pre historic period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following statements on Neolithic settlements in South India.

1. Lapidary art and domestication of animals are the remarkable features of the first phase of the South Indian Neolithic settlements.
2. The red coloured pottery was discovered in the Neolithic settlements.
3. Millet was the main crop harvested by Neolithic farmers of south India.
4. Crop rotation technique was started in the field of agriculture.

a) 2, 3 and 4

b) 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 1 and 2

Question : 2

Pick out the wrong statement with respect to the Neolithic sites of Burzahom and Gufkral.

a) The excavations yield lots of bone tools

b) The sites were predominantly pastoral economics

c) Pit dwellings were seen in both the sites

d) Bones of animals such as goat, sheep, cattle are seen

Question : 3

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the chalcolithic settlement?

a) They domesticated cattle most probably for food and not milked for drink and dairy products

b) All of the above

c) The pre-Harappan phase at Kalibangan in Rajasthan and Banawali in Haryana is distinctly chalcolithic

d) They did practice cultivation but not on large scale

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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