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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?

  1. These paintings are made on the walls of rock shelters

  2. Maximum of them have been found at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh

  3. They throw light on the social and economic life of Mesolithic people.


Select the answer from the codes given below:
  1.    1, 2, 3 and 4
  2.    1 and 3
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    2 and 3
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 52. Which of the following were important sites of Mesolithic culture?

  1. Kotdiji in Rajasthan

  2. Langhnaj in Gujarat

  3. Sarai Nahar Rai, Chopani Mando, Mahdaha and Damdama in Uttar Pradesh

  4. Bhimbetka and Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh.


Select the answer from the codes given below:
  1.    1, 2, 3 and 4
  2.    1, 3 and 4
  3.    1, 2 and 3
  4.    2, 3 and 4
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 53. The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are the
  1.    three main racial groups of the Indian subcontinent
  2.    three main musical Gharanas prevalent in India
  3.    three main styles of Indian temple architecture
  4.    three main linguistic divisions into which the languages of India can be classified
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> three main styles of Indian temple architecture
Answer: (c)
Question 54. Consider the following statements on Neolithic settlements in South India.

  1. Lapidary art and domestication of animals are the remarkable features of the first phase of the South Indian Neolithic settlements.

  2. The red coloured pottery was discovered in the Neolithic settlements.

  3. Millet was the main crop harvested by Neolithic farmers of south India.

  4. Crop rotation technique was started in the field of agriculture.


Which of the above is/are not correct?
  1.    2, 3 and 4
  2.    3 and 4
  3.    1, 2 and 3
  4.    1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1 and 2
Answer: (d)
Question 55. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the chalcolithic settlement?
  1.    They domesticated cattle most probably for food and not milked for drink and dairy products
  2.    All of the above
  3.    The pre-Harappan phase at Kalibangan in Rajasthan and Banawali in Haryana is distinctly chalcolithic
  4.    They did practice cultivation but not on large scale
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> All of the above
Answer: (b)
Question 56. Pick out the wrong statement with respect to the Neolithic sites of Burzahom and Gufkral.
  1.    The excavations yield lots of bone tools
  2.    The sites were predominantly pastoral economics
  3.    Pit dwellings were seen in both the sites
  4.    Bones of animals such as goat, sheep, cattle are seen
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> The sites were predominantly pastoral economics
Answer: (b)
Question 57.
List-I
List-II
A. Birbhanpur
1. Banas culture
B. Ujjain
2. Copper hoard
C. Kayatha
3. Ochre-coloured pottery
D. Ahar
4. Microliths
Codes: A B C D
  1.    4 3 2 1
  2.    1 4 2 3
  3.    3 4 2 1
  4.    2 3 4 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 4 3 2 1
Answer: (a)
Question 58. Consider the following statements:

  1. Most of the Chalcolithic cultures flourished in semiarid regions

  2. The Jorwe settlements were comparatively larger in number than other Chalcolithic settlements


Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
  1.    None
  2.    1 and 2 Both
  3.    1 only
  4.    2 only
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 59. The first metal to be used by man was
  1.    bronze
  2.    stone
  3.    copper
  4.    iron
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> copper
Answer: (c)
Question 60. From which of the following hoards were four massive copper replicas – of a rhinoceros, an elephant, a chariot, and a buffalo – typical or a Chalcolithic culture obtained?
  1.    Prakash
  2.    Navdatoli
  3.    Inamgaon
  4.    Daimabad
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Daimabad
Answer: (d)

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