Which of the following are characteristics of the Neolithic period?
1. They buried their dead and erected tombs
2. They worshipped spirits of nature as embodied in trees and stones,
and appeased them by bloody sacrifices and offerings of food and drink.
3. They had no knowledge of the wheel for making pottery.
4. They knew the use of fire and had started cooking.
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
ANSWER. (a)
The Stone Age people had the first domestic :
(a) Asses
(b) Dogs
(c) Horses
(d) Sheep
ANSWER. (d)
The greatest invention of man in Paleolithic Age was :
(a) Fire
(b) Potter’s wheel
(c) Metal implements
(d) Spinning of cloth
ANSWER. (a)
Match the following :
Ancient site - Archeological finding
A. Lothal ---- 1. Ploughed field
B. Kalibangan- 2. Dockyard
C. Dholavira - 3. Terracotta replica of a plough
D. Banwali --- 4. An inscription comprising ten large sized signs of the Harappan script
---A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 2 1 3 4
ANSWER. (d)
Match the following
Harappan site - State
A. Kalibangan - 1. Punjab
B. Mohenjodaro- 2. Rajasthan
C. Rangpur ---- 3. Gujarat
D. Surkotda --- 4. Sind
--- A B C D
(a) 2 1 3 4
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 4 2 1 3
ANSWER. (a)
Match the following :
Settlement ----- Harappan River
A. Mohenjodaro - 1. Indus
B. Roper ------- 2. Ghaggar
C. Kalibangan -- 3. Sutlej
D. Harappa ----- 4. Ravi
--- A B C D
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 2 3 1 4
ANSWER. (a)
The main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley civilization was :
(a) Agriculture
(b) Cattle rearing
(c) Hunting
(d) Trade
ANSWER. (a)
Which of the following Harappan sites had a dock ?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Alamgirpur
ANSWER. (c)
With reference to Indus Valley Civilization, consider the following animals :
1. Bull 2. Elephant 3. Rhinoceros
The figure/figures of which of the above animal(s) is/are found on the Indus seals?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1,2 and 3
ANSWER. (d)
The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavations of Harappa was made up of:
(a) Terracotta
(b) Steatite
(c) Bronze
(d) Red limestone
ANSWER. (c)