pre historic period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Doojali Hading is an important Neolithic site in

a) Tripura

b) Assam

c) Nagaland

d) Manipur

Question : 2

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

a) Burkitt

b) H D Sankalia

c) Robert Bruce Foote

d) De Terra and Paterson

Question : 3

The earliest ‘man like creature’ which racially differed from ‘Homo sapiens’ is generally known as

a) Hominid

b) Eoanthropus

c) Sinanthropus

d) Pithecangthropus

Question : 4

Iron was brought to many civilization by the

a) Turks

b) Huns

c) Hittites

d) Greeks

Question : 5

Which of the artifacts given below could be used as source material for the prehistoric period in India?

1. Fossils
2. Hand axes
3. Pottery
4. Remains of bones

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 2, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 4

d) 1, 3 and 4

Question : 6

Paleolithic or Old Stone Age sites are widely found in various parts of the Indian subcontinent. Which of the following statements are correct in this regard?

1. Food was obtained by hunting animals and gathering edible plants and tubers.
2. People used stone tools, hand-sized and flaked-off large pebbles for hunting animals.
3. Stone implements are made of a hard rock known as quartzite.

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 1 and 3

c) 1 and 2

d) 2 and 3