UPSC History The Stone Age Question Bank

done Stone/Bronze and Iron Age Total Questions - 16

• question_answer1)
  The credit of the discovery of the first Palaeolith in India which opened the field of prehistoric studies in the country goes to
  A)
   Burkitt done clear
  B)
   De Terra and Paterson done clear
  C)
   Robert Bruce Foote done clear
  D)
   H D Sankalia done clear
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• question_answer2)
  From which of the following regions, the remains of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures have been found in a sequence?
  A)
   Kashmir valley               done clear
  B)
   Krishna valley    done clear
  C)
          Belan valley        done clear
  D)
          Godavari valley             done clear
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• question_answer3)
  In which Indian state, Inamgaon is located?
  A)
   Maharashtra                  done clear
  B)
   Gujarat done clear
  C)
          Madhya Pradesh  done clear
  D)
          Andhra Pradesh done clear
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• question_answer4)
  A Homo erectus skull was found at one of the following sites
  A)
   Hathnora in Narmada valley done clear
  B)
   Hoshangabad in Narmada valley done clear
  C)
   Baghor in Son valley done clear
  D)
   Bansghat in Belan valley done clear
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• question_answer5)
  The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been obtained from
  A)
   Brahmagiri                    done clear
  B)
   Chirand            done clear
  C)
          Mehargarh         done clear
  D)
          Burzahom                     done clear
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• question_answer6)
  Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered first Palaeolithic tool in India, was originally a
  A)
   Palaeobotanist               done clear
  B)
   Geologist          done clear
  C)
          Archaeologist       done clear
  D)
          Historian                       done clear
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• question_answer7)
  Which one of the following sites is famous for prehistoric paintings?
  A)
   Bagh                            done clear
  B)
   Ajanta              done clear
  C)
          Bhimbetka         done clear
  D)
          Amrawati                      done clear
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• question_answer8)
  Dogs were buried in human burials at
  A)
   Gufkral                         done clear
  B)
   Burzahom         done clear
  C)
          Martand           done clear
  D)
          Mehargarh                    done clear
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• question_answer9)
  Ash mounds are related to the Neolithic culture of
  A)
   Eastern India                 done clear
  B)
   South India       done clear
  C)
          NorthernVindhyas done clear
  D)
          Kashmir valley               done clear
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• question_answer10)
  An upper Palaeolithic Mother Goddess made of bone has been obtained from
  A)
   Godavari valley             done clear
  B)
   Narmada valley done clear
  C)
                      Son valley          done clear
  D)
          Belan valley done clear
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• question_answer11)
  Who among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery?                                    [NDA 2012-II]
  A)
   Mesolithic                     done clear
  B)
   Chalcolithic       done clear
  C)
          Neolithic            done clear
  D)
          Iron Age                       done clear
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• question_answer12)
  Which one of the following sites has yielded the cultural remains from Neolithic to Harappan period?     [UP-PCS 2008]
  A)
    Amri                           done clear
  B)
   Mehrgarh          done clear
  C)
           Kotdiji            done clear
  D)
          Kalibangan done clear
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• question_answer13)
  Earliest evidence of rice cultivation in the Ganga valley has been found at                              [UP-PCS 2008]
  A)
   Lahuradewa                  done clear
  B)
   Senuwar           done clear
  C)
          Sohgaura           done clear
  D)
          Kaushambi                    done clear
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• question_answer14)
  Which rock - shelter in India bears largest number of paintings?                                             [UP-PCS 2008]
  A)
   Ghagharia                     done clear
  B)
   Bhimbetka                    done clear
  C)
   Lekhahia           done clear
  D)
          Adamgarh                     done clear
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• question_answer15)
  The earliest inscription on stone was in which language?                                                       [UP-PCS 2009]
  A)
   Pali                              done clear
  B)
   Sanskrit                        done clear
  C)
   Prakrit   done clear
  D)
          Brahmi             done clear
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• question_answer16)
  The three age system - Stone. Bronze and Iron from the collection of Copengagen museum was coined by          [UP-PCS 2010]
  A)
   Thomson                      done clear
  B)
   Lubbock           done clear
  C)
          Taylor             done clear
  D)
          Childe  done clear
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