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Question 41.
List I
List II
A. Nagara
1. Fortified settlements in Vedic literature
B. Pura
2. Town in Pali literature
C. Nigama
3. Fortified capital of a king
D. Durga
4. City/town first mentioned in Taittiriya

A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D – 1
A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D – 1
A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D – 3
A - 4, B - 1, C - 2, D - 3

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> A - 4, B - 1, C - 2, D - 3
Answer: (d)

Question 42. In the north, the Stone Age was immediately followed by

Copper Age
Iron Age
Gold Age
Bronze Age

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Copper Age
Answer: (a)

Question 43. The following question consists of two statements, one labelled the ‘Assertion A’ and the other labelled the ‘Reason R’
Assertion (A):
The main occupation of Paleolithic people was collecting fruit roots and fruits
Reasons (R):
Not knowing how to grow his food, he ate fruits, birds, raw animal flesh etc. Select answer to these items using the codes given below:

Both A and R are true and R is the not a correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
A is false, but R is true
A is true, but R is false

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Answer: (b)

Question 44. During Chalcolithic culture, domesticated animals were slaughtered for

Sacrific
Food
Entertainment
Dairy products

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Food
Answer: (b)

Question 45. The invention of clay pottery is a characteristic of

Chalcolithic culture
Neolithic culture
Mesolithic culture
Iron Age

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Neolithic culture
Answer: (b)

Question 46. Which of the following ages the Homo Sapiens the human being for the first time appeared?

In the upper Palaeolithic age
In the Mesolithic age
In the middle Palaeolithic age
In the lower Palaeolithic age

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> In the Mesolithic age
Answer: (b)

Question 47. In palaeolithic society all men and women were

men were higher status than women
treated as of equal importance
women were higher status than men
none

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> treated as of equal importance
Answer: (b)

Question 48. The credit of the discovery of the first Palaeolic in India which opened the field of prehistoric studies in the country goes to

De Terra and Paterson
Burkitt
Robert Bruce Foote
H D Sankalia

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Robert Bruce Foote
Answer: (c)Robert Bruce Foote was a British geologist and archaeologist who conducted geological surveys of prehistoric locations in India for the Geological Survey of India.

Question 49. Which of the following is a site of Lower Paleolithic age?

Tilwara
Jharkhand Plateau
Sohan
Nevasa

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Sohan
Answer: (c)

Question 50. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

In the Paleolithic period, the death were neither buried nor burnt, but left to the elements as they were
The Paleolithic people belonged to a very primitive stage of civilization
All the above
They did not know the use of metals and had no idea of cultivation

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> All the above
Answer: (c)