1. To which techno-cultural phase perigordina culture belongs?

(A) Upper Palaeolithic
(B) Mesolithic
(C) Neolithic
(D) Lower Palaeolithic



2. Domesticated barley, wheat and other crops appear in Ganga plain

(A) 4th millennium B.C.
(B) 3rd millennium B.C.
(C) 2nd millennium B.C.
(D) 1st millennium B.C.



3. Match the items of List-I wish List-II.

List – I
List – II
(a) Lingaraja temple
(I) Dravida
(b) Brihadesvar temple
(II) Bhumija
(c) Khajuraho temples
(III) Kalinga
(d) Bhojpur temple
(IV) Rekha
                

 Codes:
       (a)        (b)         (c)         (d)
(A) (III)         (I)        (IV)        (II)
(B) (III)         (I)         (II)        (IV)
(C) (III)        (II)        (IV)        (I)
(D) (I)          (II)        (III)        (IV)



4. Gravel III formation of the Belan section has been dated by

(A) Potassium organ dating method
(B) Thermoluminescence dating
(C) Carbon-14 dating method
(D) Dendrochronology



5. The Neolithic culture of the Gangetic plain may have some contact with that of the eastern India and south-east Asia is indicated by

(i) Celts of rounded variety
(ii) Cultivation of rice
(iii) Cord impressed pottery
(iv) Pit dwelling

 Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv)



6. Assertion (A): Heliodorus Pillar was erected by Bhagabhadra.
Reason (R): This was for the promotion of the Bhagavat Dharma.

 Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.



7. The earliest figure of bull was found at

(A) Rajgrih
(B) Dhouli
(C) Khandagiri
(D) Rampurwa



8. Black slipped ware is considered a fore runner of

(A) Painted Grey ware
(B) Black-and-Red ware
(C) Northern Black Polished ware
(D) Lustrous Red ware



9. Which of the following was the most important river of Rigvedic Age?

(A) Yamuna
(B) Ganga
(C) Sindhu
(D) Saraswati


10. The following two are Mesolithic Rockshelter sites in India:

I. Bhimbetka
II. Muchatla Chintamanu Gavi
III. Morahna Pahar
IV. Pachad

 Codes:
(A) I and IV
(B) I and III
(C) I and II
(D) I, II and IV



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