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  1. Which of these was NOT a typical feature of the Kashmir Neolithic?
    1. Pierced rectangular choppers
    2. Dogs buried with their masters
    3. Pit dwellings with conical roofs
    4. An economy based on wheat
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    Answer: (D) An economy based on wheat

    Pit houses, dog burials and pierced harvesters/choppers mark Burzahom; wheat-based farming is not its signature.

  2. Which development turned the Old Stone Age into the New Stone Age?
    1. Grinding and polishing of stone tools
    2. Use of celts alone
    3. Knowledge of the wheel
    4. Surplus agriculture
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    Answer: (A) Grinding and polishing of stone tools

    The Neolithic is defined by ground and polished tools.

  3. The people of which Neolithic site were cattle-herders?
    1. Burzahom
    2. Piklihal
    3. Mahagara
    4. Kili Gul Muhammad
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    Answer: (B) Piklihal

    Piklihal (Raichur, Karnataka) — seasonal camps with cattle pens; hoof-prints were found in the ash.

  4. Which Mesolithic site is NOT in the Ganga plain?
    1. Chopani Mando
    2. Sarai Nahar Rai
    3. Damdama
    4. Adamgarh
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    Answer: (D) Adamgarh

    Adamgarh is near Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad) in Madhya Pradesh.

  5. The earliest evidence of rice cultivation comes from
    1. Central Ganga valley
    2. Belan valley
    3. Gomal valley
    4. Bolan valley
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    Answer: (B) Belan valley

    Koldihwa in the Belan valley (Prayagraj) — 6th millennium BC.

  6. "Sohan culture" is another name for the
    1. Palaeolithic culture
    2. Mesolithic culture
    3. Neolithic culture
    4. Chalcolithic culture
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    Answer: (A) Palaeolithic culture

    Named after the Sohan (Soan) valley in Pakistani Punjab.

  7. The type site of the Malwa culture is
    1. Navdatoli
    2. Nagda
    3. Eran
    4. Azadnagar
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    Answer: (A) Navdatoli

    Navdatoli on the Narmada — one of the largest Chalcolithic settlements.

  8. The only Upper Palaeolithic site in India with bone tools is
    1. Bhimbetka
    2. Kurnool caves
    3. Adamgarh
    4. Mehsana
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    Answer: (B) Kurnool caves

    The Kurnool caves of Andhra Pradesh.

  9. About Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers — 1. Their tools were roughly chipped stone. 2. Goats, sheep and cattle were used. 3. Man appeared on Earth in India about 3 million years ago. Which are correct?
    1. 1 and 3
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 2
    4. All three
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    Answer: (C) 1 and 2

    Humans first appeared in Africa; Belan valley bones show goats, sheep and cattle in use.

  10. The first evidence of cultivation in the subcontinent comes from
    1. Mohenjo-daro
    2. Mehrgarh
    3. Nal
    4. Ghaligai
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    Answer: (B) Mehrgarh

    Mehrgarh in Baluchistan, about 7000 BC.

  1. Most Lower Palaeolithic artefacts of the subcontinent are made of
    1. Sandstone
    2. Rhyolite
    3. Dolomite
    4. Quartzite
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    Answer: (D) Quartzite

    Hence the name "Quartzite Men".

  2. Match correctly (IAS 2021): 1. Burzahom — rock-cut shrines 2. Chandraketugarh — terracotta art 3. Ganeshwar — copper artefacts
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 3 only
    4. 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 2 and 3

    Burzahom is known for Neolithic pit dwellings, not shrines.

  3. Which statement about the Chalcolithic is correct?
    1. Its background was essentially urban
    2. Ploughs are common at its sites
    3. Infant mortality was very high
    4. It used only stone tools
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    Answer: (C) Infant mortality was very high

    Rural villages, jhum farming without plough or hoe, and many infant burials.

  4. Black-and-red ware is the hallmark of which culture?
    1. Kayatha
    2. Ahar
    3. Savalda
    4. Rangpur
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    Answer: (B) Ahar

    Ahar (Banas) culture of Rajasthan — Ahar, Balathal, Gilund.

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