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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

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers-staple-Food-Vedic Aryans   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 16 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 17. The staple food of the Vedic Aaryans was? A. vegetables and fruits B. rice and pulses C. milk and its products D. vegetables and fruits Show Answer milk and its products 🔑 Key Points ✔The Vedic economy revolved around cow and dairy products which is clear from the references found in the Rig Veda . The economy was primarily pastoral . ✔The staple diet of the the Aryans was milk, ghee (clarified butter), wheat, barley, maize, fruits and vegetables . Honey was consumed on a large scale and intoxicating drinks such

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers-Pali   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 16 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 16.The language used to write source materials in ancient time was? A. Sanskrit B. Pali C. Kharosthi D. Brahmi Show Answer Pali Note: Pali is a middle Indo-Aryan language of the Indian sub-continent. 🔑 Key Points ✔Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language( sacred language ) native to the Indian subcontinent. It is the language of the Pali Canon or Tipiṭaka as well as the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism. In early time, it was written in Brahmi script. ✔ A sacred language , holy language or liturgical language is any language

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers-Rigvedic aryans   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 14 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 14. Rigvedic aryans were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that? A. There are many references to the cow in Rigveda B. Most of the wars were fought for sake of cows. C. gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land. D. All of the above Show Answer All of the above Note: The economic life of the Rigvedic people sustained both on agriculture and pastoralism . In Rigveda , we find references of levelling of field, seed , implements and also can find man references are made to cow . Terms like Gotra, Godhuli, Goghna,

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers-Aryans   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 13 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 13.The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because? A. They used elephants in a large scale B. They were taller and stronger C. They were from an advanced urban culture D. They used chariots driven by horses Show Answer They used chariots driven by horses 🔑 Key Points ✔In the late 18th century, Europeans began using the term Aryan to refer to the original prehistoric Proto-Indo-Europeans ✔Their descendants up to the present day (i.e., the Indo-European peoples—those Caucasians who are speakers of the Indo-European

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers-Harappa   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 12 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. Q12. Harappa is situated on the bank of which river ? A. Ravi B. Sindhu C. Yamuna D. Jhelum Show Answer Ravi Note:According to ancient history traced to Vedas, the Ravi River was known as Iravati .The Ravi was known as Purushni or Iravati to Indians in Vedic times and as Hydraotes to the Ancient Greeks . 🔑 Key Points ✔The Harappa site was first briefly excavated by Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1872-73 , after 2 decades brick robbers carried off the visible remains of the city. He found an Indus seal of unknown origin. ✔The first extens

Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers On First metal used by man   Previous year ssc questions     |   cgl previous year question   | multiple choice  |   previous year question papers  | competitive exam  | questions and answers  |     Pre-Historic Period-Question 11 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. 11. The first metal used by man was? A. Aluminium B. copper C. Iron D. Silver Show Answer copper 🔑 Key Points Copper was first metal used by man over 10,000 years ago. Copper was first used in coins and ornaments. The other metals used in pre-historic times were gold, silver, tin, lead, and iron. A copper pendant discovered in what is now northern Iraq has been dated about 8700 B.C. For nearly five millennia ,copper was the only metal known to man, and thus had all the metal applications. Copper first came