Pre historic Period of India

1.
Who discovered a Paleolithic stone tool in India in 1863
Robert Bruce
2.
The Paleolithic man in India is also called
Quartzite man
3
The two prime occupations of Paleolithic age man were ______.
Hunting, Gathering
4
Microliths (tools made of stone) were first discovered by ______ in ______.
Carlyle, 1867
5
10,000 - 4000 B.C. in pre-historic period of India is called
Mesolithic Age
6
Rock painting was a distinctive feature of which pre-historic period?
Mesolithic
7
Name the major sites in India where the Mesolithic discoveries are seen:
Bagor, Tilwara, Langhnaj, Birbhampur, Sarai Nahar (Rajasthan)
8
The term Neolithic was first coined by ______ in ______.
Sir John Lubbock, 1865
9
The discovery of Neolithic age tools was made by ______.
Le Mesurier
10
An important Neolithic site of northwestern region is ______.
Mehrgarh
11
What were the main characteristics of Neolithic age?
(a) Begin of agricultural
(b) Domestication of animals
(c) Grinding and polishing of stone tools
(d) Use of pottery
12
The cereals that were first grown by the earliest man were ______.
Wheat and Ragi
13
Which of the following animals was tamed by Neolithic people:
(a) Dog (b) Sheep
(a) Dog
14
The first metal to be used by man was
(a) Copper (b) Bronze
(a) Copper
15
The first thing that primitive man learnt was
(a) to make fire (b) to make wheel
(a) to make fire
16
Pottery first appeared in:
(a) Neolithic Age (b) Mesolithic Age
(a) Neolithic Age
17
In India the two important religions that originated in the middle Gangetic plains.
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism
18
In ancient times several foreign tribes reached India through north-western mountain pass. Name any of the two such tribes.
Kushanas and Huns
19
Pataliputra, modern Patna was provided natural defence by which rivers?
The Ganges, Son and Gandak
20
In Madhya Pradesh maximum number of Prehistoric Rock Shelters are found at
Bhimbetka
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