General Knowledge - Indian History

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Question - 1

Who among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery?

  • A Mesolithic
  • B Chalcolithic
  • C Neolithic
  • D Iron age

Question - 2

The burying of pet dogs in the graves of the masters did not seem to be a practise with Neolithic people in any part of India except

  • A Asom
  • B Southern India
  • C Kashmir
  • D Meghalaya

Question - 3

Which of the following statements regarding Stone-Copper Age are true?

1. Stone-Copper  culture had an essentially urban background.

2. Inspite of food producing economy, the rate of infant morality was very high.

3. People were not aware of the art of mixing tin with copper and thus forging the much stronger and useful metal called bronze.

4. People of this age were familiar with the art of writing and they used to live in the cities as people of Bronze age.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

  • A 1, 3 and 4
  • B 1 and 4
  • C 2 and 3
  • D All of these

Question - 4

Which Chalcolithic site in India reflects the idea of burying the dead under the floor of their house in North to South position?

  • A Maharashra
  • B Madhya Pradesh
  • C Punjab
  • D Gujarat

Question - 5

Which site provides the earliest evidence of the domestication of animals?

1. Sohan river valley of Punjab

2. Bagor in Rajasthan

3. Belar valley in Mirzapur (UP)

4. Adamgarh in MP

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

  • A 1, 2 and 3
  • B 2 and 4
  • C 2,3 and 4
  • D All of these

Question - 6

At which of the following place, evidence of concrete upper Paleolithic art object has/have been found?

1. Patue                                                  2. Lohanada Nola

3. Paisra                                                 4. Nevasa

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

  • A 1 and 2
  • B Only 1
  • C Only 2
  • D 1 and 4

Question - 7

Match the following

List I List II
A. Nevasan 1. Lower Paleolithic
B. Sohan 2. Mesolithic
C. Terian 3. Chalcolithic
D. Kot-Dijian 4. Middle Paleolithic
  • A A B C D 1 2 3 4
  • B A B C D 4 2 1 3
  • C A B C D 4 1 2 3
  • D A B C D 1 3 2 4

Question - 8

Here are four sites where iron has been found at some early dates. Starting from earliest put them in the correct sequence.

1. Noh     2. Pirak    3. Ahar     4. Hallur

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

  • A 3, 2, 4, 1
  • B 1, 2, 3, 4
  • C 2, 3, 1, 4
  • D 3, 1, 4, 2

Question - 9

Which one of these is used as common feature of Megalithic burial costoms?

  • A In all graves pottery, and particulary Black and Red ware, is found
  • B In almost every excavated grave some objects of iron occur.
  • C Among the most common tools are flat iron axes, often with crossed iron bands for hafting
  • D Among the grave goods copper, bronze and gold objects are equally common

Question - 10

Megaliths

  • A are a certain group of Paleolithic caves
  • B is the technical term for pre-historic rock-cut caves
  • C are pre-historic burial monuments
  • D are monoliths belonging to the Neolithic period