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Question : 26

Archaeological evidence from which Chalcolithic site shows evidence of corporation, harvesting and irrigation?

a) Daimabad

b) Rangpur

c) Navdatoli

d) Inamgaon

Answer: (d)

Question : 27

The most distinguishing feature of the Cha1colithic cultures is their distinct painted pottery. Related to this which of the following statement is not correct?

a) The Prabhas wares have a glossy surface due to which they are also called Lustrous Red Ware.

b) The Ahar people made a distinctive black-and-red ware decorated with white designs.

c) The Kayatha culture is characterized by a sturdy red-slipped ware painted with designs in chocolate colour.

d) The Malwa ware is painted black-on-red but has a matt surface treated with a wash.

Answer: (d)

Jorwe ware too is painted black-on-red but has a matt surface treated with a wash. Some of the most well-known pottery forms are dishes-on-stand, spouted vases, stemmed cups, pedestalled bowls, big storage jars, and spouted basins and bowls. The Malwa ware is rather coarse in fabric, but has a thick buff surface over which designs are made either in red or black.

Question : 28

List I List II
A. Palaeolithic 1. Ground stone tools
B. Mesolithic 2. Rock painting
C. Neolithic 3. Flaked stone tools
D. Upper Palaeolithic 4. Microlithic tools
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 1 4 2

b) 2 3 4 1

c) 1 4 2 3

d) 3 4 1 2

Answer: (d)

Question : 29

Consider the following statements:

  1. Middle Palaeolithic culture was quite a widespread phenomenon between 6,00,000 and 60,000 B.C.
  2. Some of the most important sites of the Middle Palaeolithic period are Bhimbetka, Nevasa, Pushkar, Rohiri hills of upper Sind, and Samnapur on Narmada.
Which of the above statement(s) is /are correct?

a) None

b) 1 and 2 Both

c) 1 only

d) 2 only

Answer: (d)

Lower Palaeolithic culture was quite widespread phenomenon between 6,00,000 and 60,000 B.C. On the basis of scientific dates the middle Palaeolithic period can be dated between 1,50,000 B.C. and 40,000B.C. or even slightly later.

Question : 30

In the Indian context, the Neolithic agriculture-based regions can roughly be divided into many regions. Which of the following may be called such a region?

  1. The Indus system and its western Borderland
  2. Ganga valley
  3. Western India and the northern Deccan and
  4. The southern Deccan.
Select the answer from the codes given below:

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

b) 1, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (a)

The economy of all these early Neolithic cultures was based on agriculture and animal domestication.

The earliest evidence for Neolithic culture based on the agricultural economy comes from the north-western part of the Indo-Pakistan region – basically in the Quetta valley and in the Valleys of Loralai and Zob rivers.

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