Q. Who is known as the father of Indian prehistory? (a) Le Mesurier (b) Miles Burkit (c) Subba Rao (d) Robert Bruce Foote Ans: (d) Robert Bruce Foote Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Robert Bruce Foote. Robert Bruce Foote is known as the father of Indian prehistory. He ...

Q. 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) The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age (c) ...

Q. Which of the following ages the Homo Sapiens the human being for the first time appeared? (a) In the Mesolithic age (b) In the upper Palaeolithic age (c) In the middle Palaeolithic age (d) In the lower Palaeolithic age Ans: (a) In the Mesolithic age

Q. In palaeolithic society all men and women were (a) treated as of equal importance (b) men were higher status than women (c) women were higher status than men (d) none Ans: (a) treated as of equal importance

Q. The earliest ‘man like creature’ which racially differed from ‘Homo sapiens’ is generally known as (a) Hominid (b) Pithecangthropus (c) Sinanthropus (d) Eoanthropus Ans: (a) Hominid Explanation: The earliest 'man-like creature' which racially differed from 'Homo sapiens' is ...

Q. Stone and copper were used in (a) Chalcolithic age (b) Neolithic age (c) Mesolithic age (d) Paleolithic age Ans: (a) Chalcolithic age Explanation: The correct answer is (a) Chalcolithic age. The Chalcolithic age, also known as the Copper Age, is the period characterized by ...

Q. Doojali Hudizg is an important Neolithic site in (a) Tripura (b) Manipur (c) Nagaland (d) Assam Ans: (d) Assam Explanation:Daojali Hading is a neolithic site in Dima Hasao District of Assam, India on a low hillock about 1000 feet above sea level, dated to about 2,700 years ...

Q. Which one of the following species of fauna has been widely appreciated as pre-historic India’s gift to the world? (a) Peacock (b) Domestic fowl (c) Water buffalo (d) Humped bull Ans: (b) Domestic fowl Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Domestic fowl. The domestic fowl, ...

Q. The goddess of vegetative fertility, worshipped during the Chalcolithic period of Jorwe culture, was (a) Sakapurni (b) Satakarani (c) Sambhuti (d) Sakambhari Ans: (d) Sakambhari Explanation: The goddess of vegetative fertility worshipped during the Chalcolithic period of Jorwe ...

Q. From which of the following hoards were four massive copper replicas – of a rhinoceros, an elephant, a chariot, and a buffalo – typical or a Chalcolithic culture obtained? (a) Prakash (b) Daimabad (c) Inamgaon (d) Navdatoli Ans: (b) Daimabad Explanation: The four massive ...

Q. Pick out the wrong statement with respect to the Neolithic sites of Burzahom and Gufkral. (a) The excavations yield lots of bone tools (b) Bones of animals such as goat, sheep, cattle are seen (c) Pit dwellings were seen in both the sites (d) The sites were predominantly pastoral ...

Q. Eran is a Chalcolithic site belonging to which culuture? (a) Jorwe culture (b) Mahwa culture (c) Ahar culture (d) Ganeshwar culture Ans: (b) Mahwa culture