SSC Selection Post 2023 PYQ — Question 41

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Rig Veda. 

The oldest known text of ancient India is the Rigveda, composed around 1500 BCE. It is a collection of over 1,000 hymns dedicated to various deities, composed in early Vedic Sanskrit. The Rigveda forms the foundational scripture of Hinduism and offers deep insight into the religious, social, and philosophical life of the early Indo-Aryans. It is one of the four Vedas — the others being the Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda — but the Rigveda is the earliest and most significant. Preserved through oral tradition for centuries, it remains a key source for understanding early Indian civilization and thought.