Select the CORRECT statements about Vedic Education :

1.In Vedic era, education was the responsibility of the state.

2.No fees was charged from students.

3.Gurukulas were in pitiable condition as they did not have any fixed grants from the state.

4.Samvartan ritual was conducted at the end of the Buddhist and Jain education.

5.All students after their Vedic Upanayan rituals were called Pabbaja and Samner

A1 & 4 only

B2 & 5 only

C2 & 3 only ✓ Correct

D1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Correct answer: (C) 2 & 3 only

Explanation

Only the points about no fees and the fund-starved condition of gurukulas hold true for Vedic education.

Statement 2 is correct that no fees were charged from students.

Statement 3 is correct that gurukulas were poorly resourced as they had no fixed state grants.

Statement 1 is wrong because education was not the responsibility of the state but of teachers and society.

Statement 4 is wrong since the Samavartan ritual belonged to Vedic education, not Buddhist and Jain.

Statement 5 is wrong because Pabbaja and Samanera are Buddhist ordination terms, not Vedic Upanayan ones.

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