pre historic period quiz set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

With reference to Neolithic culture, consider the statement :

1. The earliest Neolithic settlement is at Mehrgarh, Baluchistan around 7000 BC.
2. V Gordon Childe defined the Neolithic Chalcolithic culture as a self-sufficient food economy.

a) 2 only

b) Neither 1 nor 2

c) 1 only

d) Both 1 and 2

Question : 3

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the microlithic tools of Mesolithic Culture?

1. They were characterized by parallel-sided blades taken out from prepared cores of such fine material as chert, chalcedony, crystal, jasper, carnelian, agate, etc.
2. These tools were generally 10 to 50 cm. long.
3. They include a smaller version of upper Palaeolithic types such as points, scrappers, burins, awls, etc.
4. Some new tool-types were lunates, trapezes, triangles, arrowheads of various shapes and sizes.

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 1, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 2, 3 and 4

Question : 4

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 : 5

Inamgaon is a chalcolithic site belonging to which culture?’

a) Jorwe culture

b) Kayatha culture

c) Ahar culture

d) Malwa culture

Question : 6

Stone and copper were used in

a) Chalcolithic age

b) Paleolithic age

c) Mesolithic age

d) Neolithic age