Prehistoric Period Quiz 3 (Ancient History) With Explanation

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Prehistoric Period Quiz

Sources of History and Pre-Historic Period Quiz 3

Q. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found? [UPPSC (Mains) 2010)

(a) Chopani-Mando  

(b) Kakoria

(c) Mahadaha  

(d) Sarai Nahar Rai

Correct Answer: C

Mahadaha

Q. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at [UPPSC 2016]

(a) Sarai Nahar Rai  

(b) Damdama

(c) Mahadaha  

(d) Langhnaj

Correct Answer: B

Damdama is a Mesolithic site in the Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. It was excavated by Allahabad University between 1982 and 1987. During this excavation in Damdama, a total of 41 human graves were found.

Q. Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the mesolithic period? (UPPSC 2018)

(a) Odai  

(b) Bori  

(c) Bagor

(d) Lakhnia

Correct Answer: C

The Mesolithic Period, or Middle Stone Age, is an archaeological term describing specific cultures that fall between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic Periods. While the start and end dates of the Mesolithic Period vary by geographical region, it dated approximately from 10,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE. In India, it spanned from 9,000 B.C. to 4,000 B.C. This age is characterized by the appearance of Microliths (small bladed stone tools).The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting and gathering. In Rajasthan, Bagor is almost the largest Mesolithic site in India.

Q. Which among the following places has given the earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent? [WBCS 2020]

(a) Pratapgarh  

(b) Mehargarh

(c) Quetta 

(d) Kalat

Correct Answer: B

The correct answer is Mehrgarh. It is a Neolithic age site that was located near the Bolan Pass on the Kacchi Plains of Balochistan, Pakistan. Mehrgarh is situated near the west of the river Indus and between the presently, Pakistani cities of Sibi, Kalat, and Quetta.

Q. The evidence of ‘pit dwelling’ has been obtained from [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]

(a) Burzahom 

(b) Koldihwa

(c) Brahmagiri 

(d) Sanganakallu

Correct Answer: A

Burzahom archaeological sites have evidence of pit-dwellings. It is located in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir.

Q. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found? [UPPSC 2016]

(a) Morahana Pahar  

(b) Ghagharia 

(c) Bashani khor

(d) Lekhania

Correct Answer: B

The most number of human skeletons has been found in the Ghagharia rock shelter of Vindhya. Bhimbetka rock shelters, in the foothills of the Vindhya Range of central India, consists of around 700 natural rock shelters and Ghagharia is one amongst them. These shelter sites were discovered in 1957.

Q. Ash Mound is Neolithic site at associated with the [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]

(a) Budihal  

(b) Sangana Kullu  

(c) Koldihwa

(d) Brahmagiri

Correct Answer: B

Q. The ochre-coloured pottery was christened in (UPPSC (Mains) 2006)

(a) Hastinapur  

(b) Ahichatra

(c) Nuh

(d) Red Fort

Correct Answer: A

Q. Which of the following is the correct order of the Vedic literature? [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]

(a) Vedic Samhitas, Brahmins, Aranyakas, Upanishads

(b) Vedic Samhitas, Upanishads, Aranyakas, Brahmins

(c) Vedic Samhitas, Aranyakas, Brahmins, Upanishads

(d) Vedic Samhitas, Vedangas, Aranyakas, Smritis

Correct Answer: A


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Q. Who first wrote Indian history?
Ans. According to the history we’ve studied about ancient India, RAJTARANGINI was India’s first historical book. The well-known author KALHAN authored it in the 12th century. It was written between 1148 and 1149 in Sanskrit.

Q. Who is the father of archaeology?
Ans. Flinders William Petrie, too, deserves to be called the Father of Archaeology. Petrie was the first to do scientific research on Egypt’s Great Pyramid in the 1880s.

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