MCQ on Stone Age

Q. According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animals began in______
(A) Lower Palaeolithic period
(B) Middle Palaeolithic period
(C) Upper Palaeolithic period
(D) Mesolithic period

Q. In the Mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at ______
(A) Langhnaj
(B) Birbhanpur
(C) Adamgarh
(D) Chopani Mando

Q. Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered the first Palaeolithic tool in India, was a/an _______
(A) Geologist
(B) Archaeologist
(C) Paleobotanist
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Q. The three-age system, divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by ______
(A) Thomson
(B) Lubbock
(C) Taylor
(D) Childe

Q. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found?
(A) Chopani Mando
(B) Kakoria
(C) Mahadaha
(D) Sarai Nahar Rai

Q. Bone ornaments in the Mesolithic context in India have been obtained from ______
(A) Sarai Nahar Rai
(B) Mahadaha
(C) Lekhahia
(D) Chopani Mando

Q. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at______
(A) Sarai Nahar Rai
(B) Damdama
(C) Mahadaha
(D) Langhnaj

Q. The cultivation of cereals first started in ______
(A) Neolithic Age
(B) Mesolithic Age
(C) Palaeolithic Age
(D) Proto-Historic Age

Q. The earliest evidence of man in India is found in______
(A) Nilgiri Hills
(B) Shiwalik Hills
(C) Nallamala Hills
(D) Narmada Valley

Q. The first cereal used by man was______
(A) Wheat
(B) Rice
(C) Barley
(D) Sorghum

Q. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian sub-continent comes from ______
(A) Koldihwa
(B) Lahuradeva
(C) Mehrgarh
(D) Tokwa

Q. Name the site which has revealed the earliest evidence of settled life.
(A) Dholavira
(B) Kile Gul Mohammad
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Mehrgarh

Q. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian Sub-continent has been obtained from ______
(A) Brahmagiri
(B) Burzahom
(C) Koldihwa
(D) Mehrgarh

Q. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian Sub-continent is found at ______
(A) Lothal
(B) Harappa
(C) Mehrgarh
(D) Mundigak

Q. 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

Q. The cultural remains from the Stone Age to Harappan civilization have been obtained from which one of the following ancient sites?
(A) Amri
(B) Mehrgarh
(C) Kotdiji
(D) Kalibangan

Q. Navdatoli was excavated by______
(A) K.D. Bajpai
(B) V.S. Wakankar
(C) H.D. Sankalia
(D) Mortimer Wheeler

Q. In which state, the Navdatoli is located?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Madhya Pradesh

Q. Megaliths have been identified as______
(A) Caves for hermits
(B) Burial sites
(C) Temple sites
(D) None of the above

Q. Ash mound is associated with the Neolithic site at_______
(A) Budihal
(B) Sangana Kallu
(C) Koldihwa
(D) Brahmagiri

Q. ‘Bhimbetka’ is famous for_______
(A) Rock Paintings
(B) Buddhist Statues
(C) Minerals
(D) Origin of Son River

Q. In India, from which rock-shelter, pictures has been found the most?
(A) Ghagharia
(B) Bhimbetka
(C) Lekhahia
(D) Adamgarh

Q. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?
(A) Ajanta
(B) Bhimbetka
(C) Bagh
(D) Amravati

Q. Where are the caves of Bhimbetka situated?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Pachmarhi
(C) Singrauli
(D) Abdullahganj-Raisen

Q. The Ochre-coloured Pottery (O.C.P.) was christened at_______
(A) Hastinapur
(B) Ahichhatra
(C) Noh
(D) Red Fort

Q. In the Chalcolithic period people of Maharashtra buried their dead under the floor of their houses in the following orientation______
(A) North to South position
(B) East to West position
(C) South to North position
(D) West to East position

Q. 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

Q. The evidence of burying the dog with a human body is found from which of the following places?
(A) Burzahom
(B) Koldihwa
(C) Chaupani
(D) Mando

Q. The evidence of pit dwelling has been obtained from______
(A) Burzahom
(B) Koldihwa
(C) Brahmagiri
(D) Sanganakallu

Q. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found?
(A) Morahana Pahar
(B) Ghagharia
(C) Baghahi Khor
(D) Lekhahia

Q. Which of these departments/ministries deals with the Archaeological Survey of India as an accessory office?
(A) Culture
(B) Tourism
(C) Science and Technology
(D) Human Resource and Development

Q. Where is the National Human Museum situated?
(A) Guwahati
(B) Bastar
(C) Bhopal
(D) Chennai