Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list List – I List – II a) Rigveda i) A collection of Hymns b) Atharii) A collection of Holy songs vaveda iii) A collection of Spells and c) Samaveda charms iv) A collection of Sacrificial d) Yajurveda formulas Codes :

Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2017 · Topic: Vedic Age (Sources of the Vedic Age (Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads))

1. a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
2. a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
3. a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i
4. a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv

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