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Total Questions : 131 | Page 12 of 14 pages

Question 111. Who among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery?

Mesolithic
Iron age
Neolithic
Chalcolithic

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Chalcolithic
Answer: (d)

Question 112. The Megaliths of South India are mainly associated with

Mesolithic age
Iron age
Chalcolithic age
Neolithic age

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Iron age
Answer: (b)

Question 113. The Palaeolithic Age in India is divided into three phases, based on tool technology. Which of the following phases is/are correctly matched with its tools?

All of the above
Upper Palaeolithic – tools made on flakes and blades
Lower Palaeolithic – handaxe and cleaver industries
Middle Palaeolithic – tools made on flakes

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> All of the above
Answer: (a)The main tool types in Lower Palaeolithic Culture phase were hand axes and cleavers, along with chopper-chopping tools. They were made both on cores as well as flakes.

Question 114. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

The palaeolithic man in India know the use of fire
The Copper Age and the Early Iron Age can be distinguished in North India. However, the Iron Age immediately succeeds the Stone Age in South India.
Prehistoric paintings have been found in Kaimur ranges and Mirzapur District
Palaeolithic granes have been found in Guntur and Kurnool Districts in South India

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> The palaeolithic man in India know the use of fire
Answer: (a)

Question 115. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Neolithic culture?

The Neolithic age marks the concluding phase of the stone tools culture
All of the above
The presence of pottery is taken to be more conclusive diagnostic speciality of this age
The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> All of the above
Answer: (b)

Question 116. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the religion the Chalcolithic cultures?

The worship of mother goddess and the bull was in vogue

The bull cult seems to have been predominant in Malwa during the Ahar period

A large number of these both naturalistic, as well as stylised lingas, have been found from most of the sites.

The Mother Goddess is depicted on a huge storage jar of Inamgaon

Select the answer from the codes given below:

1, 2, 3 and 4
1, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (c)
The Mother Goddess is depicted on a huge storage jar of Malwa culture in an applique design. She is flanked by a woman on the right and a crocodile on the left, by the side of which is represented the shrine.
Likewise, the fiddle-shaped figurines probably resembling srivatsa, the symbol of Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth in historical period represents a mother Goddess.

Question 117. Archaeological evidence from which Chalcolithic site shows evidence of corporation, harvesting and irrigation?

Daimabad
Rangpur
Navdatoli
Inamgaon

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Inamgaon
Answer: (d)

Question 118. The most distinguishing feature of the Cha1colithic cultures is their distinct painted pottery. Related to this which of the following statement is not correct?

The Prabhas wares have a glossy surface due to which they are also called Lustrous Red Ware.
The Ahar people made a distinctive black-and-red ware decorated with white designs.
The Kayatha culture is characterized by a sturdy red-slipped ware painted with designs in chocolate colour.
The Malwa ware is painted black-on-red but has a matt surface treated with a wash.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> The Malwa ware is painted black-on-red but has a matt surface treated with a wash.
Answer: (d)Jorwe ware too is painted black-on-red but has a matt surface treated with a wash. Some of the most well-known pottery forms are dishes-on-stand, spouted vases, stemmed cups, pedestalled bowls, big storage jars, and spouted basins and bowls. The Malwa ware is rather coarse in fabric, but has a thick buff surface over which designs are made either in red or black.

Question 119.
List I
List II
A. Palaeolithic
1. Ground stone tools
B. Mesolithic
2. Rock painting
C. Neolithic
3. Flaked stone tools
D. Upper Palaeolithic
4. Microlithic tools
Codes: A B C D

3 1 4 2
2 3 4 1
1 4 2 3
3 4 1 2

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> 3 4 1 2
Answer: (d)

Question 120. In the Indian context, the Neolithic agriculture-based regions can roughly be divided into many regions. Which of the following may be called such a region?

The Indus system and its western Borderland

Ganga valley

Western India and the northern Deccan and

The southern Deccan.

Select the answer from the codes given below:

1, 2, 3 and 4
1, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (a)
The economy of all these early Neolithic cultures was based on agriculture and animal domestication.
The earliest evidence for Neolithic culture based on the agricultural economy comes from the north-western part of the Indo-Pakistan region – basically in the Quetta valley and in the Valleys of Loralai and Zob rivers.