Question

The major gods praised in the hymns of the Rig Veda were:
A. Indra
B. Agni
C. Soma
D. All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The Rig Veda is an ancient Indian collection of hymns in which 1028 hymns were dedicated to specific duties of nature.

Complete answer: The Rig Veda was one of the four Vedic texts which are written in Sanskrit. It is a collection of 10 books and the earliest books had the description of cosmology. These texts praised deities from which the most prominent was Indra who is the destroyer of the Vala. He was the god of wind, thunder, rain, river and king of the highest heaven.
Agni is sometimes considered as the mouth of the gods and goddesses and the medium that conveys offerings to them in the home whereas the Soma term has different meanings like the drink, the plant and its deity.
Looking at the options given:
Option A. Indra, was the god of rain and king of heaven. He was praised as the most prominent one who kills the great symbolic evil Vritra who obstructs the happiness of people.
Option B. Agni, is a Sanskrit word which means fire. Agni was the god of fire who exists at three levels. On the earth as fire; on the atmosphere as lightning and in the sky as the sun.
Option C. Soma was a drink that the gods or devas consume. Indra and Agni consumed Soma before any ritual or fight.
Option D. All of the above options is correct because their name was there in Rig Veda.
Therefore, option d is the right answer.

Note: The Rig Vedic deities or gods were part of the historic Vedic religion which existed from 1500- 500 BCE. Vayu, Mitra, Usha and Varun were other gods which were praised in the hymns of Rig Veda.