MCQs
Total Questions : 131
| Page 11 of 14 pages
Answer: Option D. -> Robert Bruce Foote
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> A - 4, B - 1, C - 2, D - 3
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Question 103. Which of the following are the important sites of Lower Palaeolithic cultures in India?
Select the answer from the codes given below
- Pahalgam in Kashmir, Belan valley in Allahabad district (Uttar Pradesh)
- Bhimbetka and Adamgarh in Hoshangabad district, (Madhya Pradesh)
- 16 Rand Singi Talav in Nagaur district (Rajasthan)
- Nevasa in Ahmadnagar district (Maharashtra)
Select the answer from the codes given below
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (a)
Other important sites of Lower Palaeolithic cultures are Hunsgi in Gulburga district (in Kanlataka) and the famous site of Attirampakkam (Tamil Nadu).
The sites have been widespread in Sivalik range of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Belan valley in Uttar Pradesh, Berach basin and the hilly area of Rajasthan, and Narmada and Sone valleys in Madhya Pradesh, Malprabha and Ghatprabha basins in Karnataka, several areas of Maharashtra, areas near Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Chhota Nagpur plateau, and in areas of Orissa, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
Answer: (a)
Other important sites of Lower Palaeolithic cultures are Hunsgi in Gulburga district (in Kanlataka) and the famous site of Attirampakkam (Tamil Nadu).
The sites have been widespread in Sivalik range of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Belan valley in Uttar Pradesh, Berach basin and the hilly area of Rajasthan, and Narmada and Sone valleys in Madhya Pradesh, Malprabha and Ghatprabha basins in Karnataka, several areas of Maharashtra, areas near Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Chhota Nagpur plateau, and in areas of Orissa, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
Question 104. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Neolithic Age?
Select the answer from the codes given below:
- The ceramic occupation (c. 7000 B.C.) at Kile Ghul Mohammad during the early food-producing era shows a basic subsistence economy of the Indus valley and beginning of trade and crafts.
- From the bone remains, it is clear that humped variety of cattle also came to be domesticated.
- The beads found with burial remains show that people used beads made of lapis lazuli, carnelian, banded agate and white marine shell.
- A single copper bead has also been found. The occurrence of shell bangles and pendants made of mother of- pearl indicates long-distance trade.
Select the answer from the codes given below:
Answer: Option D. -> 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (d)
The ceramic occupation (c. 7000 B.C.) at Mehrgarh during the early food-producing era shows a basic subsistence economy of the Indus valley and beginning of trade and crafts.
The ceramic Neolithic occupation (c. 7000 B.C.) at Mehrgarh during the early food-producing era shows a basic subsistence economy of the Indus valley and beginning of trade and crafts.
Answer: (d)
The ceramic occupation (c. 7000 B.C.) at Mehrgarh during the early food-producing era shows a basic subsistence economy of the Indus valley and beginning of trade and crafts.
The ceramic Neolithic occupation (c. 7000 B.C.) at Mehrgarh during the early food-producing era shows a basic subsistence economy of the Indus valley and beginning of trade and crafts.
Answer: Option D. -> Domestic fowl
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (a)
Almost all the rock-shelters in India occupied by the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic people, and many others as well, contain rock-paintings depicting a variety of subjects, chiefly animals, or scenes including both people and animals. The distribution of these rock-paintings is very wide.
They have been found in Chargul in north-west Pakistan to Orissa in the east, and from the Kumaon hills in the north to Kerala in the south.
Answer: (a)
Almost all the rock-shelters in India occupied by the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic people, and many others as well, contain rock-paintings depicting a variety of subjects, chiefly animals, or scenes including both people and animals. The distribution of these rock-paintings is very wide.
They have been found in Chargul in north-west Pakistan to Orissa in the east, and from the Kumaon hills in the north to Kerala in the south.
Question 107. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct with regard to the Neolithic Age
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
- Three radiocarbon dates from Koldihwa provide the earliest evidence for the domesticated variety of rice going back to about c. 6500 B.C. which make it the oldest evidence of rice in any part of the world.
- The bone remains from Koldihwa and Mahgara show that cattle, sheep and goat were domesticated in the region.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 2 Both
Answer: (b)
In all probability agriculture in the Belan va1ley began around c. 6500 B.C. Besides rice, evidence for barley cultivation is attested at Mahgara.
In Mahgara, evidence of a cattle pen has also been met with. In the north-west, the early Neolithic settlers, in Burzahom lived in pit dwellings, rather than building houses over the ground.
Answer: (b)
In all probability agriculture in the Belan va1ley began around c. 6500 B.C. Besides rice, evidence for barley cultivation is attested at Mahgara.
In Mahgara, evidence of a cattle pen has also been met with. In the north-west, the early Neolithic settlers, in Burzahom lived in pit dwellings, rather than building houses over the ground.
Question 108. Consider the following statements regarding the cultivation of Chalcolithic people:
Select the answer from the codes given below:
- They raised cattle as well as cultivated both Kharif and rabi crops in rotation
- Wheat and barley were grown in the area of Inamgaon and Ahar
- They also cultivated jowar and bajra and so also kulth, ragi, green peas, lentil and green and black grams.
Select the answer from the codes given below:
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 3
Answer: (b)
Rice is reported to have been found from Inamgaon and Ahar. Wheat and barley were grown in the area of Malwa.
Almost all the Chalcolithic cultures flourished in the black cotton soil zone.
Answer: (b)
Rice is reported to have been found from Inamgaon and Ahar. Wheat and barley were grown in the area of Malwa.
Almost all the Chalcolithic cultures flourished in the black cotton soil zone.
Answer: Option A. -> coming of Iron Technology in India
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option D. -> Mahwa culture
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)