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Q1: How many Vedas are there? Name them.
Answer: There are four Vedas. These are:
1. The Rigveda
2. The Samveda
3. The Yajurveda
4. The Atharveda
Q2: Name the oldest Veda.
Answer: The Rigveda. It was composed 3500 years ago.
Q3: Name the plant mentioned in the Rigveda which was used to prepare a special drink.
Answer: Soma
Q4: In which language The Rigveda was written?
Answer: Vedic Sanskrit
Q5: Give examples of Indo-European languages.
Answer: Sanskrit, Assamese, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, English, German