NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June-2019 ARCHAEOLOGY

Total Questions: 100

61. Which of the following inscriptions refer to the proper name of Ashoka?

(a) Nittur
(b) Bairat
(c) Sannati
(d) Udegolam
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Correct Answer: C. (a) and (d)

62. Which of the following factors help to distinguish the strata correctly during excavations?

(a) Thickness
(b) Colour
(c) Composition
(d) Contents
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Correct Answer: B. (b), (c) and (d)

63. Arrange the following caves in chronological order:

(a) Hinayana caves of Bhaja
(b) Caves of Barabar
(c) Caves of Bagh
(d) Caves of Ellora
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Correct Answer: C. (b), (a), (c), (d)

64. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements:

Assertion (A) : Some burials at Mahadaha and Damdama bear skeletons with personal ornaments.
Reason (R) : It indicates a kind of social status.
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Correct Answer: C. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

65. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements:

Assertion (A): Burin is an effective tool for engraving or grooving and shaping of bone, antler and wooden objects and for their decoration.
Reason (R) : The Upper Palaeolithic culture is marked by art objects made of bone and antler and its lithic industry is known as blade-burin industry. Choose the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

66. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements:

Assertion (A) : Earlier records have been preserved in baked clay objects. Reason (R) : This property is called thermoremanent magnetism.
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Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

67. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements:

Assertion (A): During the Pleistocene some plants became instincts.
Reason (R) : There were considerable shifts of vegetational zones due to climatic change.
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Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements:

Assertion (A): Human remains of Holocene period have been obtained from different parts of India.
Reason (R) : It helps to hypothesize as indigenous origin and continuation of human habitation in India.
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Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

69. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements:

Assertion (A): There were shifts in climate and environment in different parts of India during Upper Palaeolithic period.
Reason (R): Some attempts have been made to gain insights into the life ways of upper Palaeolithic.
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Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

70. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements:

Assertion (A) : Bhimbetka, Acheulian industry is characterized by high standard of workmanship and great diversity of non-biface tools.
Reason (R): Bhimbetka industry represents the terminal phase of the Acheulian tradition.
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Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)