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Pre-Historic Period MCQ

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Q1. Among the following which is accepted as the 'Original homeland of human?

  1. AAsia continent
  2. BEurope Continent
  3. CAfrice Continent
  4. DAustralia continent
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Answer: C) Africe Continent

Q2. Among the following which is called the 'Cradle of humankind '?

  1. AAsia continent
  2. BEurope Continent
  3. CAustralia continent
  4. DAfrice continent
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Answer: D) Africe continent

Q3. Among the following which option displays human evolution chronologically ?

  1. AAustralopithecus —Homo Erectus —Neanderthal —Cro-Magnon
  2. BHomo Erectus —Australopithecus—Neanderthal—Cro-Magnon
  3. CNeanderthal—Australopithecus—Neanderthal
  4. DCro-Magnon—Australopithecus—Homo Erectus
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Answer: A) Australopithecus —Homo Erectus —Neanderthal —Cro-Magnon

Q4. Which of the following is accepted as the 'early ancestor of human ?

  1. AAustralopithecus
  2. BHome Erectus
  3. CNeanderthal
  4. DCro-Magnon
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Answer: A) Australopithecus

Q5. Which of the following is called the 'Mother of Man ?

  1. ALucy
  2. BCleopatra
  3. CVictoric
  4. DMadam Curie
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Answer: A) Lucy

Q6. The earliest 'man like creature'which racially differed from 'Homo Sapiens;is generally Known -as

  1. ANeanderthal
  2. BPithecanthropus
  3. CSinanthropus
  4. DHominid
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Answer: B) Pithecanthropus

Q7. The earliest archaeological evidence related to human was found from which region of lndia?

  1. ASohan valley
  2. BNarmda valley
  3. CBolan valley
  4. DBelan valley
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Answer: B) Narmda valley

Q8. The hominoid fossils of hathnora is -

  1. AHomo erectus
  2. BHomo habilis
  3. CHomo sapiens
  4. DNone of these
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Answer: A) Homo erectus

Q9. Which of the following is called the earliest biped human ?

  1. AAustralopithecus
  2. Bpithecanthropus
  3. CNeanderthal
  4. DCro-magnon
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Answer: B) pithecanthropus

Q10. Which of the following is credited to discovery of fire ?

  1. AAustralopithecus
  2. BHomo Erectus
  3. CNeanderthal
  4. DCro- Magnon
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Answer: B) Homo Erectus

Q11. which of the following is accepted as the human that started the final disposal of their deads?

  1. AAustralopithecus
  2. BPithecanthropus
  3. CNeanderthal
  4. DCro-magnon
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Answer: C) Neanderthal

Q12. The latest ancestor of modern human is -

  1. Apaking man
  2. BJava man
  3. CNeanderthal
  4. DCro-Magnon
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Answer: D) Cro-Magnon

Q13. ln the following which is latest ?

  1. ANeanderthal human
  2. BHindalburg human
  3. Cpiltgon human
  4. DCro-Magnon human
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Answer: D) Cro-Magnon human

Q14. By which name were the early Homo sapiens knows-

  1. APithecanthropus
  2. BMagdalenion
  3. CNeanderthal
  4. DCro-Magnon
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Answer: D) Cro-Magnon

Q15. ln scientific language the modern man is known as -

  1. AAustralopithecus
  2. Bpitecanthropus
  3. CNeanderthal
  4. DHomo Sapiens
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Answer: D) Homo Sapiens

Q16. From which site ,first lndian Paleolithic artefact was discovered?

  1. ADaimabad
  2. BMirzapur
  3. CPallavaram
  4. DSoan valley
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Answer: C) Pallavaram

Q17. when did Robert Bruce Foote discover the first Paleolithic implement in lndia ?

  1. A1860
  2. B1863
  3. C1873
  4. D1878
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Answer: B) 1863

Q18. Robert bruce Foote ,who has discovered paleolithic implements in lndia ,was originally ?

  1. Aa paleobotanist
  2. Ba geologist
  3. Can archaeologist
  4. Da historian
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Answer: B) a geologist

Q19. Among the following who is known as 'the Father of Pre-Historic Archeology'in lndia ?

  1. AH.D.Sankalia
  2. BA.Cunninghum
  3. CF.R.Alchin
  4. DRobert Bruce Foote
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Answer: D) Robert Bruce Foote

Q20. Among the following from which site the earliest fossil of pre-historic human has been found ?

  1. ABhimbetka
  2. BHathnora
  3. CSarainahar Rai
  4. DDamdama
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Answer: B) Hathnora

Q21. The life of paleolithic man was totally …….

  1. ARural
  2. BUrban
  3. CModern
  4. DPrimitive
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Answer: D) Primitive

Q22. The main occupation of paleolithic men was :

  1. AAgriculture
  2. BPoultry
  3. CAnimal husbandry
  4. DHunting
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Answer: D) Hunting

Q23. The source of entertainment of primitive man of paleolithic age was —

  1. AGambling
  2. BMusic
  3. CHorse riding
  4. DHunting
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Answer: D) Hunting

Q24. The greatest discovery of man in the paleolithic age was-

  1. AFire-liting
  2. BPotter's wheel
  3. CMetal implement
  4. DSpinning
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Answer: A) Fire-liting

Q25. The Majority of Early stone Age tools ,in lndia were made of-

  1. AQuartzite
  2. BSteatite
  3. CAgate
  4. DCarnelian
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Answer: A) Quartzite

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