pre historic period quiz set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The later Neolithic settlers lived in

a) rectangular houses

b) circular houses

c) None

d) Both (a) and (b)

Question : 2

Of the following Harappan sites those not in India are

a) Bhanwali and Ropar

b) Lothal and Ropar

c) Lothal and Kalibangan

d) Mohenjodaro and Harappa

Question : 3

Jorwe pottery type seen in the Chalcolithic period is predominantly of?

a) Black and Red

b) Ochre colour ware

c) Black on Red ware

d) Red ware

Question : 4

What are dolmens?

a) A tool used by Neolithic man

b) Another name for microlithic tombs

c) The human race to which the Dravidians belonged

d) Another name for megalithic tombs

Question : 5

In India, the first human occupations, as clearly suggested by stone tools, is not earlier than the

a) Oligocene

b) Miocene

c) Middle Pleistocene

d) Middle Holocene

Question : 6

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