Practice Quiz set 1 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which one of the following sites is famous for prehistoric paintings?
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Q-2) Iron was brought to many civilization by the
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Q-3) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct with regard to the Neolithic Age
- Three radiocarbon dates from Koldihwa provide the earliest evidence for the domesticated variety of rice going back to about c. 6500 B.C. which make it the oldest evidence of rice in any part of the world.
- The bone remains from Koldihwa and Mahgara show that cattle, sheep and goat were domesticated in the region.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
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In all probability agriculture in the Belan va1ley began around c. 6500 B.C. Besides rice, evidence for barley cultivation is attested at Mahgara.
In Mahgara, evidence of a cattle pen has also been met with. In the north-west, the early Neolithic settlers, in Burzahom lived in pit dwellings, rather than building houses over the ground.
Q-4) Consider the following statements:
- Most of the Chalcolithic cultures flourished in semiarid regions
- The Jorwe settlements were comparatively larger in number than other Chalcolithic settlements
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
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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.
Q-5) The first metal to be used by man was
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Q-6) Consider the following statements:
- Middle Palaeolithic culture was quite a widespread phenomenon between 6,00,000 and 60,000 B.C.
- Some of the most important sites of the Middle Palaeolithic period are Bhimbetka, Nevasa, Pushkar, Rohiri hills of upper Sind, and Samnapur on Narmada.
Which of the above statement(s) is /are correct?
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Lower Palaeolithic culture was quite widespread phenomenon between 6,00,000 and 60,000 B.C. On the basis of scientific dates the middle Palaeolithic period can be dated between 1,50,000 B.C. and 40,000B.C. or even slightly later.
Q-7) Which one of the following species of fauna has been widely appreciated as pre-historic India’s gift to the world?
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Q-8) 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?
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Q-9) Doojali Hading is an important Neolithic site in
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Q-10) The credit of the discovery of the first Palaeolic in India which opened the field of prehistoric studies in the country goes to
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