pre historic period quiz set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

a) The characteristic tools of the Mesolithic age are microliths.

b) Mesolithic age people used tools which were extremely small, about 3 cm in length

c) All the above

d) The microliths excavated at Langhnaj in Gujarat

Question : 2

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

a) coming of Copper Technology in India

b) coming of Iron Technology in India

c) end of using bronze

d) none of the above

Question : 3

Who among the following worshipped both ‘Mother Earth’ and ‘Sun-god’?

a) People of Mohenjodaro

b) People of Harappa

c) People of Mesolithic age !

d) People of Neolithic age

Question : 4

In palaeolithic society all men and women were

a) men were higher status than women

b) treated as of equal importance

c) women were higher status than men

d) none

Question : 5

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a) In the Paleolithic period, the death were neither buried nor burnt, but left to the elements as they were

b) The Paleolithic people belonged to a very primitive stage of civilization

c) All the above

d) They did not know the use of metals and had no idea of cultivation

Question : 6

The credit of the discovery of the first Palaeolic in India which opened the field of prehistoric studies in the country goes to

a) De Terra and Paterson

b) Burkitt

c) Robert Bruce Foote

d) H D Sankalia