Maharashtra Board Class 6 History Chapter 4 The Vedic Civilization Solution

Maharashtra Board Class 6 History Solution Chapter 4 – The Vedic Civilization

Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 6 History Solution Chapter 4: The Vedic Civilization. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 6 get here The Vedic Civilization full Exercise Solution.

Std Maharashtra Class 6
Subject History and Civics Solution
Chapter The Vedic Civilization

Answers:

1) (1) Lopamudra, Gargi and Maitreyi.

(2) Singing, Playing musical instruments, dance, board games, chariot race and hunting.

(3) Brahmacharyashrama, grihasthashrama, Vanaprasthashrama, Sanyasashrama.

2) (1) Wrong

(2) Right

(3) Right

3) (1) Sanskrit

(2) to know

(3) Grihapati

(4) Janapad

5) (1) Barley, wheat and rice were the staple food of the Vedic people. Vedic people relished milk, yogurt, ghee, butter, honey. Black gram, lentil, sesame and meat were also a part of their diet.

(2) Cows were used as means of exchage and thus had a special importance. This is why, cows were highly priced.

(3) At the Sanyasashrama stage, the convention was to renounce all relations, lead life in order to understand the meaning of human life, and not to stay in one place.

6) (1) The vedic people offered prayers to the forces of nature such as Sun, Wind, lightning, rain, etc were given the form of deities.

(2) The houses during the Vedic period were earthen or wattle and daub constructions. Wattle means woven latice of wooden strips which is daubled with clay mixed with cowdung. A house was called griha or Sala.

(3) In the vedic period, each village had a head known as gramani. A group of villages formed vish, whose head was called Vishapati. Several vish formed a jana. The head of Jana was Nripa or raja. The main duties of king were to protect the people, collect taxes and run the administration efficiently.

More Extra Questions :

 

Multiple choice questions: (marks:1)

 

1.) Assertion (A): The vedas are also known as shruti

Reason(R): The vedas have been preserved through oral tradition.

A.) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B.) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

C.) A is true but R is false.

D.) A is false but R is true.

Ans: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

 

2.) Each verse of veda is known as:

A.) Richa

B.) Samhita

C.) Suktas

Ans: Richa.

 

3.) The village head of vedic period was known as:

A.) Shrenis

B.) Gramani

C.) Grihapati

Ans: gramani.

 

4.) The head of the Jana was known as:

A.) Nripa/Raja

B.) Vishpati

C.) Gramani

Ans: Nripa/ Raja.

 

5.) Vishpati was the head of:

A.) Jana

B.) Village

C.) Vish

Ans: vish.

 

Answer the following questions: (marks:1)

 

1.) What is vedic civilization?

Ans: The civilization that is based on vedic literature is known as vedic civilization.

 

2.) What are the four vedas?

Ans: The four vedas are: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda.

 

3.) Who was the head of the family at vedic period?

Ans: Grihapati was the head of the family.

 

4.) Write down the names of women scholars in vedic period?

Ans: The women scholars in vedic period were: lopamudra, Gargi and maitreyi.

 

5.) In vedic period a house was called what?

Ans: In vedic period a house was called griha or shala.

 

6.) Who was known as bhagdugh?

Ans: The officer who collected the taxes of vedic period was known as bhagdugh.

 

7.) What were the four institutions that guided the king?

Ans: The four institutions that guided the king were: sabha,samiti,vidath and jana.

 

Answer the following questions: (marks:2/ 3)

 

1.) What is ‘ veda’?

Ans: The term veda derived from ‘vid’ which means knowledge. The vedas have been preserved through oral tradition. The vedas are also called shruti. There are four vedas:
Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. They are in Sanskrit. The Vedic texts are known as samhita.

 

2.) What were the main musical instruments used by vedic people?

Ans: The musical instruments used by vedic people were: Veena,shat- tantu, cymbals and the conch. They also used some percussion instruments like: damru and mridanga.

 

3.) Write down the political system of vedic period?

Ans: In the Vedic period, each village had a head known as gramani. A group of villages formed a vish, whose head was called vishpati. Several vish formed a jana. When the jana settled into a specific region, It came to be known as a janapada. The head of the jana was known as nripa or raja. The main duties of Raja were to protect the people, collect taxes and run the administration efficiently.

  • Purohit and the senapati of the army were officers who helped the king to managethe administration properly.
  • The officer who collected the taxes was known as bhagdugh.
  • There were four institutions which guided the king: sabha,samiti, vidath and jana.
  • Womens were also participated in the working of sabha and vidath. The sabha consisted of senior citizens of the State while the samiti was a general body of the people. Later samiti and puranas were composed. After a period of time, the religious stream based on the Vedas, Smritis, Puranas and local traditions came to be known as Hinduism

Later samiti and puranas were composed. After a period of time, the religious stream based on the Vedas, Smritis, Puranas and local traditions came to be known as Hinduism.

 

4.) What is Varna?

Ans: A verna was determined by the occupation of the people. Later, varna came to be determined on the basis of the birth. This gave birth to casts. The caste system leads to inequality in society. There were four varnas: Brahmin, kshatriya,vaishya and shudra.

 

5. What is shrenis?

Ans: In later vedic period people practised various occupations which became an important part of the social system. They formed an independent organization known as shrenis or guild and the head of guild is known as shreshthi.

 

Answer the following questions: (marks:5)

 

1.) Discuss briefly about 4 vedas?

Ans: The term veda derived from ‘vid’ which means knowledge. The vedas have been preserved through oral tradition. The vedas are also called shruti. There are four vedas:
Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. They are in Sanskrit.

 

Rigveda: Each verse of the Veda is known as a richa. So, the Veda consisting of
richas is called ‘Rigveda’. Richa means a verse composed to praise a deity. Whenanumber of richas are put together to praise a particular deity, the poetic compositionis called a sukta. The Rigveda consists of many suktas composed to praise different gods.

 

Yajurveda Samhita : The Yajurveda contains mantras uttered during a yajna. Yajurveda provides guidelines about how and when the different mantras must be
chanted during yajna rites.

 

Samaveda Samhita : The Samaveda provides guidance on singing Rigvedic
verses to a set rhythm and tune at the time of yajna rites. The Samaveda has contributedina major way in laying the foundation of Indian music.

 

Atharvaveda Samhita : The Atharvaveda is named after Atharva rishi. This Vedaisdifferent from the other three Vedas. It is more concerned with many things inthedaily life of the people. It includes solutions to adversities and diseases. It alsoprovides information about medicinal herbs. The Atharvaveda provides guidancetoaking about the way he should administer.

 

2.) Discuss about the family system and lifestyle of vedic people?

Ans. The family system and the lifestyle of vedic people are discussed below:

  • Joint family system was dominated in the vedic period. Grihapati was the head of the family. Head of the family means a man who is responsible for the family. The family system was patriarchal.
  • The houses during vedic period were earthen or wattle and daub constructions. Ahouse was called griha or shala.
  • The diet of the people mainly consisted of yava which means barley , godhoom which means wheat and vrihi which means rice. The Vedic people also relished milk,yoghurt,honey,ghee,butter.Black gram (udad), lentil (masoor), sesame and meat were also a part of their diet.
  • People in the Vedic period used cotton and woolen garments. They also used clothes made from barks of trees. Animal skins were also used as clothing. Men and women used ornaments of gold, flower garlands, strings made of beads, etc. A kind of pendant called nishka seems to have been popular. It was also used as a currency.
  • Singing, playing musical instruments, dance, board games, chariot-race and
    hunting were the means of recreation. Their main musical instruments were veena, shat-tantu, cymbals and the conch. Percussion instruments like damru and mridanga were also used.
  • Agriculture was the main occupation of vedic period.

 

3.) What was Ashrams? What were the four stages of ashrams? (1+4=5)

Ans: During the vedic period certain notions about leading an ideal life frombirth to death become well established. This is called ashrams. There were four ashrams:

A.) Brahmacharyashrama: This was the first ashrama, it denotes the period of studying with the Guru to learn from him.

B.) Grihasthashram: During this period, a man would carry out his duties towards his family and society with the help of his wife.

C.) Vanaprashthashrama: In this period it was expected that the man detached his duties from the household and retired to a solitary place and lead a very simplelife.

D.) Sanyasashrama: This was the last stage. At this stage, the convention was to renounce all relations, lead life in order to understand the meaning of human life, and not stay in one place.

 

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  2. Q3. 4)ans- shreshthi

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