Which one of the following Vedic texts gives a detailed description of the
upanayana samskara or sacrament?
(a) Satapatha Brahmana
(b) Atharva Veda
(c) Yajur Veda
(d) Aitareya Brahmana
Match List I with List II:
         List I                                List II
      (Later Vedic kingdoms)               (Rulers)
      (i) Kuru                             (A) Asvasena
      (ii) Panchala                        (B) Dhavasana Dvaitavana
      (iii) Matsya                         (C) Janaka
      (iv) Kasi                            (D) Parikshit
      (v) Videha                           (E) Pravahana Jaivali
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) i-D, ii-A, iii-E, iv-C, v-B
(b) i-D, ii-E, iii-B, iv-A, v-C
(c) i-C, ii-B, iii-A, iv-D, v-E
(d) i-B, ii-D, iii-E, iv-A, v-C
Given below are two statements—one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
labelled as Reasons (R).
Assertion (A): A gift of land in the sense of the conferring of ‘ownership’ was
looked upon as a wrong custom.
Reason (R): The Satapatha and Aitareya Brahmanas tell us that when king
Visvakarman offered earth to his officiating priest, the earth refused to be
given. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following
is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
(a) Suta—Court minstrel