy. 🔑 Key Points Copper was first metal used by man over 10,000 years ago. Coppe

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers:Tax of Vedic Period-Bali   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 18 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 18. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called? A. Bali B. Vidatha C. Varman D. Kara Show Answer Bali 🔑 Key Points ✔In the early Vedic period the king collected taxes regularly from his subjects. The taxes were called bali and consisted of 1/6 the agricultural produce or cattle for a given person. ✔Another form of bali was tributes extracted from conquered enemies by the king. There was a system in place to collect these taxes. ✔Even when other forms of taxes appeared in t