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Question 51. The rock paintings were an important and distinct feature of the Mesolithic people though their beginning may be traced to the upper Palaeolithic period. Which of the following are the characteristics of these paintings?
Select the answer from the codes given below:
- These paintings are made on the walls of rock shelters
- Maximum of them have been found at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh
- They throw light on the social and economic life of Mesolithic people.
Select the answer from the codes given below:
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (a)
The main subjects of paintings are hunting, fishing and food gathering. Animals like boar, buffalo, monkey and nilgai are often depicted in these paintings.
The social activities like the childbirth, rearing of a child and burial ceremony are also shown in the rock paintings.
The scenes of hunting in a group suggest that Mesolithic people lived in small groups.
Answer: (a)
The main subjects of paintings are hunting, fishing and food gathering. Animals like boar, buffalo, monkey and nilgai are often depicted in these paintings.
The social activities like the childbirth, rearing of a child and burial ceremony are also shown in the rock paintings.
The scenes of hunting in a group suggest that Mesolithic people lived in small groups.
Answer: Option D. -> 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (d)
From Bagor in Rajasthan and Adamgarh we get the evidence of the association of sheep and goat with the Mesolithic people, around sixth millennium B.C.
This suggests that they may have partly adopted the settled way of life.
Answer: (d)
From Bagor in Rajasthan and Adamgarh we get the evidence of the association of sheep and goat with the Mesolithic people, around sixth millennium B.C.
This suggests that they may have partly adopted the settled way of life.
Answer: Option C. -> three main styles of Indian temple architecture
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Question 54. Consider the following statements on Neolithic settlements in South India.
Which of the above is/are not correct?
- Lapidary art and domestication of animals are the remarkable features of the first phase of the South Indian Neolithic settlements.
- The red coloured pottery was discovered in the Neolithic settlements.
- Millet was the main crop harvested by Neolithic farmers of south India.
- Crop rotation technique was started in the field of agriculture.
Which of the above is/are not correct?
Answer: Option D. -> 1 and 2
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> All of the above
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option B. -> The sites were predominantly pastoral economics
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option A. -> 4 3 2 1
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 2 Both
Answer: (b)
Most of the Chalcolithic cultures flourished in semiarid regions of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The settlements of Kayatha culture are only a few in numbers, mostly located on the Chambal and its tributaries.
Answer: (b)
Most of the Chalcolithic cultures flourished in semiarid regions of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The settlements of Kayatha culture are only a few in numbers, mostly located on the Chambal and its tributaries.
Answer: Option C. -> copper
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option D. -> Daimabad
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)