Q . Archaeological Sites and Their Descriptions
Consider the following information:
Archaeological Site – State – Description
1. Chandraketugarh – Odisha – Trading Port town
2. Inamgaon – Maharashtra – Chalcolithic site
3. Mangadu – Kerala – Megalithic site
4. Salihundam – Andhra Pradesh – Rock-cut cave shrines
In which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?
2. Logic Explanation:
● Statement 1: Chandraketugarh is incorrectly matched. It is not in Odisha; it is located in West Bengal and is known as a trading port town.
● Statement 2: Inamgaon is correctly matched. It is a Chalcolithic site in Maharashtra.
● Statement 3: Mangadu is correctly matched. It is a Megalithic site in Kerala.
● Statement 4: Salihundam is incorrectly matched. It is not known for rock-cut cave shrines; it is a Buddhist site in Andhra Pradesh.
Q . Pre-History
The Stone Age people had the first domestic
- Official answer says (d) Sheep, but modern archaeology accepts DOG as first domesticate.
- Asses: (domesticated much later)
- Horses: (Bronze Age, warfare)
- Sheep: (Neolithic agriculture phase)
- Dogs: (hunting companion in Stone Age)
Q . Pre-History
Man passed from the food gathering stage to the food producing stage in the
Q . Pre-History
Neolithic period of age is not characterized by
- Early copper artifacts of about the sixth millennium BC are also reported from the pre-Indus Valley sites of Baluchistan in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent close to the Iranian border.
- Stone age (Neolithic) is not related with use of copper.
Q . Pre-History
Consider the following pairs: (Historical place) — (Well-known for)
1. Burzahom: Rock-cut shrines
2. Chandraketugarh: Terracotta art
3. Ganeshwar: Copper artefacts
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Q . Pre-History
The first metal used by the man was: