Stone Age: Objective Questions

Stone Age: Important Objective Questions 

1. According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animal began in

 (A) Lower Palaeolithic period

 (B) Middle Palaeolithic period

 (C) Upper Palaeolithic period

 (D) Mesolithic period

 2. In Mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at 

 (A) Langhnaj

 (B) Birbhanpur

 (C) Adamgarh

 (D) Chopani Mando

 3. Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered first Palaeolithic tool in India,was a/an 

 (A) Geologist

 (B) Archaeologist

 (C) Paleobotanist

 (D) Both (A) and (B)

 4. The three-age system, divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by 

 (A) Thomson (B) Lubbock

 (C) Taylor (D) Childe

 5. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found? 

 (A) Chopani Mando

 (B) Kakoria

 (C) Mahadaha

 (D) Sarai Nahar Rai

 6. Bone ornaments in the Mesolithic context in India have been obtained from 

 (A) Sarai Nahar Rai

 (B) Mahadaha

 (C) Lekhahia

 (D) Chopani Mando

 7. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at

 (A) Sarai Nahar Rai

 (B) Damdama

 (C) Mahadaha

 (D) Langhnaj

 8. The cultivation of cereals first started in 

 (A) Neolithic Age

 (B) Mesolithic Age

 (C) Palaeolithic Age

 (D) Proto-Historic Age

 9. The earliest evidence of man in India is found in

 (A) Nilgiri Hills

 (B) Shiwalik Hills

 (C) Nallamala Hills

 (D) Narmada Valley

 10. The first cereal used by man was

 (A) Wheat (B) Rice

 (C) Barley (D) Sorghum

 11. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent comes from 

 (A) Koldihwa (B) Lahuradeva

 (C) Mehrgarh (D) Tokwa

 12. Name the site which has revealed the earliest evidence of settled life?

 (A) Dholavira

 (B) Kile Gul Mohammad

 (C) Kalibangan

 (D) Mehrgarh

 13. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian Sub-continent has been obtained from

 (A) Brahmagiri

 (B) Burzahom

 (C) Koldihwa

 (D) Mehrgarh

 14. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian Sub-continent is found at

 (A) Lothal (B) Harappa

 (C) Mehrgarh (D) Mundigak

 15. Which one of the following periods is also known as Chalcolithic Age?

 (A) Old Stone Age

 (B) New Stone Age

 (C) Copper Age

 (D) Iron Age

 16. The cultural remains from Stone Age to Harappan civilization have been obtained from which one of the following ancient sites?

 (A) Amri (B) Mehrgarh

 (C) Kotdiji (D) Kalibangan

 17. Navdatoli was excavated by

 (A) K.D. Bajpai

 (B) V.S. Wakankar

 (C) H.D. Sankalia

 (D) Mortimer Wheeler

 18. In which state, the Navdatoli is located? 

 (A) Gujarat

 (B) Maharashtra

 (C) Chhattisgarh

 (D) Madhya Pradesh

 19. Megaliths have been identified as

 (A) Caves for hermits

 (B) Burial sites

 (C) Temple sites

 (D) None of the above

 20. Ash mound is associated with the Neolithic site at

 (A) Budihal

 (B) Sangana Kallu

 (C) Koldihwa

 (D) Brahmagiri

21. ‘Bhimbetka’ is famous for

 (A) Rock Paintings

 (B) Buddhist Statues

 (C) Minerals

 (D) Origin of Son River

 22. In India, from which rock-shelter,pictures has been found the most?

 (A) Ghagharia (B) Bhimbetka

 (C) Lekhahia (D) Adamgarh

 23. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?

 (A) Ajanta

 (B) Bhimbetka

 (C) Bagh

 (D) Amravati

 24. Where are the caves of Bhimbetka situated? 

 (A) Bhopal

 (B) Pachmarhi

 (C) Singrauli

 (D) Abdullahganj-Raisen

 25. The Ochre-coloured Pottery (O.C.P.) was christened at

 (A) Hastinapur (B) Ahichhatra

 (C) Noh (D) Red Fort

 26. In the Chalcolithic period people of Maharashtra buried their dead under the floor of their houses in the following orientation

 (A) North to South position

 (B) East to West position

 (C) South to North position

 (D) West to East position

 27. Which of the following sites has yielded skeleton of the dog along with human skeleton in burial?

 (A) Brahmagiri (B) Burzahom

 (C) Chirand (D) Maski

 28. The evidence of burying the dog with human body is found from which of the following places?

 (A) Burzahom (B) Koldihwa

 (C) Chaupani (D) Mando

 29. The evidence of pit dwelling has been obtained from

 (A) Burzahom (B) Koldihwa

 (C) Brahmagiri (D) Sanganakallu

 30. From which rock shelter of  Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found?

 (A) Morahana Pahar

 (B) Ghagharia

 (C) Baghahi Khor

 (D) Lekhahia

 31. Which of these departments/minis-tries deals with Archaeological Sur-vey of India as an accessory office?

 (A) Culture

 (B) Tourism

 (C) Science and Technology

 (D) Human Resource and Development

 32. Where is the National Human Museum situated?

 (A) Guwahati (B) Bastar

 (C) Bhopal (D) Chennai

ANSWERS

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C)

11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (D) 19. (B) 20. (B)

21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (B) 24. (D) 25. (A) 26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (A) 30. (D) 31. (A) 32. (C)

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