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Stone Age

📆 September 17, 2024

Total Questions: 48

1. Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered first Palaeolithic tool in India, was a/an - [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (a) Geologist
Solution:According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Robert Bruce Foote was a British geologist and archaeologist. He is considered as the father of Indian pre-history. He was associated with the Geological Survey of Indian and documented the antiquities of the stone age. Hence, Geologist is the correct answer.

2. The three-age system, divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

Correct Answer: (a) Thomson
Solution:The three age system- Stone, Bronze and Iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by Christian Jurgensen Thomson. These periods of human prehistory that are categorised by the main material used to make tools and weapons.The years assigned to each age are approximate, as different civilisations developed at different rates.Some areas may have skipped one or more of the stages.

3. With reference to the Indian History, Alexander Rea, A. H. Longhurst, Robert sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot were associated with [U.P.S.C. (Pre) 2023]

Correct Answer: (a) Archaeological
Solution:Alexander Rea, A.H. Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot were associated with archaeological excavations. They primarily worked in the field of South Indian history.

4. According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animal began in - [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (d) Mesolithic period
Solution:According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animals began in the Mesolithic period. The earliest pieces of evidence of domestication of animals in India have been found at Adamgarh (Narmadapuram, M.P.) and Bagor (Bhilwara, Rajasthan).

5. In Mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at : [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]

Correct Answer: (c) Adamgarh
Solution:According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animals began in the Mesolithic period. The earliest pieces of evidence of domestication of animals in India have been found at Adamgarh (Narmadapuram, M.P.) and Bagor (Bhilwara, Rajasthan).

6. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found ? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) Sarai Nahar Rai
Solution:A large number of implements made of bones and horns have been found from the Mesolithic site, Sarai Nahar Rai (located in Pratapgarh district of U.P.). The book titled 'Puratattva Vimarsh 'written by Dr. Jain Narayan Pandey describes various pointed objects and ornaments made of bones which have been reported from Sarai Nahar Rai.

7. Bone ornaments in the Mesolithic context in India have been obtained from - [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]

Correct Answer: (a) Sarai Nahar Rai
Solution:A large number of implements made of bones and horns have been found from the Mesolithic site, Sarai Nahar Rai (located in Pratapgarh district of U.P.). The book titled 'Puratattva Vimarsh 'written by Dr. Jain Narayan Pandey describes various pointed objects and ornaments made of bones which have been reported from Sarai Nahar Rai.

8. Arrange the following Mesolithic sites geographically in order from west to east - [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2021]

1. Paisra
2. Lekhahia
3. Birbhanpur
4. Mahadaha
Select the correct answer from the code given below :

Correct Answer: (c) 4, 2, 1 and 3
Solution:Mesolithic sites in order from west to east geographically-Mahadaha (Pratapgarh, UP), Lekhahia (Mirzapur, UP), Paisra (Bihar) and Birbhanpur (W.Bengal)

9. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (b) Damdama
Solution:Damdama is a Mesolithic site in Pratapgarh district Uttar Pradesh. In Damdama, 41 human graves were found. Out of these graves, 5 are double burial. One triple burial grave is also found here. A grave with four human skeletons has been found at Sarai Nahar Rai.

10. The cultivation of cereals first stared in - [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2005]

Correct Answer: (a) Neolithic Age
Solution:Grains were first ever produced in Neolithic Age. It was the time when people were introduced to agriculture. Koldihwa and Mehrgarh were the two Neolithic archaealogical sites from where clear pieces of evidence of rice and wheat have been found.
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