Question

What does Vedas and post-Vedic literature include?
A) Brahmanas
B) Upanishad
C) Ramayana and Mahabharata
D) All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The most important sources of information regarding the Aryans and the Vedic period are Vedic literatures. Over many years, the literature grew and was passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, also known as shruti.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) This is the correct option because the Brahmanas are prose texts that explain the Vedic hymns, provide explanations and applications, and narrate origin myths. They also include some legends about people who are connected to the Vedic Text.
Option B) This option is correct because the Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda (there's several two principal versions or Samhitas of the Yajurveda: Shukla Yajurveda, Krishna Yajurveda), and Atharvaveda are all related with one of four Vedas.
Option C) This option is correct because the Vedic hymns are now written in a Sanskrit known as Vedic Sanskrit, whereas the oldest Ramayana and Mahabharata manuscripts are written in a Sanskrit known as Classical Sanskrit. Writing was introduced to India by the Mauryan monarchs 2,300 years ago, and Vedic hymns were first written down fewer than 2,000 years ago.
Option D) This is the correct option because the Vedas and post-Vedic literature are key historical sources in ancient India. It comprises the Brahmanas, Upanishads, Ramayana and Mahabharata epics, Jain and Buddhist literature, plays, poems, stone and pillar inscriptions, and foreign travelogues, among other things.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: Vedic literature definitions. (from the Sanskrit word for "knowledge") any of Hinduism's oldest sacred books written in early Sanskrit; typically thought to include the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads. Veda is a synonym for Veda.