Pre-Historic, Mesolithic, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Practice Test - Exam Scorer
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Ancient Indian History: Pre-Historic to Chalcolithic Phase MCQ Test
Q1. Into how many main parts can the Pre-historic phase be roughly divided?
Correct Answer: Option A (3 parts)
Detailed Explanation: As per the document, the Pre-historic phase can be roughly divided into 3 parts: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.
Q2. Which three phases constitute the rough division of the Pre-historic period?
Correct Answer: Option A (Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic)
Detailed Explanation: The text explicitly states that the Pre-historic phase can be roughly divided into 3 parts: paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic.
Q3. What is the time period of the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) in India?
Correct Answer: Option A (5,00,000-10,000 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: The Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) is dated from 5,00,000 to 10,000 B.C. in the text.
Q4. The Paleolithic Age is also referred to as:
Correct Answer: Option A (Old Stone Age)
Detailed Explanation: The title in the source material defines Paleolithic Age as (Old Stone Age).
Q5. In which geological period did the Paleolithic Culture develop?
Correct Answer: Option A (Pleistocene period)
Detailed Explanation: Paleolithic Culture developed in the Pleistocene period, during which ice covered the earth's surface.
Q6. What environmental condition characterized the Pleistocene period during the Paleolithic culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (Ice covered the earth surface)
Detailed Explanation: The document notes that in the Pleistocene period, ice covered the earth surface.
Q7. Who discovered the first Paleolithic tool in India?
Correct Answer: Option A (Robert Bruce Foote)
Detailed Explanation: Robert Bruce Foote discovered the first Paleolithic tool in India.
Q8. What was the profession of Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered the first Paleolithic tool in India?
Correct Answer: Option A (British geologist and archaeologist)
Detailed Explanation: Robert Bruce Foote is specifically mentioned as a British geologist and archaeologist.
Q9. Which of the following is listed as one of the main tools used during the Paleolithic period?
Correct Answer: Option A (Handaxes, cleavers, Choppers, flakes, burins, scrapers)
Detailed Explanation: The main tools during the Paleolithic period were handaxes, cleavers, Choppers, flakes, burins, scrapers.
Q10. Paleolithic tools were made up of a hard rock called:
Correct Answer: Option A (quartzite)
Detailed Explanation: The text clearly states that their tools were made up of hard rock called 'quartzite'.
Q11. Paleolithic sites are spread in practically all parts of India except:
Correct Answer: Option A (alluvial plains of the Indus and Ganga)
Detailed Explanation: Paleolithic sites are spread in practically all parts of India except the alluvial plains of the Indus and Ganga.
Q12. How did the people of the Paleolithic Age sustain themselves?
Correct Answer: Option A (Hunting and gathering wild fruits and vegetables)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions that people of this age lived on hunting and gathering wild fruits and vegetables.
Q13. Man during the Paleolithic period used tools made of:
Correct Answer: Option A (unpolished, undressed rough stones)
Detailed Explanation: Paleolithic man used tools of unpolished, undressed rough stones.
Q14. Where did humans live during the Paleolithic period?
Correct Answer: Option A (cave rock shelters)
Detailed Explanation: Man during the Paleolithic period lived in cave rock shelters.
Q15. Which of the following did Paleolithic people NOT have any knowledge of?
Correct Answer: Option A (agriculture, fire, or pottery of any metal)
Detailed Explanation: They had no knowledge of agriculture, fire, or pottery of any metal.
Q16. Hathnora and Narmada Valley are important sites belonging to which age?
Correct Answer: Option A (Paleolithic Age)
Detailed Explanation: Hathnora and Narmada Valley are listed under "Important Sites" of the Paleolithic Age.
Q17. Pallavaram, an important Paleolithic site, is situated near:
Correct Answer: Option A (Chennai)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions "Pallavaram, Chennai" under important sites of the Paleolithic Age.
Q18. Bhimbetka and Adamgarh, key Paleolithic sites, are located in which state?
Correct Answer: Option A (M.P.)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions "Bhimbetka, M.P., Adamgarh, M.P." as Paleolithic sites.
Q19. At what point in the Paleolithic phase did Homo sapiens first appear?
Correct Answer: Option A (In the last of this phase)
Detailed Explanation: Homo sapiens first appeared in the last of this phase (Upper Paleolithic).
Q20. Paleolithic men in India belonged to which racial group?
Correct Answer: Option A (Negrito race)
Detailed Explanation: It has been pointed out that Paleolithic men belonged to the Negrito race.
Q21. On what basis is the Paleolithic Age in India divided into three sub-phases?
Correct Answer: Option A (According to the nature of stone tools)
Detailed Explanation: The Paleolithic Age in India has been divided into three phases according to the nature of stone tools.
Q22. What are the three sub-phases of the Paleolithic Age in India?
Correct Answer: Option A (Early or lower Paleolithic, middle Paleolithic and upper Paleolithic)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions the three phases as Early or lower Paleolithic, middle Paleolithic and upper Paleolithic.
Q23. What is the time period of the Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age) in India?
Correct Answer: Option A (10,000-6,000 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age) is dated between (10,000-6,000 B.C.).
Q24. Which phase acted as the transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age?
Correct Answer: Option A (Mesolithic Age)
Detailed Explanation: Mesolithic Age was the transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age.
Q25. What were the characteristic stone tools of the Mesolithic Age known as?
Correct Answer: Option A (microliths)
Detailed Explanation: The document explicitly states: Blade, Mesolithic tools are microliths.
Q26. Which of the following tool types are listed as the main types of Mesolithic tools?
Correct Answer: Option A (Blade, Core, Point, Triangle, Lunate and Trapeze)
Detailed Explanation: Blade, Core, Point, Triangle, Lunate and Trapeze are the main types of Mesolithic tools.
Q27. Which of the following sets of sites are important sites of the Mesolithic Age?
Correct Answer: Option A (Bagor, Langhraj, Sarai Nahar Rai, Birbhanpur)
Detailed Explanation: Important sites of Mesolithic Age listed are Bagor, Langhraj, Sarai Nahar Rai, Birbhanpur.
Q28. Besides Bagor, Langhraj, Sarai Nahar Rai, and Birbhanpur, which other three places are listed as Mesolithic sites?
Correct Answer: Option A (Bhimbetka, Adamgarh and Mirzapur)
Detailed Explanation: Under Mesolithic Age, Bhimbetka, Adamgarh and Mirzapur are explicitly mentioned.
Q29. Where have the earliest excavated evidences of animal domestication in India been found?
Correct Answer: Option A (Adamgarh, M.P. and Bagor, Rajasthan)
Detailed Explanation: Earliest evidences of domestication of animals in India have been found at Adamgarh, M.P. and Bagor, Rajasthan.
Q30. Bagor, an important site for early animal domestication, is located in which state?
Correct Answer: Option A (Rajasthan)
Detailed Explanation: The document specifies "Bagor, Rajasthan".
Q31. Adamgarh, an early site showing evidence of animal domestication, is located in:
Correct Answer: Option A (M.P.)
Detailed Explanation: The text reads "Adamgarh, M.P.".
Q32. According to 'Puratattva Vimarsh' written by Dr. Jai Narayan Pandey, bone implements have been reported from which sites?
Correct Answer: Option A (Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama and Mahadaha)
Detailed Explanation: Bone implements have been reported from Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama and Mahadaha, as per book Puratattva Vimarsh by Dr. Jai Narayan Pandey.
Q33. Who wrote the book 'Puratattva Vimarsh'?
Correct Answer: Option A (Dr. Jai Narayan Pandey)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions "...book Puratattva Vimarsh written by Dr. Jai Narayan Pandey".
Q34. At which site in U.P. were three human skeletons recovered in a single grave?
Correct Answer: Option A (Damdama, U.P.)
Detailed Explanation: Three human Skeltons in a single grave were recovered at Damdama, U.P.
Q35. A grave with four human skeletons has been found at which site?
Correct Answer: Option A (Sarai Nahar Rai)
Detailed Explanation: A grave with four human skeltons have been found at Sarai Nahar Rai.
Q36. During the Mesolithic age, people were still dependent on hunting, but they began domesticating animals such as:
Correct Answer: Option A (dog, sheep, goat etc.)
Detailed Explanation: Mesolithic people were dependent on hunting but began domesticating animals like dog, sheep goat etc.
Q37. What is the time span of the Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) given in the image?
Correct Answer: Option A (6000-2500 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: NEOLITHIC AGE (6000-2500 B.C.) NEW STONE AGE is clearly headered in the text.
Q38. Who coined the term 'Neolithic'?
Correct Answer: Option A (Sir John Lubbock)
Detailed Explanation: The term 'Neolithic' was coined by Sir John Lubbock.
Q39. In which book was the term 'Neolithic' first coined by Sir John Lubbock?
Correct Answer: Option A (Pre Historic Times)
Detailed Explanation: The term 'Neolithic' was coined by Sir John Lubbock in his book 'Pre Histroic Times'.
Q40. What was considered the most important discovery of the Neolithic Age?
Correct Answer: Option A (The beginning of agriculture)
Detailed Explanation: The beginning of agriculture was the most important discovery of this age.
Q41. Which fruits and corn/grains were cultivated by Neolithic men as mentioned in the text?
Correct Answer: Option A (ragi and horse gram)
Detailed Explanation: Neolithic men cultivated land and grew fruits and corn like ragi and horse gram.
Q42. Which animals were domesticated by Neolithic men according to the text?
Correct Answer: Option A (cattle, sheep and goat)
Detailed Explanation: The text reads: They domesticated cattle, sheep and goat.
Q43. Which list of places represents important Neolithic sites mentioned in the text?
Correct Answer: Option A (Gufkral, Burzahom, Chirand, Mehargarh, Piklihal)
Detailed Explanation: Important Neolithic sites are Gufkral, Burzahom, Chirand, Mehargarh, Piklihal.
Q44. Which Neolithic site provides the earliest evidence of the use of pottery in the World?
Correct Answer: Option A (Chopani Mando)
Detailed Explanation: Chopani Mando provides the earliest evidence of the use of pottery in the World.
Q45. Where has the earliest evidence of settled life been found?
Correct Answer: Option A (Mehrgarh)
Detailed Explanation: The Earliest evidence of Settled life in Mehrgarh.
Q46. According to the text, earliest evidence of agriculture in Pakistan is from Mehrgarh, and in the Indian Sub-Continent is from:
Correct Answer: Option A (Lahuradeva (U.P.))
Detailed Explanation: Earliest evidence of agriculture – Mehrgarh (Pakistan) and in Indian Sub-Continent – Lahuradeva (U.P.).
Q47. What was the first cereal used by man around 8000 B.C.?
Correct Answer: Option A (Barley)
Detailed Explanation: The First Cereal used by man – Barley, around 8000 B.C.
Q48. What is the time period of the Stone - Copper Phase (Chalcolithic Phase)?
Correct Answer: Option A (3500 BC to 2500 BC)
Detailed Explanation: STONE - COPPER PHASE (CHALCOLITHIC PHASE) (3500 BC TO 2500 BC) is specified in the image heading.
Q49. Were Chalcolithic people acquainted with burnt bricks?
Correct Answer: Option A (No, they were not acquainted with burnt brick)
Detailed Explanation: The text states: Chalcolithic people were not acquainted with burnt brick.
Q50. Which type of pottery was most popular among Chalcolithic people?
Correct Answer: Option A (Black and Red ware)
Detailed Explanation: People used different types of Pottery of which Black and Red ware was most popular.
Q51. Which deities/figures did Chalcolithic people worship?
Correct Answer: Option A (Mother Goddess and Bull)
Detailed Explanation: They worshipped Mother Goddess and Bull.
Q52. What type of houses did Chalcolithic people generally live in?
Correct Answer: Option A (thatched houses)
Detailed Explanation: They generally lived in thatched houses.
Q53. Ash mounds have been found from which Neolithic site?
Correct Answer: Option A (Sangana Kallu)
Detailed Explanation: Ash mounds have been found from a Neolithic site Sangana Kallu.
Q54. Evidence of burying a dog with the human body is found at which site in Jammu & Kashmir?
Correct Answer: Option A (Burzahom (J & K))
Detailed Explanation: The evidence of burying the dog with human body is found in Burzahom (J & K).
Q55. Evidence of pit dwelling has been discovered at:
Correct Answer: Option A (Burzahom)
Detailed Explanation: The evidence of pit dwelling Burzahom is listed at the bottom of the table.
Q56. What is the time period of Kayatha Culture in the Chalcolithic period?
Correct Answer: Option A (2000-1800 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: According to the table, Kayatha culture existed in 2000-1800 B.C.
Q57. What is the time period of Ahar or Banas Culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (2000-1400 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Ahar or Banas culture is dated 2000-1400 B.C. in the Chalcolithic table.
Q58. What is the period for Savalda Culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (2000-1800 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Savalda culture is listed with the period 2000-1800 B.C.
Q59. What is the time period of Malwa Culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (1700-1200 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Malwa culture period is recorded as 1700-1200 B.C.
Q60. What is the time period of Prabhas Culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (1800-1500 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Prabhas culture period is given as 1800-1500 B.C.
Q61. What is the time period associated with Rangpur Culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (1400-700 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Rangpur culture is dated 1400-700 B.C. in the provided table.
Q62. What is the time period of Chirand Chalcolithic culture listed in the table?
Correct Answer: Option A (1500-750 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Chirand is dated 1500-750 B.C. in the table.
Q63. Ahar culture is also known by which alternative name?
Correct Answer: Option A (Banas Culture)
Detailed Explanation: The table lists "Ahar or Banas" culture.
Q64. Which of the following Chalcolithic cultures shared the exact same timeline (2000-1800 B.C.) in the given table?
Correct Answer: Option A (Kayatha and Savalda)
Detailed Explanation: Both Kayatha and Savalda are dated 2000-1800 B.C. in the table.
Q65. Which of the following tools were NOT present in the Paleolithic Age?
Correct Answer: Option A (Polished stone celts and copper axes)
Detailed Explanation: Paleolithic tools were rough and unpolished; metals and polished celts belonged to later ages.
Q66. The term 'Mamluk' or 'Das' is related to Medieval history, whereas 'Quartzite Man' refers to:
Correct Answer: Option A (Paleolithic Man)
Detailed Explanation: Paleolithic tools were made of quartzite, hence Paleolithic man is often referred to as Quartzite man.
Q67. In which state is the famous Mesolithic and Neolithic site Chirand situated?
Correct Answer: Option A (Bihar)
Detailed Explanation: Chirand is a renowned pre-historic site located in Saran district, Bihar.
Q68. Burzahom and Gufkral are famous Neolithic sites located in:
Correct Answer: Option A (Jammu & Kashmir)
Detailed Explanation: The document lists Burzahom (J & K) and Gufkral as Neolithic sites.
Q69. Mehrgarh, known for earliest evidence of settled life and agriculture, is located in:
Correct Answer: Option A (Pakistan)
Detailed Explanation: The text specifies "Mehrgarh (Pakistan)".
Q70. Lahuradeva, which revealed early agricultural evidence in the Indian Sub-Continent, is located in:
Correct Answer: Option A (U.P.)
Detailed Explanation: The document mentions "Lahuradeva (U.P.)".
Q71. Which geometric shape is NOT among the Mesolithic tool types mentioned?
Correct Answer: Option A (Octagon)
Detailed Explanation: Triangle, Lunate, and Trapeze are listed; Octagon is not.
Q72. In which age were microliths predominantly used?
Correct Answer: Option A (Mesolithic Age)
Detailed Explanation: Mesolithic tools are microliths.
Q73. Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama, and Mahadaha are all situated in which state?
Correct Answer: Option A (Uttar Pradesh)
Detailed Explanation: The text references "Damdama, U.P." and groups Sarai Nahar Rai and Mahadaha with it.
Q74. Micro-sized stone implements characteristic of the transitional stone age are called:
Correct Answer: Option A (Microliths)
Detailed Explanation: Mesolithic tools are explicitly identified as microliths.
Q75. The practice of worshiping the Mother Goddess and Bull is associated with:
Correct Answer: Option A (Chalcolithic Phase)
Detailed Explanation: Under Stone-Copper Phase (Chalcolithic Phase), it states: They worshipped Mother Goddess and Bull.
Q76. Sangana Kallu, where ash mounds were found, belongs to which age?
Correct Answer: Option A (Neolithic Age)
Detailed Explanation: Ash mounds have been found from a Neolithic site Sangana Kallu.
Q77. Which site is unique for evidence of domestic dog burial with human body?
Correct Answer: Option A (Burzahom)
Detailed Explanation: Burzahom (J & K) is noted for burying dog with human body.
Q78. In which age did human beings first transition from food gatherers to food producers?
Correct Answer: Option A (Neolithic Age)
Detailed Explanation: The beginning of agriculture was the defining feature of the Neolithic age.
Q79. Which cereal crop was cultivated around 8000 B.C.?
Correct Answer: Option A (Barley)
Detailed Explanation: The First Cereal used by man – Barley, around 8000 B.C.
Q80. Black and Red ware pottery is predominantly associated with which pre-historic phase?
Correct Answer: Option A (Chalcolithic Phase)
Detailed Explanation: Under Chalcolithic phase, Black and Red ware was most popular.
Q81. Modern humans are scientifically designated as:
Correct Answer: Option A (Homo sapiens)
Detailed Explanation: Homo sapiens first appeared in the last phase of the Paleolithic Age.
Q82. Which of the following sites in U.P. has given evidence of pit dwelling and burials as well as pottery?
Correct Answer: Option A (Chopani Mando)
Detailed Explanation: Chopani Mando provides the earliest evidence of pottery in the world.
Q83. Which Chalcolithic culture lasted from 1700 to 1200 B.C.?
Correct Answer: Option A (Malwa)
Detailed Explanation: Malwa culture period is 1700-1200 B.C.
Q84. What is the date range given for Prabhas Culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (1800-1500 B.C.)
Detailed Explanation: Prabhas culture is dated 1800-1500 B.C.
Q85. Which of the following cultures spanned between 1400 and 700 B.C.?
Correct Answer: Option A (Rangpur)
Detailed Explanation: Rangpur culture timeline is 1400-700 B.C.
Q86. Bone implements were reported in Dr. Jai Narayan Pandey's book from Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama and:
Correct Answer: Option A (Mahadaha)
Detailed Explanation: Bone implements were reported from Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama and Mahadaha.
Q87. In Damdama (U.P.), how many human skeletons were found in a single grave?
Correct Answer: Option A (3 human skeletons)
Detailed Explanation: Three human Skeltons in a single grave were recovered at Damdama, U.P.
Q88. How many human skeletons were found in a single grave at Sarai Nahar Rai?
Correct Answer: Option A (4 human skeletons)
Detailed Explanation: A grave with four human skeltons have been found at Sarai Nahar Rai.
Q89. Which animal was NOT among the early domesticated animals mentioned for Mesolithic or Neolithic ages?
Correct Answer: Option A (Horse)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions dog, sheep, goat, and cattle; horse is not mentioned.
Q90. Which pre-historic site is located in West Bengal among the Mesolithic sites listed?
Correct Answer: Option A (Birbhanpur)
Detailed Explanation: Birbhanpur is a prominent Mesolithic site located in West Bengal.
Q91. Langhraj, an important site of the Mesolithic Age, is situated in which state?
Correct Answer: Option A (Gujarat)
Detailed Explanation: Langhraj is a famous Mesolithic site situated in Gujarat.
Q92. What material was NOT used to build houses during the Chalcolithic Phase according to the text?
Correct Answer: Option A (Burnt bricks)
Detailed Explanation: The text explicitly states that Chalcolithic people were not acquainted with burnt brick.
Q93. Ragi and horse gram were cultivated during which pre-historic period?
Correct Answer: Option A (Neolithic Age)
Detailed Explanation: Under Neolithic Age, it states that men cultivated land and grew fruits and corn like ragi and horse gram.
Q94. Piklihal is a renowned site belonging to which age?
Correct Answer: Option A (Neolithic Age)
Detailed Explanation: Piklihal is listed under important Neolithic sites.
Q95. The Chalcolithic phase is also known as:
Correct Answer: Option A (Stone - Copper Phase)
Detailed Explanation: Header reads: STONE - COPPER PHASE (CHALCOLITHIC PHASE).
Q96. The date 3500 BC to 2500 BC corresponds to which phase in the document?
Correct Answer: Option A (Chalcolithic Phase)
Detailed Explanation: STONE - COPPER PHASE (CHALCOLITHIC PHASE) (3500 BC TO 2500 BC).
Q97. Which of the following pre-historic sites is NOT located in Uttar Pradesh?
Correct Answer: Option A (Bagor)
Detailed Explanation: Bagor is in Rajasthan, whereas the others are in U.P.
Q98. Which of the following pre-historic sites is located in Rajasthan?
Correct Answer: Option A (Bagor)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions "Bagor, Rajasthan".
Q99. What kind of tools are 'burins' and 'scrapers'?
Correct Answer: Option A (Paleolithic stone tools)
Detailed Explanation: Burins and scrapers are listed among the main Paleolithic tools.
Q100. Which geological epoch immediately followed the Pleistocene period?
Correct Answer: Option A (Holocene)
Detailed Explanation: Holocene succeeded the Pleistocene ice age, marking the start of post-glacial warm era corresponding with Mesolithic and Neolithic times.
Q101. Which region had NO paleolithic sites due to lack of stone raw materials?
Correct Answer: Option A (Alluvial plains of Indus and Ganga)
Detailed Explanation: Paleolithic sites are spread everywhere except the alluvial plains of Indus and Ganga.
Q102. What was the primary mode of living during the Paleolithic period?
Correct Answer: Option A (Hunting and gathering wild food)
Detailed Explanation: Paleolithic people lived on hunting and gathering wild fruits and vegetables.
Q103. In which region was the first Paleolithic human skull fossil found at Hathnora?
Correct Answer: Option A (Narmada Valley)
Detailed Explanation: Hathnora is situated in the Narmada Valley.
Q104. Which term describes the tool typology 'Trapeze' and 'Lunate'?
Correct Answer: Option A (Geometric Microliths)
Detailed Explanation: Triangle, Lunate and Trapeze are geometric microlithic tools of the Mesolithic Age.
Q105. Mirzapur, famous for rock paintings and Mesolithic sites, is located in:
Correct Answer: Option A (Uttar Pradesh)
Detailed Explanation: Mirzapur is situated in Uttar Pradesh and listed among Mesolithic sites.
Q106. Match the site Damdama with its state:
Correct Answer: Option A (U.P.)
Detailed Explanation: Text explicitly states "Damdama, U.P.".
Q107. Which Neolithic site in Bihar is famous for bone tools?
Correct Answer: Option A (Chirand)
Detailed Explanation: Chirand is a major Neolithic site in Bihar, listed under Neolithic sites.
Q108. Gufkral literally means 'cave of the potter' and is a:
Correct Answer: Option A (Neolithic site)
Detailed Explanation: Gufkral is listed under "Important sites" of Neolithic Age.
Q109. What was the earliest cereal domesticated by humans around 8000 B.C.?
Correct Answer: Option A (Barley)
Detailed Explanation: The First Cereal used by man – Barley, around 8000 B.C.
Q100. Which worship figure in Chalcolithic culture indicates religious beliefs centered around fertility?
Correct Answer: Option A (Mother Goddess)
Detailed Explanation: They worshipped Mother Goddess and Bull.
Q111. The animal figure worshipped alongside Mother Goddess in Chalcolithic culture was:
Correct Answer: Option A (Bull)
Detailed Explanation: The text mentions "They worshipped Mother Goddess and Bull."
Q112. Pit dwelling is a key characteristic feature found at which Neolithic site in Kashmir?
Correct Answer: Option A (Burzahom)
Detailed Explanation: The evidence of pit dwelling Burzahom.
Q113. Ash mounds formed by burning animal dung heaps are associated with which region's Neolithic culture?
Correct Answer: Option A (Sangana Kallu (South India))
Detailed Explanation: Ash mounds have been found from a Neolithic site Sangana Kallu.
Q114. What metal was combined with stone tools during the Chalcolithic phase?
Correct Answer: Option A (Copper)
Detailed Explanation: Chalcolithic means STONE - COPPER PHASE.
Q115. Which Chalcolithic culture is dated 2000-1400 B.C.?
Correct Answer: Option A (Ahar or Banas)
Detailed Explanation: Ahar or Banas culture period is 2000-1400 B.C.
Q116. Which Chalcolithic culture is dated 1500-750 B.C.?
Correct Answer: Option A (Chirand)
Detailed Explanation: Chirand is dated 1500-750 B.C.
Q117. Which of the following sequence represents correct chronological order of the ages?