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Prehistoric Cultures in India - 2

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What is the half-life of C-14(Carbon-14) used in Radio-Carbon Dating?

  1. 3750 years

  2. 6320 years

  3. 2310 years

  4. 5730 years


Correct Option: D

Which is the most useful method of dating African Hominid fossils found in volcanic rocks?

  1. Potassium -Argon Dating

  2. Radio-Carbon Dating

  3. Stratigraphy

  4. Uranium Series Dating


Correct Option: A

Tree-Ring Dating method which is often employed to study prehistoric culture is also known as :

  1. Stratigraphy

  2. Dendrochronology

  3. Paleography

  4. Numismatics


Correct Option: B

Which technique is employed to find out the age of ceramic artefacts(baked in fire),like pottery?

  1. Radio-Carbon Dating

  2. Uranium Series Dating

  3. Thermo Luminescence

  4. Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy


Correct Option: C

'Bipedalism' evolved during which epoch?

 

  1. Ecocene

  2. Oligocene

  3. Miocene

  4. Pliocene


Correct Option: C

Burins and Scrapers are associated with:

  1. Lower Paleolithic Age

  2. Middle Paleolithic Age

  3. Upper Paleolithic Age

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

'Microliths' were the special tools used by the people of:

  1. Paleolithic Age

  2. Mesolithic Age

  3. Chalcolithic Age

  4. Neolithic Age


Correct Option: B

The earliest evidence of man in India was discovered from the :

  1. Narmada Valley

  2. Belan Valley

  3. Sohan Valley

  4. Siwalik hills


Correct Option: A

Pottery making technique came to be known to man for the first time in the :

  1. Paleolithic Age

  2. Mesolithic Age

  3. Neolithic Age

  4. Bronze Age


Correct Option: C

'Pit-Dwelling' is a characteristic feature of which archeological site?

  1. Bagor

  2. Sarai Nahar Rai

  3. Chopani Mando

  4. Burzahom


Correct Option: D

The transition of man from food-gathering stage to food-producing stage occured in which age?

  1. Mesolithic

  2. Neolithic

  3. Chalolithic

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

'Dolmens' and Menhirs are associated with:

  1. Microliths

  2. Pit-Dwellings

  3. Megaliths

  4. Urn-burials


Correct Option: C

The period for which we do not have any written records and the only source of information is the archeaological remains is called:

  1. Proto-History

  2. Historic Period

  3. Post-Historic period

  4. Prehistory


Correct Option: D

Bhimbetka rock shelters are located in:

  1. Maikal Range

  2. Soan Valley

  3. Vindhya Range

  4. Ghatprabha Basin


Correct Option: C

We live in a geological era called:

  1. Paleozoic

  2. Jurassic

  3. Cretaceous

  4. Cenozoic


Correct Option: D

Paleolithic men in India are also called 'Quartzite men'.

Which of the following statements about Paleolithic men is false?

  1. They did not know about fire.

  2. They used stone tools and hand-axes.

  3. They had acquired basic knowledge about agriculture.


Correct Option: C

'Burzahom' and 'Gufkral' are Neolithic sites situated in :

  1. Kashmir

  2. Swat valley

  3. Belan valley

  4. Soan valley


Correct Option: A

From which prehistoric site we get the first evidence of the use of 'pottery'?

  1. Nevasa

  2. Didwana

  3. Chopani Mando

  4. Attirampakkam


Correct Option: C

Bagor , Sarai Nahar Rai ,Mahadaha and Adamgarh have been classified as :

  1. Mesolithic sites

  2. Upper Paleolithic sites

  3. Lower Paleolithic sites

  4. Neolithic sites


Correct Option: A

The earliest evidence of cattle-breeding has been excavated from the prehistoric sites of:

  1. Adamgarh(M.P.) & Bagaur(Rajasthan)

  2. Mahagara and Koldihwa

  3. Mehrgarh and Kot-Diji

  4. Chopani Mando and Sarai Nahar Rai


Correct Option: A

The use of fire by prehistoric man began in the:

  1. Mesolithic Age

  2. Neolithic Age

  3. Bronze Age

  4. Iron Age


Correct Option: A

Beginning of agriculture, cattle-rearing and development of village life began in :

  1. Paleolithic Age

  2. Mesolithic Age

  3. Neolithic Age

  4. Chalcolithic Age


Correct Option: C

Bhimbetka,Nevasa,Pushkar,Rohri hills of upper Sind & Samnapur on Narmada are important sites the:

  1. Lower Paleolithic Culture

  2. Middle Paleolithic Culture

  3. Upper Paleolithic Culture

  4. Both (1)&(3)


Correct Option: B

Which prehistoric site presents an evidence of dog being buried with the master?

  1. Chirand

  2. Sarai Khola

  3. Burzahom

  4. Adamgarh


Correct Option: C

Hunsgi in Gulbarga district (Karnataka) is a site belonging to

  1. Paleolithic Age

  2. Mesolithic Age

  3. Neolithic Age

  4. Chalcolithic Age


Correct Option: A
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