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General Knowledge · Q46

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Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 46

Q46

The two popular assemblies which seem to have formed an essential feature of the government during the Age of Rig Veda are:

A.
Arayans and Kalash
B.
Sabha and Samiti
Answer
C.
Kul and Kalash
D.
Arayans and Samiti

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Sabha:
Sabha was the assembly in early Rig-Vedic and the assembly hall in later Rig-Vedic period. Women who attended this assembly were known as Sabhavati. It was a kin based assembly.

Samiti:
Samiti was a folk assembly in which people of the tribe gathered for transacting tribal business. It discussed philosophical issues and was concerned with religious ceremonies and prayers.