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In the following questions, there are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?

 Assertion (A) Sudras emerged as separate Varna only towards the end of the later Vedic period.

Reason (R) The Purushasukta of the Rigveda mentions the four fold division of society.

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In the following questions, there are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?

Assertion (A) The birth of a daughter is not wished during the Rigvedic period.

Reason (R) The position of woman was pathetic in the Rigvedic period.

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In the following questions, there are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?

Assertion (A) The Rigvedic Aryans treated the Dasas and Dasyus alike.

Reason (R) There are references given in the Rigveda of the slaughter of Dasyus.
 

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The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought at Kurukshetra for:
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 Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society in ascending order of age, is correct?
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 Assertion (A) The development of a high stage of abstract thinking is a marked feature of early Vedic Literature.

Reason (R) Cosmic mystery of creation and records of philosophic doubts about it are a part of the many Vedic hymns.

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Patanjali is well known for compilation of:
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The God who is the most prominent in 'Rigveda' is 
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The Rigvedic God Varuna was_____.