pre historic period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

a) 4 3 2 1

b) 1 4 2 3

c) 3 4 2 1

d) 2 3 4 1

Question : 2

Consider the following statements:

1. Most of the Chalcolithic cultures flourished in semiarid regions
2. The Jorwe settlements were comparatively larger in number than other Chalcolithic settlements

a) None

b) 1 and 2 Both

c) 1 only

d) 2 only

Question : 3

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?

a) Prakash

b) Navdatoli

c) Inamgaon

d) Daimabad

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the religion the Chalcolithic cultures?

1. The worship of mother goddess and the bull was in vogue
2. The bull cult seems to have been predominant in Malwa during the Ahar period
3. A large number of these both naturalistic, as well as stylised lingas, have been found from most of the sites.
4. The Mother Goddess is depicted on a huge storage jar of Inamgaon

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 1, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 2, 3 and 4