pre historic period quiz set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Through pollen analysis, it is suggested that agriculture was practised in Rajasthan and Kashmir around

a) 9,000 BC–7,000 BC

b) 20,000 BC–10,000 BC

c) 5,000 BC–3,000 BC

d) 7,000 BC–6,000 BC

Question : 2

The Megaliths of South India are mainly associated with

a) Neolithic age

b) Mesolithic age

c) Chalcolithic age

d) Iron age

Question : 3

Appearance of man in India has been dated around 1.4 mya by the artefacts found from

a) Kurnool

b) Mirzapur

c) Patna

d) Bori

Question : 4

Arrange the following races of man chronologically:

1. Proto-Australoid
2. Negrito
3. Mediterranean
4. Mongoloid

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 2, 4, 3 and 1

c) 2, 1, 3 and 4 "

d) 2, 1, 4 and 3

Question : 5

Beginnings of community life can be ascertained in the

a) Neolithic age

b) Chalcolithic age

c) Palaeolithic age

d) Mesolithic age

Question : 6

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) Daimabad

b) Prakash

c) Inamgaon

d) Navdatoli