1. The Rig Veda is one of the four Vedas. Which Veda is considered the earliest?

2. The term 'janapada' literally means:

3. Historical sources usually speak of how many mahājanapadas?

4. Which mahājanapada gradually emerged as the most powerful, located in present-day Bihar?

5. The Vedic texts, particularly the Rig Veda and Atharva Veda, refer to three assemblies. These were:

6. According to Kautilya, the seven constituents of the state (king, ministers, territory, forts, treasury, army, allies) are together known as:

7. The Junagadh Rock Inscription near Girnar (Gujarat) bears inscriptions of rulers from how many different dynasties?

8. The 'ballot pot' system used for electing members of village assemblies, described in the Uttaramerur inscription, was known as:

9. The Uttaramerur inscription of Parantaka I belongs to the period of which dynasty?

10. The Purūṣasūkta, which contains the earliest reference to the four varṇas, appears in Book 10 of which text?