Question

Which one is the first veda among the four vedas?
A) Rig veda
B) Sama veda
C) Yajur veda
D) Atharva veda

Answer 1

Hint:
The vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. It comes under the Hinduism religion. There are four different kinds of Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. Vedas consist of 20,379 mantras.


Complete step by step solution:
Vedas in Sanskrit are called śruti which means, what is heard. It distinguishes them from other religious texts which are called smṛti that means, what is remembered. The Vedas were transferred orally through generations, since the 2nd millennium BCE with the help of elaborate mnemonic techniques.
Types of Vedas:
Rigveda- It is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. It contains the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. Rigveda has been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE.
Yajurveda- It is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. The Yajur Veda is divided into two groups. The Krishna Yajurveda and the Shukla Yajurveda.
Samaveda- It is the Veda of melodies and chants. It consists of 1,549 verses. Samaveda has the root of music and dance tradition of this planet.
Atharva Veda- It contains the "knowledge or procedures for everyday life". Atharva veda contains a beautiful collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras. It is divided into 20 books.
The first Veda is the Rigveda, which was composed about 3500 years ago. The Rigveda includes more than a 1000 hymns, called sukta.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
 The Rigveda is divided into ten books which are known as Mandalas. It includes a collection of amazing 10,600 verses and 1,028 hymns. It originated from early 1700 BC. Early Kuru tribe members founded Rig veda around 1200 BCE.