pre historic period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

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

a) Hominid

b) Eoanthropus

c) Sinanthropus

d) Pithecangthropus

Question : 3

In palaeolithic society all men and women were

a) treated as of equal importance

b) none

c) women were higher status than men

d) men were higher status than women

Question : 4

a) 2, 3 and 4

b) none of these

c) 1, 3 and 4

d) all of these

Question : 5

Iron was brought to many civilization by the

a) Turks

b) Huns

c) Hittites

d) Greeks

Question : 6

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