RRB Group-D Model Paper 16 with answers for online practice

• The caste-system during the early Vedic age did not prohibit Inter caste dining and Inter-caste marriages.
• The period between 1500 B.C and 1000 B.C can be divided into the Early Vedic Period.
• The period between 1000 B.C and 600 B.C known as the Later Vedic Period.

​Vedic Age

• The only source of knowledge was Rigveda.
• People lead a semi-nomadic life.
• The most notable conflict was the Battle of Ten Kings.
• Nature was worshipped.
• No temple or idol worship noted.
• Cattle was considered as the chief measure of wealth.
• Indra was the most important divinity.
• The staple crop was barley.
• Transitioned from semi-nomadic life to settled agriculture in north-western India.
• Agriculture considered the main occupation.
• Prajapati became the supreme god.
• Institution of varna appeared, Vedic society divided into Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.
• The well-known religious sacrifices that arose in this period was the Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice).
• The staple crops were wheat and rice.