The top most frequently asked questions
History – Stone Age
In which
type of rocks the Neolithic people had their settlements?
(A)
Marble
(B)
Granite
(C) Hard
rock
(D)
Quartzite
ANSWER B
Which is
the main period of the neolithic age in the Indian sub-continent?
(A)
2000-4000 B.C.
(B)
5000-3000 B.C.
(C)
4000-1800 B.C.
(D)
2000-2400 B.C.
ANSWER C
Which
one of the stages of Man's progress is not properly Matched?
(A)
Primitive food collecting stage - Stone Age
(B)
Advance food collecting stage - Mesolitic Age
(C) Food
production stage -
Chalcolitic Age
(D)
Urbanisation
- Bronze Age
ANSWER C
To which
pre-historic time antiquity of terracotta art was traced back?
(A)
Chalcolithic Age
(B)
Megalithic Age
(C)
Neolithic Age
(D) Iron
Age
(E)
Answer not known
ANSWER C
The
first traces of a human being in India is found in the
(A)
Deccan
(B)
Narmada
(C)
Indo-Gangetic
(D)
Chambhal
(E)
Answer not known.
ANSWER A
What was
the period of the Mesolithic Age?
(A)
10000 BC to 4000 BC
(B) 9000 BC to 4000 BC
(C) 8000
BC to 4000 BC
(D) 7000
BC to 4000 BC
ANSWER C
Palaeolithic
stone tool was first discovered in India in 1863 by
(A) Le
Meserier
(B)
Miles Burkit
(C)
Subba Rao
(D)
Robert Bruce
(E)
Answer not known
ANSWER D
Consider
the statements on the middle Palaeolithic period and pick out the correct
answer.
(i) The
tools are smaller in size
(ii)
They are found at Attirampakkam, Gudiyam and Vadamadurai
(iii)
Urn burials have been found
(iv)
Cultivation of food plants is an important trait
(A) (i)
and (ii) are correct
(B) (ii)
and (iii) are correct
(C)
(iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i)
and (iv) are correct
(E)
Answer not known
ANSWER A
Which
one of the statement is incorrect regarding the mesolithic period.
1. It is the Stone age between Palaeolithic
period and mesolithic period.
2. They used tools of made up of Keny Small
Stones
3. The Theri Kadugal of Thirunelveli region
belonged to this period
4. This people burned their Dead bodies.
(A) 1
only
(B) 2
only
(C) 3
only
(D) 4
only
(E)
Answer not known
ANSWER D
Palaeolithic
stone tool was discovered first in India in 1863 by whom?
(A) Le
Mesurier
(B)
Robert Bruce
(C)
Miles Burkitt
(D)
Subba Rao
(E)
Answer not known
ANSWER B
Which
country other than Indian Sub-continent has numerous Sanskrit inscriptions?
(A)
Afghanistan
(B)
Bangladesh
(C)
Pakistan
(D)
South-East Asian countries
(E)
Answer not known
ANSWER D
harosthi
script derived from the
(A)
Brahmi
(B)
Semitie
(C)
Reman
(D)
Aramaic
(E )
Answer not known
ANSWER D
