pre historic period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The Palaeolithic Age in India is divided into three phases, based on tool technology. Which of the following phases is/are correctly matched with its tools?

a) All of the above

b) Upper Palaeolithic – tools made on flakes and blades

c) Lower Palaeolithic – handaxe and cleaver industries

d) Middle Palaeolithic – tools made on flakes

Question : 2

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

a) The palaeolithic man in India know the use of fire

b) The Copper Age and the Early Iron Age can be distinguished in North India. However, the Iron Age immediately succeeds the Stone Age in South India.

c) Prehistoric paintings have been found in Kaimur ranges and Mirzapur District

d) Palaeolithic granes have been found in Guntur and Kurnool Districts in South India

Question : 3

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Neolithic culture?

a) The Neolithic age marks the concluding phase of the stone tools culture

b) All of the above

c) The presence of pottery is taken to be more conclusive diagnostic speciality of this age

d) The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age

Question : 4

The widespread using of Black and Red ware (BRW) and Painted Grey Ware (PGW) mark the

a) coming of Iron Technology in India

b) none of the above

c) end of using bronze

d) coming of Copper Technology in India

Question : 5

Who among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery?

a) Mesolithic

b) Iron age

c) Neolithic

d) Chalcolithic

Question : 6

Consider the following statements regarding the cultivation of Chalcolithic people:

1. They raised cattle as well as cultivated both Kharif and rabi crops in rotation
2. Wheat and barley were grown in the area of Inamgaon and Ahar
3. They also cultivated jowar and bajra and so also kulth, ragi, green peas, lentil and green and black grams.

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 1 and 3

c) 1 and 2

d) 2 and 3