pre historic period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 46

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

a) Bagh

b) Amrawati

c) Bhimbetka

d) Ajanta

Question : 47

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 : 48

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 : 49

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 : 50

Which of the following important Chalcolithic cultures in India are not matched to its period?

a) Malwa culture: 1900 – 1400 B.C.

b) Jorwe culture : 2300 – 2000 B.C.

c) Ahar culture : 2800 – 1500 B.C

d) Kayatha culture : 2450 – 1700 B.C.