Multiple Choice Questions on Stone Age – Ancient History

Questions on Stone Age

Question 1. In India, from which rock-shelter, pictures has been found the most?

(A) Adamgarh

(B) Lekhahia

(C) Bhimbetka

(D) Ghagharia

View Answer
(C) Bhimbetka

Question 2. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian sub-continent comes from?

(A) Tokwa

(B) Mehrgarh

(C) Lahuradeva

(D) Koldihwa

View Answer
(C) Lahuradeva

Question 3. Where is the National Human Museum situated? 

(A) Chennai

(B) Bhopal

(C) Bastar

(D) Guwahati

View Answer
(B) Bhopal

Question 4. Bhimbetka is famous for?

(A) Origin of Son River

(B) Minerals

(C) Buddhist Statues

(D) Rock Paintings

View Answer
(D) Rock Paintings 

Question 5. The first cereal used by man was?

(A) Sorghum

(B) Barley

(C) Rice

(D) Wheat

View Answer
(B) Barley

Question 6. Which of these departments/ministries deals with Archaeological Survey of India as an accessory office?

(A) Human Resource and Development

(B) Science and Technology

(C) Tourism

(D) Culture

View Answer
(D) Culture

Question 7. Ash mound is associated with the Neolithic site at _________.

(A) Brahmagiri

(B) Koldihwa

(C) Sangana Kallu

(D) Budihal

View Answer
(C) Sangana Kallu

Question 8. The earliest evidence of man in India is found in __________.

(A) Narmada Valley

(B) Nallamala Hills

(C) Shiwalik Hills

(D) Nilgiri Hills

View Answer
(A) Narmada Valley 

Question 9. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found? 

(A) Lekhahia

(B) Baghahi Khor

(C) Ghagharia

(D) Morahana Pahar

View Answer
(A) Lekhahia

Question 10. Megaliths have been identified as _________.

(A) Temple sites

(B) Burial sites

(C) Caves for hermits

(D) None of the above

View Answer
(B) Burial sites

Question 11. The cultivation of cereals first started in ____________.

(A) Proto-Historic Age

(B) Palaeolithic Age

(C) Mesolithic Age

(D) Neolithic Age

View Answer
(D) Neolithic Age 

Question 12. The evidence of pit dwelling has been obtained from?

(A) Sanganakallu

(B) Brahmagiri

(C) Koldihwa

(D) Burzahom

View Answer
(D) Burzahom

Question 13. In which state, the Navdatoli is located? 

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Chhattisgarh

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Gujarat

View Answer
(A) Madhya Pradesh

Question 14. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at _________.

(A) Langhnaj

(B) Mahadaha

(C) Damdama

(D) Sarai Nahar Rai

View Answer
(C) Damdama

Question 15. The evidence of burying the dog with human body is found from which of the following places?

(A) Mando

(B) Chaupani

(C) Koldihwa

(D) Burzahom

View Answer
(D) Burzahom 

Question 16. Navdatoli was excavated by ____________.

(A) Mortimer Wheeler

(B) H.D. Sankalia

(C) V.S. Wakankar

(D) K.D. Bajpai

View Answer
(B) H.D. Sankalia

Question 17. Bone ornaments in the Mesolithic context in India have been obtained from?

(A) Chopani Mando

(B) Lekhahia

(C) Mahadaha

(D) Sarai Nahar Rai

View Answer
(C) Mahadaha 

Question 18. Which of the following sites has yielded skeleton of the dog along with human skeleton in burial?

(A) Maski

(B) Chirand

(C) Burzahom

(D) Brahmagiri

View Answer
(C) Burzahom

Question 19. The cultural remains from Stone Age to Harappan civilization have been obtained from which one of the following ancient sites? 

(A) Kalibangan

(B) Kotdiji

(C) Mehrgarh

(D) Amri

View Answer
(C) Mehrgarh

Question 20. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found?

(A) Sarai Nahar Rai

(B) Mahadaha

(C) Kakoria

(D) Chopani Mando

View Answer
(B) Mahadaha 

Question 21. In the Chalcolithic period, people of Maharashtra buried their dead under the floor of their houses in the following orientation

(A) West to East position

(B) South to North position

(C) East to West position

(D) North to South position

View Answer
(D) North to South position 

Question 22. Which one of the following periods is also known as Chalcolithic Age? 

(A) Iron Age

(B) Copper Age

(C) New Stone Age

(D) Old Stone Age

View Answer
(B) Copper Age

Question 23. The three-age system, divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum was coined by?

(A) Childe

(B) Taylor

(C) Lubbock

(D) Thomson

View Answer
(D) Thomson

Question 24. The Ochre-coloured Pottery (O.C.P.) was christened at?

(A) Red Fort

(B) Noh

(C) Ahichhatra

(D) Hastinapur

View Answer
(D) Hastinapur

Question 25. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian Sub-continent is found at?

(A) Mundigak

(B) Mehrgarh

(C) Harappa

(D) Lothal

View Answer
(B) Mehrgarh

Question 26. Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered first Palaeolithic tool in India, was a/an?

(A) Geologist

(B) Archaeologist

(C) Paleobotanist

(D) Both (A) and (B)

View Answer
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Question 27. Where are the caves of Bhimbetka situated? 

(A) Abdullahganj-Raisen

(B) Singrauli

(C) Pachmarhi

(D) Bhopal

View Answer
(A) Abdullahganj-Raisen

Question 28. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian Sub-continent has been obtained from?

(A) Mehrgarh

(B) Koldihwa

(C) Burzahom

(D) Brahmagiri

View Answer
(A) Mehrgarh

Question 29. In Mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at?

(A) Chopani Mando

(B) Adamgarh

(C) Birbhanpur

(D) Langhnaj

View Answer
(B) Adamgarh

Question 30. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings?

(A) Amravati

(B) Bagh

(C) Bhimbetka

(D) Ajanta

View Answer
(C) Bhimbetka

Question 31. Name the site which has revealed the earliest evidence of settled life?

(A) Mehrgarh

(B) Kalibangan

(C) Kile Gul Mohammad

(D) Dholavira

View Answer
(A) Mehrgarh

Question 32. According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animal began in?

(A) Mesolithic period

(B) Upper Palaeolithic period

(C) Middle Palaeolithic period

(D) Lower Palaeolithic period

View Answer
(A) Mesolithic period