history chapter1 (1-21)

Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered fi rst Palaeolithic tool in India, was a/an

• Geologist

• Archaeologist

• Paleobotanist

• Historian

Answer explanation

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 and documented the antiquities of the stone age. Hence, both options (a) and (b) can be considered as correc

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

• Thomson

• Lubbock

• Taylor

• Childe

Answer explanation

According to Commission Report Present archaeological system of the three main ages-stone, bronze and iron-was developed by the Danish archaeologist Christian Jurgensen Thomsen in 1818 and 1820. He classifi ed Object of Museum in 1836.

According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animal began in –

• Lower Palaeolithic period

• Middle Palaeolithic period

• Upper Palaeolithic period

• Mesolithic period

Answer explanation

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 (Hoshangabad, M.P.) and Bagor (Bhilwara, Rajasthan).

Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the Mesolithic period?

• Odai

• Bori

• Bagor

• Lakhnia

Answer explanation

The earliest pieces of evidence of domestication of animals in India have been found at Adamgarh (Hoshangabad, M.P.) and Bagor (Bhilwara, Rajasthan).

In Mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at :

U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2008

• Langhnaj

• Birbhanpur

• Adamgarh

• Chopani Mando

Answer explanation

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

U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010

• Chopani-Mando

• Kakoria

• Mahadaha

• Sarai Nahar Rai

Answer explanation

A large number of implements made of bones and horns have been found from the Mesolithic site, Mahadaha and Sarai Nahar Rai (located in Pratapgarh district of U.P.). The book entitled ‘Puratattva Vimarsh ‘ written by Dr. Jai Narayan Pandey describes various pointed objects and ornaments made of bones which have been reported from Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama and Mahadaha.

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

U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013

• Sarai Nahar Rai

• Mahadaha

• Lekhahia

• Chopani Mando

Answer explanation

A large number of implements made of bones and horns have been found from the Mesolithic site, Mahadaha and Sarai Nahar Rai (located in Pratapgarh district of U.P.). The book entitled ‘Puratattva Vimarsh ‘ written by Dr. Jai Narayan Pandey describes various pointed objects and ornaments made of bones which have been reported from Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama and Mahadaha.

Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at –

• Sarai Nahar Rai

• Damdama

• Mahadaha

• Langhnaj

Answer explanation

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

The cultivation of cereals fi rst started in -

U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2005

• Neolithic Age

• Mesolithic Age

• Palaeolithic Age

• Proto-Historic Age

Answer explanation

Grains were fi rst ever produced in Neolithic Age. It was the time when people were introduced to agriculture. Koldihwa and Mehrgarh were the two Neolithic villages from where clear pieces of evidence of rice and wheat have been found.

During the Neolithic Age the earliest evidence of the origin of agriculture has been found at which of the following place in the North-Western region of Indian sub-continent?

Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2017

• Munidgak

• Mehargarh

• Damb Sadat

• Balakot

• Amri

Answer explanation

Grains were fi rst ever produced in Neolithic Age. It was the time when people were introduced to agriculture. Koldihwa and Mehrgarh were the two Neolithic villages from where clear pieces of evidence of rice and wheat have been found.