NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June-2021 ARCHAEOLOGY

Total Questions: 100

91. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:

The transition from nomadic to settled life was largely the result of an economic revolution based on the cultivation of certain food plants like wheat, barley and rice and the domestication of some animals like cattle, sheep, goat, pig and buffalo. The step had a profound effect on the history of mankind. The people became sedentary and the assured supply of food gave rise to a rapid increase in population. Bones bearing cut and charring marks show that pork, beef and other types of animal food were taken in large quantities. The essential criterion of domestication is that man intends to breed the captured animals of a certain wild species under artificial conditions. Domestication is both a cultural and biological process.

Starting of a sedentary way of life denotes which culture?

Correct Answer: C. Neolithic

92. Which of the following factors stressed for sedentary life of man?

Correct Answer: A. Increase of human population

93. What is domestication in the prehistoric age?

Correct Answer: B. Intends to breed the captured animals

94. How bones of animals indicate of their domestication?

Correct Answer: D. Bones bear both, cut and charred marks

95. What is the earliest date of animal domestication in India?

Correct Answer: C. 6th millennium B.C.

96. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:

A careful study of the Kushana costumes and weapons represented on Kushana coins shows that Sakas and Kushanas wore the same dress and fought with the same weapons. The Kushanas have nothing in common with those of Greek, Parthians or Indians. The long Central Asian coat is worn by Wema Kadphises, as shown by his money. The coin image of Wema Kadphises served as the model of the monumental statue of Kanishka,which was discovered at Mat, near Mathura. Wema Kadphises is shown on his coins as holding a heavy mace. Kanishka is represented on his coins with a long sword, hanging from his belt and often with a long lance.

Why is Wema Kadphises represented as wearing a long Asian coat?

Correct Answer: D. Wema Kadphises came from Central Asia which had been accustomed to cold

97. Whom did the Kanishka group of the Kushana dynasty succeed?

Correct Answer: D. He was a successor of Wema Kadphises

98. Which of the following Kushana features formed an integral part of the Indian culture?

Correct Answer: D. One of the features of Kushana dress

99. What is the basis of the assertion that Sakas and Kushanas wore the same dress and fought with the same weapons?

Correct Answer: B. There was a cultural similarity between the Sakas and the Kushanas.

100. What was the inspiration for sculptors to carve the statue of Kanishka?

Correct Answer: C. Coin-image of Wema Kadphises