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MCQ on Ancient History for UPSC Students
The cultivation of cereals first started in
(a) the Neolithic Age
(b) Mesolithic Age
(c) Paleolithic Age
(d) Proto-Historic Age
Option a – the Neolithic Age
Which of the following sites has yielded the skeleton of the dog along with the human skeleton in burial?
(a) Brahmagiri
(b) Burzahom
(c) Chirand
(d) Maski
Option b – Burzahom
The evidence of ‘pit dwelling’ has been obtained from
(a) Burzahom
(b) Koldihwa
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) Sanganakallu
Option a – Burzahom
From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found?
(a) Morahana Pahar
(b) Ghagharia
(c) Bashani khor
(d) Lekhania
Option d – Lekhania
Burying pet dogs in the graves of the masters did not seem to be a practice with Neolithic people in any part of India except
(a) Assam
(b) Southern India
(c) Kashmir
(d) Meghalaya
Option c – Kashmir
Ash Mound is associated with the Neolithic site at
(a) Budihal
(b) Sangana Kullu
(c) Koldihwa
(d) Brahmagiri
Option b – Sangana Kullu
Consider the following statements about the Neolithic people. I. Neolithic people never ventured far from the hills. II. They produced that was just enough for base subsistence. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor Il
Option c – Both I and II
The first Paleolithic tool in India was discovered by
(a) Robert Bruce Foote
(b) Alexander cunningham
(c) Gordan Childe
(d) RM Wheeler
Option a – Robert Bruce Foote
At which of the following place, evidence of concrete upper paleolithic art objects has/have been found? I. Patue II. Lohanada Nola III. Paisra IV. Nevasa Codes
(a) I and II
(b) Only I
(c) Only Il
(d) I and IV
Option a – I and II
Assertion (A) The microlith industry is rooted in the upper paleolithic industries. Reason (R) The archaeological findings/evidence continued from the upper paleolithic into the mesolithic. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option d – A is false, but R is true
Assertion (A) Buddha Pushkar lake was an ideal region for middle paleolithic people. Reason (R) Good stone was found in proximity to a permanent sweet close water source. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option a – Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
In mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at
(a) Langhnaj
(b) Birbhanpur
(c) Adamgarh
(d) Chopani Mando
Option c – Adamgarh
From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found?
(a) Chopani-Mando
(b) Kakoria
(c) Mahadaha
(d) Sarai Nahar Rai
Option c – Mahadaha
Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at
(a) Sarai Nahar Rai
(b) Damdama
(c) Mahadaha
(d) Langhnaj
Option b – Damdama
Which among the following sites provides evidence of the domestication of animals in the mesolithic period?
(a) Odai
(b) Bori
(c) Bagor
(d) Lakhnia
Option c – Bagor
Which among the following places has given the earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian sub-continent?
(a) Pratapgarh
(b) Mehargarh
(c) Quetta
(d) Kalat
Option b – Mehargarh
According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animals began in
(a) Lower Paleolithic Period
(b) Middle Paleolithic Period
(c) Upper Paleolithic Period
(d) Mesolithic Period
Option d – Mesolithic Period
From which one of the following Mesolithic sites charred and carbonized grains of wild rice embedded in the burnt clay remains of wattle and daub walls of huts, has been discovered?
(a) Chopani Mando
(b) Mahadaha
(c) Bharukachchha
(d) Langhanaj
Option a – Chopani Mando
Consider the following statements. I. Bagor in Rajasthan is the largest Mesolithic site in India. II. Mehrgarh in Baluchistan (Pakistan) is the oldest Neolithic site in India’s Sub-continent. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) None of these
Option c – Both I and II
Which site provides the earliest evidence of the domestication of animals? I. Sohan river valley of Punjab. II. Bagor in Rajasthan. III. Belar Valley in Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) IV. Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh.
(a) I, II, and III
(b) II and IV
(c) II, III, and IV
(d) All of these
Option b – II and IV
Which one of the following periods is also known as the Chalcolithic age?
(a) Old stone age
(b) New stone age
(c) Copper age
(d) Iron age
Option c – Copper age
In the Chalcolithic period, the people of Maharashtra buried their dead under the floor of their houses in the following orientation
(a) North to South position
(b) South to North position
(c) South to North position
(d) West-to-East position
Option a – North to South position
(a) KD Bajpai
(b) V.S. Wakankar
(c) HD Sankalia
(d) Mortimer Wheeler
Option c – HD Sankalia
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