Pre-Historic Period
1.Among the following which is accepted as the ‘Original homeland of human’?
(a) Asia continent (b) Europe Continent (c) Africa continent (d) Australia continent
Ans.C
2.Among the following which is called the ‘Cradle of humankind’?
(a) Asia continent (b) Europe continent (c) Australia continent (d) Africa continent
Ans.D
3.Among the following which option displays human evolution chronologically ?
(a) Australopithecus → Homo Erectus → Neanderthal → Cro-Magnon S (b) Homo Erectus → Australopithecus → Neanderthal→ Cro Magnon (c) Neaderthal → Australopithecus → Homo Erectus →Cro-Magnon (d) Cro-Magnon → Australopithecus → Homo Erectus → Neanderthal
Ans.A
4.Which of the following is accepted as the ‘early ancestor of human’?
(a) Australopithecus (b) Homo Erectus (c) Neanderthal (d) Cro-Magnon
Ans.A
5.Which of the following is called the ‘Mother of Man’ ?
(a) Lucy (b) Cleopatra (c) Victoria (d) Modam Curie
Ans.A
6.The earliest ‘man like creature’, which racially differed from ‘Homo Sapiens; is generally known as
(a) Neanderthal (b) Pithecanthropus (c) Sinanthropus (d) Hominid [UPSC 2001, NET/JRF 2007]
Ans.B
7.The earliest archeological evidence related to human was found from which region of India ?
(a) Sohan valley (b) Narmda valley (c) Bolan valley (d) Belan valley
Ans.B
8.The hominoid fossils of hathnora is—
(a) Homo erectus (b) Homo habilis (c) Homo sapiens (d) None of these
Ans.A
9.Which of the following is called the earliest biped human?
(a) Australopithecus (b) Pithecanthropus 15 (c) Neanderthal (d) Cro-Magnon
Ans.B
10.Which of the following is credited to discovery of fire ?
(a) Australopithecus (b) Homo Erectus (c) Neanderthal (d) Cro-Magnon
Ans.B
11.Which of the following is accepted as the human that started the final disposal of their deads?
(a) Australopithecus (b) Pithecanthropus (c) Neanderthal (d) Cro-Magnon
Ans.C
12.The latest ancestor of modern human is
(a) Paking man (b) Java man (c) Neanderthal (d) Cro-Magnon [BPSC 1994]
Ans.D
13.In the following which is latest
(a) Neanderthal human (b) Hindalburg human (c) Piltgon human (d) Cro-Magnon human
Ans.D
14.By which name were the early Homo sapiens known
(a) Pithecanthropus (b) Magdalenion (c) Neanderthal (d) Cro-Magnon
Ans.D
15.In scientific language the modern man is known as
(a) Australopithecus (b) Pithecanthropus (c) Neanderthal (d) Homo Sapien Sapien
Ans.D
16.From which site, first Indian Paleolithic artefact was discovered ?
(a) Daimabad (b) Mirzapur (c) Pallavaram (d) Soan valley [UPSC 2006]
Ans.C
17.When did Robert Bruce Foote discover the first Paleolithic implement in India ?
(a) 1860 (b) 1863 (c) 1873 (d) 1878
Ans.B
18.Robert Bruce Foote, who has discovered Paleolithic implements in India, was originally ? en
(a) a paleobotanist (b) a geolosit marw (c) an archeologist (d) a historian [UPPCS 2009)
Ans.B
19.Among the following who is known as the ‘Father of Pre-Historic Archeology’ in India ?
(a) H.D. Sankalia (b) A. Cunninghum (c) F. R. Alchin (d) Robert Bruce Foote
Ans.D
20.Among the following from which site the earliest fossil of pre-historic human has been found ?
(a) Bhimbetka (b) Hathnora (c) Sarainahar Rai (d) Damdama
Ans.B
21.The life of paleolithic man was totally ……
(a) Rural (b) Urban (c) Modern (d) Primitive
Ans.D
22.The main occupation of paleolithic men was—
(a) Agriculture (b) Poultry – (c) Animal husbandry (d) Hunting [UPPCS 2006]
Ans.D
23.The source of entertainment of primitive man of paleolithic age was
(a) Gambling (b) Music (c) Horse riding (d) Hunting
Ans.D
24.The greatest discovery of man in the paleolithic age was
(a) Fire-liting (b) Potter’s wheel (c) Metal implement (d) Spinning
Ans.A
25.The Majority of Early stone Age tools, in India, were made of
(a) Quartzite (b) Steatite (c) Agate (d) Carnelian
Ans.A
26.Which of the following cultures is the other name of Sohan culture ?
(a) Paleolithic culture (b) Mesolithic culture (c) Neolithic culture (d) Chalco-lithic culture
Ans.A
27.The paleolithic implements have not been found from which of the following ?
(a) Sohan valley (b) Narmda valley (c) Attirappakkam. (d) Ahar
Ans.D
28.The paleolithic remains have been found from which of the following?
(a) Punjab (b) Calcutta (c) Lucknow (d) Bellari
Ans.A
29.Sinhawal is an archological site of
(a) Early paleolithic culture(b) Mesolithic culture (c) Neolithic culture (d) Chalco-lithic culture
Ans.A
30.What is true about lower paleolithic man?
(a) They used core implements (tools and weapons) (b) They used microlith implements (tools and weapons) (c) They were herdsmena (d) They used polished axes
Ans.A
31.Sanghao cave, an archeological site, is related to which period ?
(a) Upper Paleolithic period (b) Middle Paleolithic period (c) Neolithic period (d) Chalco-Lithic periode n [UPPCS 2011]
Ans. B
32.Which one of the following is Not related to Paleolithic culture ?
(a) Hand exec (b) Chopper (c) Cleaver (d) Celt [UPSC 2002]
Ans. D
33.From where bone-made statuette of Matridevi of Upper Paleolithic period is found ?
(a). Narmda Valley (Madhya Pradesh) (b) Son Valley (Madhya Pradesh) (c) Belan Valley (Uttar pradesh) (d) Godavari Valley (Maharasthra)
Ans.C
34.Among the following which is called ‘Blade culture’ ?
(a) Upper Paleolithic culture (b) Middle Paleolithic culturele (c) Later Paleolithic cultureure (d) Harappan culture
Ans.C
35.The egg-shells of an ostrich has been found from which of the following archaeological sites ?
(a) Patne (b) Ahar (c) Kayatha (d) Chirand
Ans.A
36.Muchchhtala Chintamanugavi cave shelter of Andhra Pradesh is known as
(a) the richest finding site of implements made on bones and horns in India. (b) an archaeological site of Harappan civilization (c) an archaeological site of chalco-lithic culture (d) an iron-implement finding site bote
Ans.A
37.Which is the correct chronological order of the following cultures ?
(a) Abbevillian → Acheulian → Mousterian → Magdalenian (b) Abbevillian → Mousterian → Acheulian → Magdalenian (c) Magdalenian → Mousterian → Acheulian → Abbevillian (d) Magdalenian → Acheulian → Mousterian → Abbevillian
Ans.A
38.The intermediate period between Paleolithic period and Neolithic period is called
(a) Mesolithic period (b) Chalco-lithic period (c) Iron period (d) Megalithic period
Ans. A
39.The earliest evidence of cattle-breeding has been found from
(a) Sarainahar Rai (b) Koldihawa (c) Bagor (d) Kalibanagan QUE
Ans.C
40.With which of the following periods do we associate the ‘Microlith’ implements ?
(a) PaleolithM d (b) Mesolithic licet (c) Neolithic (5) (d) Chalco-lithic
Ans.B
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