pre historic period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

The Megaliths of South India are mainly associated with

a) Mesolithic age

b) Iron age

c) Chalcolithic age

d) Neolithic age

Question : 12

The Palaeolithic Age in India is divided into three phases, based on tool technology. Which of the following phases is/are correctly matched with its tools?

a) All of the above

b) Upper Palaeolithic – tools made on flakes and blades

c) Lower Palaeolithic – handaxe and cleaver industries

d) Middle Palaeolithic – tools made on flakes

Question : 13

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

a) The palaeolithic man in India know the use of fire

b) The Copper Age and the Early Iron Age can be distinguished in North India. However, the Iron Age immediately succeeds the Stone Age in South India.

c) Prehistoric paintings have been found in Kaimur ranges and Mirzapur District

d) Palaeolithic granes have been found in Guntur and Kurnool Districts in South India

Question : 14

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Neolithic culture?

a) The Neolithic age marks the concluding phase of the stone tools culture

b) All of the above

c) The presence of pottery is taken to be more conclusive diagnostic speciality of this age

d) The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age

Question : 15

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

1. The worship of mother goddess and the bull was in vogue
2. The bull cult seems to have been predominant in Malwa during the Ahar period
3. A large number of these both naturalistic, as well as stylised lingas, have been found from most of the sites.
4. The Mother Goddess is depicted on a huge storage jar of Inamgaon

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 1, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 2, 3 and 4