Historical Sources and Pre-Historic Period Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1. With reference to naming of India, ‘Bharatvarsha’ has been mentioned in which of the following book?

(a) Ashtadhyayi
(b) Arthashastra
(c) Arjabhattiyam
(d) Acharanga Sutra

Answer : a

Question 2. India is named as ‘Aryavarta’, due to inhabitant of which of the following?

(a) Bharat
(b) Dravida
(c) Aryan
(d) Dushyant

Answer : c

Question 3. Consider the following statements:

I. The naming of India has been done, after the name of one of the major Jana ‘Bharat’ of Rigvedic period.
II. India is said to be one of the part of Jambu Dweepa.

Select the correct answer using the code below. Codes

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 4. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian Archaeology’? [MPPSC 2017]

(a) Alexander Cunningham
(b) John Marshall
(c) Mortimer Wheeler
(d) James Prinsep

Answer : a

Question 5. Epigraphy is [SSC CPO 2003]

(a) the study of inscriptions.
(b) a graphical map.
(c) the detection of epics.
(d) the study of epics.

Answer : a

Question 6. Most of important salient features of inscription are

(a) they are free from interpolation.
(b) found at every place.
(c) early to study them.
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 7. Which of the following fall in the category of commercial inscription?

(a) Junagarh
(b) Aihole
(c) Gwalior
(d) Seal of Indus Valley

Answer : d

Question 8. ……… was an early example of an inscription written in Sanskrit.

(a) Uttar Merur
(b) Gwalior
(c) Aihole
(d) Junagarh Rock

Answer : d

Question 9. The Lumbini pillar inscription of Ashoka is a

(a) royal commemorative inscription
(b) donative inscription
(c) dedicative inscription
(d) votive inscription

Answer : a

Question 10. Which of the following is not correctly matched? Inscription Ruler

(a) Hathigumpha – Kharavela Inscription
(b) Devpada – Yashodharman Inscription
(c) Prayaga Prashasti – Samudragupta Inscription
(d) Nasik Inscription – Gautamiputra Shatkarni

Answer : b

Question 11. Kharosthi script was widely used in which region?

(a) North-Western (Pakistan)
(b) Eastern India
(c) Southern India
(d) Central India

Answer : a

Question 12. Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left? [IAS (Pre) 1997]

(a) Brahmi
(b) Nandnagari
(c) Sharada
(d) Kharosthi

Answer : d

Question 13. Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts? [CDS 2018]

(a) Piyadassi
(b) Colin Mackenzie
(c) Alexander Conningham
(d) James Prinsep

Answer : d

Question 14. The Brahmi script was first deciphered by letters inscribed on [UPPSC (Mains) 2008]

(a) Stone tablets
(b) Seal
(c) Pillars
(d) Coins

Answer : a

Question 15. The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was [UPPSC 2010]

(a) Bunler
(b) Robert Sebal
(c) James Prinsep
(d) Cordriguttan

Answer : c

Question 16. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found at [UPPSC 2008]

(a) Nagarjunakonda
(b) Anuradhapura
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) Maski

Answer : b

Question 17. Consider the following statements.

I. Kharosthti script was written from left to right.
II. Devanagari script is written from left to right.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : b

Question 18. The study and analysis of coin is known as

(a) Epigraphy
(b) Numismatics
(c) Coinology
(d) Ethonography

Answer : b

Question 19. Which of the following is not correctly match? Coins Period

(a) Punched mark – 6th Century BCE (b) Inscribed coin – 2nd Century BCE
(c) Dinar – 4th Century CE
(d) Jital – 16th Century CE

Answer : d

Question 20. The Rigveda is the [UP RO/ARO (Pre) 2016]

(a) collection of hymns.
(b) collection of stories.
(c) collection of words.
(d) text of war.

Answer : a

Question 21. Which one of the following is oldest Veda? [UPPSC (Pre) 2010]

(a) Yajurveda
(b) Rigveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Atharvaveda

Answer : b

Question 22. In which vedic text the term ‘Varna’ is found referred for the first time? [UPPSC (Pre) 2012]

(a) Rigveda
(b) Atharvaveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Yajurveda

Answer : a

Question 23. The ‘Purush sutra’ related to Varna system is originally found in [CGPSC (Pre) 2014]

(a) Atharvaveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Rigveda
(d) Manusmriti

Answer : c

Question 24. The compilation of which of the following Vedas have been based on Rigveda? [UPPSC (Pre) 1997]

(a) Yajurveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Atharvaveda
(d) None of these

Answer : b

Question 25. The Principles of classical music has been deliberated in

(a) Rigveda
(b) Atharvaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Samaveda

Answer : d

Question 26. Which Veda deal with the details of the performance of rituals?

(a) Rigveda
(b) Yajurveda
(c) Atharvaveda
(d) Samaveda

Answer : b

Question 27. Which of the following is a Samhita of Shukla Yajurveda? [UPPSC 2018]

(a) Vajasaneyi
(b) Maitrayani
(c) Taittiriya
(d) Kathak

Answer : a

Question 28. In which of the Vedas, Sabha and Samiti are called as two daughters of Prajapati? [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]

(a) Rigveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Atharvaveda

Answer : d

Question 29. ‘Ayurveda’ that is ‘Science of Life’ appeared first in [UPPSC 1994]

(a) Aranyaka
(b) Sunyaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Atharvaveda

Answer : d

Question 30. Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells? [JPSC (Pre) 2011]

(a) Rigveda
(b) Yajurveda
(c) Atharvaveda
(d) Samaveda

Answer : c

Question 31. ‘Trayi’ is a name for [UPPSC 2010]

(a) Three Vedas
(b) Dharma Sangha and Buddha
(c) Three Gods in Hindu Pantheon
(d) Three seasons

Answer : a

Question 32. Consider the following statements.

I. Samaveda is the oldest book on Indian classical music.
II. Samaveda has 1549 versus.

Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?

Codes

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 33. Consider the following statements.

I. There are total 40 ‘Mandalas’ in Yajurveda.
II. ‘Vajsaneyi Samhita’ is related to ‘Shukla Yajurveda’.

Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?

Codes

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 34. 800 BC to 600 BC is related to which era?

(a) Brahman Era
(b) Sutra Era
(c) Ramayana Era
(d) Mahabharata Era

Answer : a

Question 35. The name of scripture in which ‘Purusha Megha’ was mentioned is [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]

(a) Krishna Yajurveda
(b) Shukla Yajurveda
(c) Shatpath Brahmin
(d) Panchvish Brahmin

Answer : c

Question 36. The priest associated with King Videgha Madhava referred in Shatapatha Brahmin was [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2015]

(a) Rishi Bharadwaj
(b) Rishi Vashishtha
(c) Rishi Vishwamitra
(d) Rishi Gautama Rahugana

Answer : a

Question 37. The teacher who taught ‘Veda Vedanga’ for livelihood was called [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007]

(a) Acharya
(b) Adhvaryu
(c) Upadhyaya
(d) Purohita

Answer : c

Question 38. Upanishads are book on [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]

(a) Religion
(b) Yoga
(c) Law
(d) Philosophy

Answer : d

Question 39. Which one of the following Vedic literature talks about salvation? [UPPSC (Mains) 2003]

(a) Rigveda
(b) Lata Samhitas
(c) Brahmins
(d) Upanishads

Answer : d

Question 40. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the [IAS (Pre) 1997]

(a) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
(b) Chhandogyopanishad
(c) Kathopanishad
(d) Kenopanishad

Answer : c

Question 41. ‘Nachiketa’ legend finds mention in [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]

(a) Atharvaveda
(b) Satapatha Brahmin
(c) Kathopanishad
(d) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Answer : c

Question 42. King Aswapati of the Upanishadic period was the ruler of [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]

(a) Kashi
(b) Kekaya
(c) Panchala
(d) Videha

Answer : b

Question 43. From where the word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ taken? [IAS (Pre) 2004]

(a) Manusmriti
(b) Bhagavad Gita
(c) Rigveda
(d) Mundkopanishad

Answer : d

Question 44. The legend of ‘Satyakama Jabala’, which challenges the stigma of being an unmarried mother, is mentioned in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]

(a) Jabala Upanishad
(b) Prashnopanishad
(c) Chandogya Upanishad
(d) Kathopanishad

Answer : c

Question 45. Which of the following is the correct order of the Vedic literature? [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]

(a) Vedic Samhitas, Brahmins, Aranyakas, Upanishads
(b) Vedic Samhitas, Upanishads, Aranyakas, Brahmins
(c) Vedic Samhitas, Aranyakas, Brahmins, Upanishads
(d) Vedic Samhitas, Vedangas, Aranyakas, Smritis

Answer : a

Question 46. The ‘Manusmriti’ mainly deals with [UPPSC 2007]

(a) social order
(b) laws
(c) economics
(d) state-craft

Answer : b

Question 47. Who was the first law maker? [RRB 2005]

(a) Manu
(b) Chanakya
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Seleucus

Answer : a

Question 48. In which language was the ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ originally written? [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]

(a) Sanskrit
(b) Urdu
(c) Pali
(d) Hindi

Answer : a

Question 49. Originally the Mahabharata was known as [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]

(a) Brihatkatha
(b) Brahmins
(c) Brihatsamhita
(d) Jayasamhita

Answer : d

Question 50. Consider the following statements.

I. Ramayana considered as oldest epic (Adi Kavya) was written by Valmiki.
II. It is divided into 7 Kandas viz-Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya, Kishkindha, Sundara, Yuddha and Uttara.
III. Sundara Kanda is biggest among all Kandas in Ramayana.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Codes

(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) I, II and III
(d) II and III

Answer : b

Question 51. The number of Puranas is [UPPSC 2010]

(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 19
(d) 21

Answer : b

Question 52. Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansa, Manvantara and Vanshanucharita are the indicators of [UPPSC (Pre) 2015]

(a) Vedas
(b) Puranas
(c) Upanishads
(d) Sutras

Answer : b

Question 53. Which of the following is the oldest Purana?

(a) Matsya Purana
(b) Vayu Puranas
(c) Markandeya Purana
(d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 54. Kalika Purana is associated with which of the following religion? [MPPSC 2018]

(a) Vaishnav
(b) Shaktism
(c) Buddhism
(d) Jainism

Answer : b

Question 55. Which of the following is the earliest Holy book of Jain? [BPSC (Pre) 1995]

(a) Twelve Angas
(b) Twelve Upangas
(c) Fourteen Purvas
(d) Fourteen Uppurva

Answer : c

Question 56. In which one of the following languages was the earliest Jain literature compiled? [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]

(a) Ardh-Magadhi
(b) Pali
(c) Prakrit
(d) Sanskrit

Answer : a

Question 57. Which one of the following is not a part of early Jain Literature? [IAS (Pre) 1996]

(a) Therigatha
(b) Acarangasutra
(c) Sutrakritanga
(d) Brihatkalpasutra

Answer : a

Question 58. Consider the following statements.

I. Jatakas are the folklore literature of Jainism.
II. Agams are Jain texts based on discourses of Tirthankara.

Select the correct answer using the code below.

Codes

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : b

Question 59. Which of the following is not included in ‘Tripitaka’?

(a) Vinaya Pitaka
(b) Sutta Pitaka
(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka
(d) Buddhapitaka

Answer : d

Question 60. Which of the following Buddhist texts contains the rules of monastic life?[UPPSC (Pre) 1996]

(a) Digha-Nikaya
(b) Vinaya Pitaka
(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka
(d) Vibhasha Shastra

Answer : b

Question 61. ‘Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhana is associated with which of the following? [MPPSC (Pre) 2012]

(a) Chandragupta’s reign
(b) Anthology of lyrics
(c) History of Kashmir
(d) Reign of Krishna Deva Raya

Answer : c

Question 62. Which of the following is/are not historical biography/biographies?

I. Dipavamsa
II. Harshacharita
III. Vikramankadevacharita
IV. Prithviraja Vijaya

Answer : a

Select the correct answer from the codes given below. [NDA 2018]

(a) Only I
(b) II and III Only
(c) II, III and IV Only
(d) I, II, III and IV

Answer : d

Question 63. Which of the following books is/are written by Fa-Hien?

(a) Fo-Kyo-Ki
(b) Si-Yu-Ki
(c) A record of the Buddhist Countries
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer : d

Question 64. Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean Sea? [BPSC 2018]

(a) Ctesias
(b) Pliny
(c) Ptolemy
(d) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer : d

Question 65. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? Foreign Writer Book

(a) Herodotus – Historica
(b) Pliny – Natural Historica
(c) Megasthenes – Indica
(d) Ptolmey – Periplus of the Erythrean sea

Answer : d

Question 66. Consider the following statement.

I. Hiuen-Tsang wrote ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ or ‘The Records of Western World’.
II. Al-Biruni wrote ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’.

Select the correct answer from the code below.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 67. The earliest evidence of man in India is found in [UKPSC (Pre) 2006]

(a) Nilgiri Hills
(b) Shiwalik Hills
(c) Nallamala Hills
(d) Narmada Valley

Answer : d

Question 68. The biggest museum of the country depicting the story of the development of human civilisation and also known as Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya is situated in [MPPSC 2020]

(a) Bhopal
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Ahmedabad

Answer : a

Question 69. The three-age system was divided into stone, bronze and iron from the collection of Copenhagen museum were coined by [UPPSC 2010]

(a) Thomsen
(b) Lubbock
(c) Taylor
(d) Childe

Answer : a

Question 70. The period in which the events occured before the existence of written records is called

(a) historical period
(b) pre-historic period
(c) vedic period
(d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 71. Which one of the following places is famous for pre-historic paintings? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]

(a) Ajanta
(b) Bhimbetka
(c) Bagh
(d) Amravati

Answer : b

Question 72. Which of the following Indian archaeologists first visited ‘Bhimbetka Caves’ and discovered prehistoric significance of its rock paintings? [UPPSC 2020]

(a) Madho Swaroop Vatsa
(b) HD Sankalia
(c) VS Wakankar
(d) VN Mishra

Answer : c

Question 73. The first Paleolithic tool in India was discovered by

(a) Robert Bruce Foote
(b) Alexander cunningham
(c) Gordan Childe
(d) RM Wheeler

Answer : a

Question 74. At which of the following place, evidence of concrete upper paleolithic art objects has/have been found?

I. Patue
II. Lohanada Nola
III. Paisra
IV. Nevasa

Codes

(a) I and II
(b) Only I
(c) Only II
(d) I and IV

Answer : a

Question 75. Assertion (A) The microlith industry is rooted in the upper paleolithic industries.
Reason (R) The archaeological findings/evidences continued from the upper paleolithic into the mesolithic.

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : d

Question 76. Assertion (A) Buddha Pushkar lake was an ideal region for middle paleolithic people.
Reason (R) Good stone was found in close proximity to a permanent sweet water source.

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 77. In mesolithic context, evidence of animal domestication has been found at [UPPSC 2008]

(a) Langhnaj
(b) Birbhanpur
(c) Adamgarh
(d) Chopani Mando

Answer : c

Question 78. From which one of the following sites bone implements have been found? [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]

(a) Chopani-Mando
(b) Kakoria
(c) Mahadaha
(d) Sarai Nahar Rai

Answer : c

Question 79. Three human skeletons in a single grave were recovered at [UPPSC 2016]

(a) Sarai Nahar Rai
(b) Damdama
(c) Mahadaha
(d) Langhnaj

Answer : b

Question 80. Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the mesolithic period? [UPPSC 2018]

(a) Odai
(b) Bori
(c) Bagor
(d) Lakhnia

Answer : c

Question 81. Which among the following places has given the earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent? [WBCS 2020]

(a) Pratapgarh
(b) Mehargarh
(c) Quetta
(d) Kalat

Answer : b

Question 82. According to the excavated evidence, the domestication of animal began in [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]

(a) Lower Paleolithic Period
(b) Middle Paleolithic Period
(c) Upper Paleolithic Period
(d) Mesolithic Period

Answer : d

Question 83. From which one of the following Mesolithic sites charred and carbonised grains of wild rice embedded in the burnt clay remains of wattle and daub walls of huts, has been discovered?

(a) Chopani Mando
(b) Mahadaha
(c) Bharukachchha
(d) Langhanaj

Answer : a

Question 84. Consider the following statements.

I. Bagor in Rajasthan is the largest Mesolithic site in India.
II. Mehrgarh in Baluchistan (Pakistan) is the oldest Neolithic site in India Sub-continent.

Which at the statement given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) None of these

Answer : c

Question 85. Which site provides the earliest evidence of the domestication of animals?

I. Sohan river valley of Punjab.
II. Bagor in Rajasthan.
III. Belar Valley in Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)
IV. Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh.

(a) I, II and III
(b) II and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) All of these

Answer : b

Question 86. The cultivation of cereals first started in …….. [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]

(a) Neolithic Age
(b) Mesolithic Age
(c) Paleolithic Age
(d) Proto-Historic Age

Answer : a

Question 87. Which of the following sites has yielded skeleton of the dog along with human skeleton in burial? [UP Lower 2008]

(a) Brahmagiri
(b) Burzahom
(c) Chirand
(d) Maski

Answer : b

Question 88. The evidence of ‘pit dwelling’ has been obtained from [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]

(a) Burzahom
(b) Koldihwa
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) Sanganakallu

Answer : a

Question 89. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a maximum number of human skeletons have been found? [UPPSC 2016]

(a) Morahana Pahar
(b) Ghagharia
(c) Bashani khor
(d) Lekhania

Answer : d

Question 90. The burying pet dogs in the graves of the masters did not seem to be a practice with Neolithic people in any part of India except

(a) Assam
(b) Southern India
(c) Kashmir
(d) Meghalaya

Answer : c

Question 91. Ash Mound is associated with the Neolithic site at [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]

(a) Budihal
(b) Sangana Kullu
(c) Koldihwa
(d) Brahmagiri

Answer : b

Question 92. Which of the Neolithic age site is not correctly matched? Site State

(a) Gufkral – Kashmir
(b) Chirand – Uttar Pradesh
(c) Paiyampalli – Tamil Nadu
(d) Mehrgarh – Baluchistan

Answer : b

Question 93. Consider the following statements about the Neolithic people.

I. Neolithic people never ventured far from the hills.
II. They produced that was just enough for base subsistence.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 98. Which one of the following periods is also known as Chalcolithic age? [BPSC (Pre) 2000]

(a) Old stone age
(b) New stone age
(c) Copper age
(d) Iron age

Answer : c

Question 99. In the Chalcolithic period people of Maharashtra buried their dead under the floor of their houses in the following orientation [UPPSC 1997]

(a) North to South position
(b) South to North position
(c) South to North position
(d) West to East position

Answer : a

Question 100. Navdatoli was excavated by

(a) KD Bajpai
(b) V.S. Wakankar
(c) HD Sankalia
(d) Mortimer Wheeler

Answer : c

Question 101. In which State, the Navdatoli is located? [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]

(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer : d

Question 102. The ochre-coloured pottery was christened in [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]

(a) Hastinapur
b) Ahichatra
(c) Nuh
(d) Red Fort

Answer : a

Question 103. Ganeshwar, the Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic site which supplied copper objects to Harappan sites is in

(a) Swat Valley
(b) Kashmir
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer : c

Question 104. Which among the following cultures were the first to paint their pottery? [CDS 2012]

(a) Mesolithic
(b) Chalcolithic
(c) Neolithic
(d) Iron age

Answer : b

Question 105. Which of the following Chalcolithic sites does not fall in the Godavari Pravara system?

(a) Nevasa
(b) Daimabad
(c) Navdatoli
(d) Jorwe

Answer : c

Question 106. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Chalcolithic cultures of India?

(a) They were primarily communities in the hilly and riverine areas.
(b) They mostly used stone and copper objects and occasionally low grade bronze.
(c) A large number of them appeared after the end of the bronze Harappan culture.
(d) They were restricted to the Ganga-Yamuna doab and foothills of the Himalayas.

Answer : d

Question 107. Consider the following statements in the context of Neolithic Chalcolithic culture.

I. The people of Neolithic Chalcolithic culture used stone implements.
II. The post Harappan sites representing Neolithic-Chalcolithic culture, out number those of pre-Harappan.
III. Some important sites representing this culture are Ahar, Gilund and Balathal.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) I, II and III
(b) II and III
(c) Only III
(d) None of these

Answer : a

Question 108. Which of the following statements regarding Stone-Copper Age are true?

I. Stone-Copper culture had an essentially urban background.
II. Inspite of food producing economy, the rate of infant morality was very high.
III. People were not aware of the art of mixing tin with copper and thus forging the much stronger and useful metal called bronze.
IV. People of this age were familiar with the art of writing and they used to live in the cities as people of bronze age.

(a) I, III and IV
(b) I and IV
(c) II and III
(d) All of these

Answer : c

Question 109. Consider the following statements and find out which one is/are correct?

I. In Deccan, the first Iron object appears after the late Jorwe Chalcolithic phase (900 BC-800 BC).
II. The sites in Deccan such as Nevasa, Chandoli, Inamgaon, Prakash shown continuity between the iron phase and the Chalcolithic phase.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor III

Answer : c

Question 110. Assertion (A) The internal pattern of settlements and the burial practices suggest the beginning of social inequalities in the Chalcolithic society.
Reason (R) The chiefs living in rectangular houses and his kinsmen used to dominate others who lived in round huts.

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 113. Megaliths have been identified as [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]

(a) caves for hermits
(b) burial sites
(c) temple sites
(d) None of these

Answer : b

Question 114. In July 2019, experts visited for the first documentation of a Megalithic site of Bihar in which of the following district? [BPSC 2019]

(a) Patna
(b) Kaimur
(c) Madhubani
(d) Banica

Answer : b

Question 115. Consider the following statements about Stone Age in India. [CDS 2019]

(i) Different periods are identified on the basis of the type and technology of stone tools.
(ii) There are no regional variations in the type and technology of tools in different periods.
(iii) Stone Age cultures of different periods evolved uniformly in a neat unilinear fashion all over the subcontinent.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) I and II
(c) Only III
(d) 1, II and III

Answer : a

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