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PRE HISTORY
1. Which of the following is not a Neolithic site?
(A) Taxila Kili
(B) Ghul Muhammad
(C) Mundigak
(D) Mehrgarh
(B) Ghul Muhammad
(C) Mundigak
(D) Mehrgarh
2. Man like creature, which racially differed from Homo sapiens, is designated
as:
(A) Neanderthal
(B) Pithecanthropus
(C) Sinanthropus
(D) Hominid
(B) Pithecanthropus
(C) Sinanthropus
(D) Hominid
3. Which one of the
following prehistoric sites has provided evidence for cultivation of
Wild and Sown variety of Paddy:
(A)
Belan
(B) Bagor
(C) Adamgarh
(D) Burzahom
(B) Bagor
(C) Adamgarh
(D) Burzahom
4.What is the main
achievement of the Neolithic revolution?
(A)
Animal husbandry
(B) Agriculture
(C) Nomadic life
(D) Painting
(B) Agriculture
(C) Nomadic life
(D) Painting
5.Which among the
following is associated with Palaeolithic?
(A)
Chopper-Chopping tools
(B) Geometric tools
(C) Pecking tools
(D) Polished tools
(B) Geometric tools
(C) Pecking tools
(D) Polished tools
6.. Which among the
following represents Mesolithic?
(A)
Gathering
(B) Hunting
(C) Food production
(D) Domestication of animals
(B) Hunting
(C) Food production
(D) Domestication of animals
7. Which among the
following stands for Neolithic?
(A)
Nomadism
(B) Transhumance
(C) Sedentism
(D) Urbanism
(B) Transhumance
(C) Sedentism
(D) Urbanism
8. Given below are two
statements one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R):
Assertion
(A): The pace of human development was very slow during the Stone Age.
Reason
(R): Primarily because humans were dependent on hit and trial method
of learning.
Read
the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes below:
Codes:
(A)
(A) is correct, but (R) is wrong (B)
Both (A) and (R) are correct
(C)
(A) is wrong, but (R) is correct (D) Both (A) and (R)
are incorrect
9.Which of the following represents Palaeolithic?
(A)
Microliths (B) Madras Industry (C) Neoliths (D) Megaliths
10. Which among the following is associated with Mesolithic?
(A)
Sohan (B) Burzahom (C) Bhimbitaka (D) Shortughai
11. Which of the following
stands for New Stone age?
(A)
Hunting (B) Pastoralism (C) Scavenging (B) Food Production
12. Which of the following is not associated with
Palaeolithic?
(A) Mongoloid (B)
Homo sapiens (C) Homo sapiens sapiens (D) Homo erectus
13. Which of the
following is not associated with Mesolithic?
(A) Hunting - gathering (B)
Domestication of animals
(C) Domestication of plants (D)
Horticulture
14. Which of the following is not associated with
New Stone age?
(A) Domestication of plants (B) Iron (C) Sedentary life (D) Early village settlements
15. Which of the following is not associated with
Megaliths?
(A) Pastoralism (B) Ash mounds (C) Iron tools (D) Institutional trade
16. Which of the following stands for
Lower Palaeolithic period?
(A) Homo Habilis (B)
Homo sapiens (C) Homo sapiens
Sapiens (D) Australoid
17. Which of the following is associated
with Palaeolithic period?
(A) Crescent (B)
Triangle (C) Polished Hand Axe (D) Acheulian Hand Axe
18. Which of the following represents Mesolithic period?
18. Which of the following represents Mesolithic period?
(A) Ground tools
(B) Olduwan (C) Clactonian (D) Microliths
19. Which of the following stands for
Neolithic?
(A)
Scavenging
(B) Gathering – Hunting
(C) Food production
(D) Pastoralism
(B) Gathering – Hunting
(C) Food production
(D) Pastoralism
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20. Which of the following denotes permanent living?
(A) Nomadism (B) Transhumance (C) Semi-sedentism (D) Sedentism
21. Which
of the following is associated with the lower Palaeolithic period?
(A) Homo erectus (B) Neanderthal (C) Homo sapience (D) Homo sapience
sapience
22. Which among the following represents
the Mesolithic period?
(A)
Olduwan tools (B) Hand axe (C) Triangle tools (D) Polished tools
23. Which among the following denotes
the Neolithic period?
(A) Kunal (B)
Lothal (C) Daimabad (D)
Chirand
24.
Arrange the following into sequential order
and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i)
Megalithic
period
(ii)
Chalcolithic
period
(iii)
Northern
Black Polished Ware
(iv)
Black
and Red Ware
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) (B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii) (C)
(iv), (ii), (iii), (i) (D) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
25. The Neolithic people had their settlement in
(A) Quartzite (B)
Granite rocks (C) Natural
rocks (D) House of burnt bricks
26. One which archaeological site the
evidence of fire cult was found?
(A) Hastinapur (B)
Alamgirpur (C) Kaushambi (D) Lothal
27. In which
of the following years the
Numismatic Society of India was established at Allahabad?
(A) 1908 (B) 1910 (C)
1912 (D) 1914
28. Match List – I (Archaeological Site) with List – II
(Identification) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given
below:
List – I List – II
(Archaeological Site) (Identification)
(a) Bagore (i)
Chalcolithic site of Madhya Pradesh
(b) Brahmagiri (ii)
Megalithic site of Karnataka
(c) Maheshwara (iii)
Mesolithic site of Rajasthan
(d) Tekkalakota (iv)
Neolithic site of Karnataka
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv)
(ii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv)
(iii)
29. Which proto-historic
site has yielded the evidence of threads of raw silk?
(A) Ahar (B)
Inamgaon (C) Navadatoli (D) Nevasa
30. Arrange the
following Indologists in the chronological order and select the correct answer
with the help of the code given below:
(i) William Jones
(ii) Alexander Cunningham
(iii) James Burgess
(iv) James Fergusson
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
31. Match List – I
(Initiator/Writer) with List – II (Journal/Book) and select the correct answer
with the help of the code given below :
List – I List
– II
(Initiator/Writer)
(Journal/Book)
(a) William Jones (i)
Indian Antiquary
(b) James Fergusson (ii)
The Stupa of Bharhut
(c) Alexander Cunningham
(iii) Asiatic Researches
(d) James Burgess (iv)
Archaeology in India
Codes:
(a) (b) (c)
(d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
32. Which one of
the following pairs is not correct?
(A) Lower Palaeolithic: Hunting, gathering
(B) Upper Palaeolithic: Hunting, gathering
(C) Mesolithic: Hunting, gathering
(D) Neolithic: Food Production
33. Match the
List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Sarai Khola (i) Haryana
(b) Tarkhanwaladera (ii) Pakistan
(c) Kunal (iii)
Rajasthan
(d) Shikarpur (iv) Gujarat
Codes:
(a) (b) (c)
(d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
34. Which one of
the following pairs is correct?
(A) Rock shelter: Langhnaj
(B) Microlith: Mahadaha
(C) Site associated with butchering: Lekhakia
(D) Stone tool workshop: Isampur
35. Which one of
the following is a Neolithic site in Vindhyan region?
(A) Mahagara (B)
Chirand (C) Bangarh (D) Khunti
36. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List
– II
a. Mesolithic site i.
Langhnaj
b. Microlith ii.
Bagor (Rajasthan)
c. Beginning of Settled
Agriculture iii. Birbhanpur
d. Chalcedony iv.
Chopni Mando
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii
iv
(B) i ii iii
iv
(C) iii ii i
iv
(D) ii iii iv
i
37. In which one
of the following places the centre of stone tool manufacture is found?
(A) Mehbubanagar (B)
Malaprabha (C) Isampur (D)
Palaghat
38. Excavations at
the sites of the places mentioned in the Mahabharata are related to which one
of the following cultures?
(A) Northern Black polished ware (B) Red and Black polished ware
(C) Painted grey ware (D)
None of the above
39. Match List-I
with List-II and select the
correct answer from the code given below:
List
– I List
– II
(a) Palaeolithic (i) Ground stone tools
(b) Mesolithic (ii) Rock painting
(c) Neolithic (iii) Flaked stone tools
(d) Upper Palaeolithic (iv)
Microlithic tools
Codes:
(a)
(b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
40. Which among
the following places is not associated with the Megalithic culture?
(A) Chandragiri (B)
Brahmagiri (C) Adichchanallur
(D) Utnur
41. Given below
are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Neolithic
age was followed by the age of metals.
Reason (R): For
some time the use of stone implements continued side by side.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer
from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
42. Which one of
the following sites in central India has yielded the largest number of copper
hoard implements?
(A) Kayatha (B)
Pondi (C) Gungeria (D) Maheshwar
43. Match the List
– I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List
– II
(Archaeological sites) (River
Valley)
a. Chandraketugarh i.
Amaravati
b. Korkai ii.
Ganga
c. Karur iii.
Palar
d. Vasavasamudram iv.
Vaigai
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv ii iii i
44. Which one of
the following sites is not associated with Painted Grey Ware?
(A) Gilaulikhera (B)
Noh (C) Tripuri (D) Satwali
45. Sanauli in
Baghpat district of UP is known for which one of its following Archaeological
remains?
(A) Megaliths monuments (B)
Neoliths instruments
(C) Harappan cemetery (D)
OCP culture remains
46. The method of
Radiocarbon Dating was used in India for the first time at
(A) Deccan College, Pune (B)
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
(C) School of Archaeology, New Delhi (D) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai
47. Where were the
first Palaeolithic tools found in India?
(A) Hallur (B)
Kurnool (C) Pallavaram (D) Tekkalkota
48. Arrange the
following archaeologists in the chronological order and select the correct
answer with the help of the codes given below:
(i) James Fergusson
(ii) James Princep
(iii) Alexander Cunningham
(iv) Edward Thomas
Codes:
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) (B)
(iv) (ii) (i) (iii) (C) (iii) (iv)
(ii) (i) (D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
49. Flake tools of
Levallois technique is the characteristic feature of which area of the
following geological ages?
(A) Lower Pleistocene (B)
Holocene
(C) Upper Pleistocene (D)
Middle Pleistocene
50. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes below:
List – I List
– II
a. Sohagighat 1.
Kashmir Neolith
b. Balathal 2.
V.S. Wakankar
c. Bhimbetka 3.
Ahar Culture Site
d. Burzahom 4.
A.C.L. Carlleyle
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 1 2 4 3
(D) 2 1 3 4
51. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I List
– II
a. Soan culture i.
Middle Palaeolithic culture
b. Nevasian culture ii.
Lower Palaeolithic culture
c. Bagore culture iii.
Neolithic culture
d. Koldihwa culture iv.
Upper Palaeolithic culture
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) ii i iv iii
52. Which of the
following chalcolithic sites has given the evidence of the use of copper but no
stone tools?
(A) Ahar (B)
Gilund (C) Kayatha (D) Navdatoli
53. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I List
– II
a. Grid system of excavation i. Pitt Rivers
b. Principle of stratigraphy ii. R.E.M. Wheeler
c. Radiocarbon method of dating iii. Thomas Jefferson
d. Three dimensional method of recording iv. F.W. Libby
Codes:
a b
c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) ii iv iii i
54. In which area
the neolithic man lived in underground pits?
(A) Karnataka (B)
Assam (C) Kashmir (D) Madhya Pradesh
55. In 2001 was
found a complete fossilized human baby skull from
(A) Bhimbetka (B)
Damdama (C)
Hathnora (D) Odai
57. Which of the
following sites has yielded an ivory pendant from the microlithic context?
(A) Bagor (B) Damdama (C) Mahadaha (D) Sarai Nahar Rai
58.
Fossil evidence of Homo-errectus was discovered at which one of the following
places?
(1) Altamira (2)
Choukoutein (3) Fayum lake (4) St. Acheul
59.
The hominoid fossils of Hathnora is:
(A) Homo erectus (B) Homo habilis (C) Homo sapiens (D) None of the above
60.
The burial practice was started by:
(A) Homo sapiens (B) Homo erectus (C) Homo neanderthalensin (D)
Homo habilis
61.
From where the largest number of copper hoards have been found?
(1) Jodhpura (2) Bahadrabad (3) Saipai (4) Gungeria
62. Where have human
fossils been found in situ with palaeolithic tools?
(1) Attirampakkam (2) Bhimbetka (3) Didwana (4)
Hathnora
62.
In India the earliest archaeological remains of hearth has been found from:
(1)Bila Surgam (2) Hunsgi (3) Bhimbetaka (4) Mahagara
63.
From where in South Asia the earliest evidence of wheat-barley farming has been
found?
(1) Punjab (2) Baluchistan (3) Sindh (4) Rajasthan
64. In the recent
past which of the following sites has yielded the evidence of a fossilized
human baby-skull?
(1) Bori (2)
Hathnora (3) Lakhania (4)
Odai
65. Which among
the following sites provide evidence of domestication of animals in the
Mesolithic period?
(i) Adamgarh (ii)
Bagor
(iii) Loteshwar (iv) Ratanpur
(iii) Loteshwar (iv) Ratanpur
Codes:
(1) (i) and (ii) (2)
(ii) and (iii)
(3) (i), (ii) and (iii) (4) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(3) (i), (ii) and (iii) (4) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
66. Match the
items of List – I with List – II:
List – I
(Antiquity) List
– II (Find spot)
a. Ash Mound i.
Kanheri
b. Ayagapatta ii. Mathura
c. Eleven Headed Bodhisattva iii. Sanchi
d. Stone Relic Boxes iv. Utnur
Codes:
a b c d
(1) I iii ii iv
(2) iv ii i iii
(3) i iv iii ii
(4) iv i ii iii
67. Which of the
following is not a neolithic site?
(1) Brahmagiri (2)
Sanganakallu (3) Arikamedu (4) Piklihal
68. The first
evidence of hearth occurs in the upper Palaeolithic context of
(1) Bhimbetka (2)
Billasargam (3) Hunsgi (4) Paisra
69. Which of the
following prehistoric sites has produced a large number of Microliths?
(1) Adamgarh (2)
Bagor (3) Nalagonda (4) Sanganakallu
70. Which of the
following is the characteristic tool of the Lower Palaeolithic period?
(1) Handaxe (2)
Burin (3) Scraper (4) Celt
71. Match List-I
with List-II and select the correct answer with the help of the code given
below:
List-I (Mesolithic site) List-II
(Location)
(a) Birbhanpur (i)
Bihar
(b) Loteshwar (ii)
Gujarat
(c) Paisra (iii)
Uttar Pradesh
(d) Sarai Nahar Rai (iv)
West Bengal
Code:
(a) (b) (c)
(d)
(1) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(2) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(4) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
72. Which of the
following are true of the Mesolithic period?
Select your answer from the code given below:
(i) Microliths are found in general.
(ii) Bagor, Langhnaj and Bhim-betka are some important
sites.
(iii) Bones of wild and domesticated animals are found.
(iv) Rock-paintings are available during this period.
Code:
(1) i, ii, iii and iv (2)
i, ii and iii (3) ii, iii and iv
(4) i, ii and iv
73. Which of the
following Neolithic archaeological sites is not known for ash-mounds?
(1) Utnur (2)
Pallavoy (3) Kupgal (4) Burzahom
74. Which pre -
historic site has yielded the evidence of earliest huts in India?
(1) Chirki - Nevasa (2)
Didwana (3) Hunsgi (4) Paisra
UGC NTA NET/JRF UNIT WISE PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS
(2004 - DEC 2019)
MOB: 9074245932
(2004 - DEC 2019)
MOB: 9074245932
