pre historic period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the houses of Chalcolithic cultures?

1. People built rectangular and circular houses of mud wattle-and-daub.
2. The circular houses were mostly in isolation.
3. These houses and huts had roofs of straw supported on bamboo and wooden rafters.
4. Floors were made of rammed clay

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 1, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 2, 3 and 4

Question : 2

Which one of the following sites is famous for prehistoric paintings?

a) Bagh

b) Amrawati

c) Bhimbetka

d) Ajanta

Question : 3

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the people of stone age?

a) They had to depend entirely on tools and weapons made of stone

b) All of the above

c) They could not produce more than what they needed for this bare subsistence

d) They settled down only on the slopes of the hills, in rock shelters and the hilly river valley

Question : 4

Stone and copper were used in

a) Chalcolithic age

b) Paleolithic age

c) Mesolithic age

d) Neolithic age

Question : 5

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 : 6

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

a) Hominid

b) Eoanthropus

c) Sinanthropus

d) Pithecangthropus