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This section includes 436 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bioinformatics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following dating method is developed by Jeffrey L. Bada |
| A. | Amino acid method |
| B. | C 14 Method |
| C. | Seriation method |
| D. | Varve method |
| Answer» B. C 14 Method | |
| 2. |
Who invented the Dendrochronology dating method |
| A. | A.E Douglass |
| B. | Willard F Libby |
| C. | Pit River |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Willard F Libby | |
| 3. |
Destructive site documentation in archaeology is……………… |
| A. | Excavation |
| B. | Exploration |
| C. | Sampling |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Exploration | |
| 4. |
Edward Harris is related with …………… |
| A. | Stratigraphy |
| B. | Aerial mapping |
| C. | C14 dating |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Aerial mapping | |
| 5. |
If a Bulldozer is accidently opened a megalithic burial in a region, which of the following method will be applied for the retrieval of archaeological materials? |
| A. | Exploration |
| B. | Sondage |
| C. | Salvage operation |
| D. | Pedestrian survey |
| Answer» D. Pedestrian survey | |
| 6. |
Submerged port cities can be explored or excavated through…………… |
| A. | Underwater survey |
| B. | Aerial Survey |
| C. | Pedestrian Survey |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Aerial Survey | |
| 7. |
Who invented the method of Aerial Reconnaissance |
| A. | OGS Crawford |
| B. | Sankalia |
| C. | Douglass |
| D. | Graham Clarke |
| Answer» B. Sankalia | |
| 8. |
Sondage means in archaeology |
| A. | Test pit |
| B. | Maping |
| C. | Salvage |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. Maping | |
| 9. |
Non- destructive scientific survey and documentation of sites is known as……………….. |
| A. | Excavation |
| B. | Exploration |
| C. | Salvage |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Salvage | |
| 10. |
Who coined the term ‘Symbolic Archaeology’ |
| A. | Ian Hodder |
| B. | Lewis Binford |
| C. | Trigger |
| D. | J Princep |
| Answer» B. Lewis Binford | |
| 11. |
……. is the study of how artifacts move from their ‘systematic context’ |
| A. | Behavioural Archaeology |
| B. | Settlement archaeology |
| C. | Geoarchaeology |
| D. | environmental archaeology |
| Answer» B. Settlement archaeology | |
| 12. |
Sarah Pomeroy was a ……………….archaeologist |
| A. | Gender |
| B. | Linguistic |
| C. | Cognitive archaeology |
| D. | Ethno archaeology |
| Answer» B. Linguistic | |
| 13. |
……….. is the study of past human economy and environment using earth and lifesciences |
| A. | Environmental Archaeology |
| B. | Geoarchaeology |
| C. | Settlement Archaeology |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Geoarchaeology | |
| 14. |
Who is the proponent of Behvaioural Archaeology |
| A. | Michael Schiffer |
| B. | Bruce Trigger |
| C. | Wheeler |
| D. | Petrie |
| Answer» B. Bruce Trigger | |
| 15. |
Which of the following megalithic site was excavated by Mortimer Wheeler? |
| A. | Brahmagiri |
| B. | Porkalam |
| C. | Porunthal |
| D. | Kodumanal |
| Answer» B. Porkalam | |
| 16. |
Lothal site of Indus Valley Civilization was excavated by……….. |
| A. | Marshall |
| B. | Wheeler |
| C. | S R Rao |
| D. | R S Bisht |
| Answer» D. R S Bisht | |
| 17. |
Who authored What happened in History ? |
| A. | V Gordon Childe |
| B. | E H Car |
| C. | Graham Clarke |
| D. | Collingwood |
| Answer» B. E H Car | |
| 18. |
Who discovered the first Paleolithic tools of India |
| A. | Robert Bruce Foote |
| B. | F Fawcett |
| C. | Wheeler |
| D. | J Babington |
| Answer» B. F Fawcett | |
| 19. |
Who is the chief proponent of New Archaeology? |
| A. | Lewis Binford |
| B. | Bruce Trigger |
| C. | Alexander Cunningham |
| D. | Thomsen |
| Answer» B. Bruce Trigger | |
| 20. |
Which one of the following site unearthed the remains of Dockyard from Indus valley? |
| A. | Harappa |
| B. | Lothal |
| C. | Ropar |
| D. | Kot Diji |
| Answer» C. Ropar | |
| 21. |
Ur city was part of ………civilization |
| A. | Mesopotamia |
| B. | Egypt |
| C. | Indus |
| D. | China |
| Answer» B. Egypt | |
| 22. |
Which of the following group is perfectly representing the Three Age System? |
| A. | Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age |
| B. | Bronze Age, Stone Age, Iron Age |
| C. | Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age |
| D. | Stone Age, Mesolithic Age, Iron Age |
| Answer» D. Stone Age, Mesolithic Age, Iron Age | |
| 23. |
Who is the advocator of the Three Age System |
| A. | CJ Thomsen |
| B. | Mortimer Wheeler |
| C. | Flinders Petrie |
| D. | S.R. Rao |
| Answer» B. Mortimer Wheeler | |
| 24. |
Which of the following study is also known as nautical archaeology? |
| A. | Linguistic archaeology |
| B. | Underwater archaeology |
| C. | Historical Archaeology |
| D. | Public Archaeology |
| Answer» C. Historical Archaeology | |
| 25. |
The scientific archaeology began in………. |
| A. | Scandinavia |
| B. | England |
| C. | France |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. England | |
| 26. |
What is cognitive archaeology? |
| A. | Study of settlement distribution |
| B. | Study of past cultures |
| C. | Study of past way of thought |
| D. | Study of living people and their culture |
| Answer» D. Study of living people and their culture | |
| 27. |
…………….is the study of living people and their material culture undertaken with the aim of improving our understanding of the past |
| A. | Underwater archaeology |
| B. | Linguistic |
| C. | Cognitive archaeology |
| D. | Ethno |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Crop marks, soil marks and shadow marks are related to……………….. |
| A. | Ariel Reconnaiscance |
| B. | Stratigraphy |
| C. | Resistivity Survey |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Stratigraphy | |
| 29. |
The retrieval of the archaeological object from a threaten context is………………….. |
| A. | Salvage Archaeology |
| B. | Sondage |
| C. | Stratigraphy |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Sondage | |
| 30. |
Which of the following scholar is associated with antiquarianism |
| A. | William Stukeley |
| B. | Pitt River |
| C. | C J Thomson |
| D. | Trigger |
| Answer» B. Pitt River | |
| 31. |
The study of archaeological objects in orderly manner is known as……………….. |
| A. | Antiquarianism |
| B. | Scientific archaeology |
| C. | Ethnoarchaeology |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Scientific archaeology | |
| 32. |
Sondage is a……………….. |
| A. | Test Pit |
| B. | Pit Burial |
| C. | Layer |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Pit Burial | |
| 33. |
Which method can be effectively used for the excavation of a structure/feature? |
| A. | Horizontal |
| B. | Vertical |
| C. | Quadrant |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Vertical | |
| 34. |
Assemblage of industry is known as ------------- |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Civilization |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Civilization | |
| 35. |
Which one of the following is an example of an eco-fact? |
| A. | Kiln |
| B. | Hearth |
| C. | Pollen |
| D. | Bead |
| Answer» D. Bead | |
| 36. |
Which one of the following Dating methods is useful for the dating of Terracotta object |
| A. | Pollen Analysis |
| B. | Stratigraphy |
| C. | Thermoluminesence |
| D. | Geochronology |
| Answer» D. Geochronology | |
| 37. |
Which one of the following site is excavated from the Western coast of South India? |
| A. | Pattanam |
| B. | Brahmagiri |
| C. | Arikamedu |
| D. | Alakankulam |
| Answer» B. Brahmagiri | |
| 38. |
The assemblage of artifacts from an archaeological site is known as-------------- |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Civilization |
| C. | Industry |
| D. | Matirx |
| Answer» D. Matirx | |
| 39. |
What is the meaning of Greek term “arkhaiologia”? |
| A. | Discourse about ancient things |
| B. | Study of proto historic remains |
| C. | Discussion of written material |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Study of proto historic remains | |
| 40. |
Find out the absolute dating method |
| A. | Pollen Analysis |
| B. | Stratigraphy |
| C. | Thermoluminesence |
| D. | Geochronology |
| Answer» D. Geochronology | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following script was deciphered by James Prinsep in 1837? |
| A. | Grantha |
| B. | Brahmi |
| C. | Kolezhuttu |
| D. | Vattezhuthu |
| Answer» C. Kolezhuttu | |
| 42. |
Any portable manmade object known in archaeology as……… |
| A. | Artifact |
| B. | Feature |
| C. | Eco-fact |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Feature | |
| 43. |
What is archaeobotony? |
| A. | Study of plant remains from the archaeological site |
| B. | Study of animal remains from the archaeological site |
| C. | Study of mortal remains from the archaeological site |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Study of animal remains from the archaeological site | |
| 44. |
’pre-historic india’ is a work of ................. |
| A. | stuart piggott |
| B. | subbarao |
| C. | christian lassen |
| D. | h.d.sankalia. |
| Answer» B. subbarao | |
| 45. |
How many types of dimensional recordings are there. |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» B. 2 | |
| 46. |
Flavio Biondo lived during ......period. |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | historic |
| C. | medieval |
| D. | enlightenment. |
| Answer» B. historic | |
| 47. |
Palaeochannel of River Saraswati was discovered by..... a) D.N.Wdia b ) H.D.Sankalia c) D.P.Agrawal d) None of these.188.Who was responsible for the beginningof archaeological excavations in India. |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | foote |
| D. | william jones |
| Answer» B. wheeler | |
| 48. |
The word civilization derived from the Latin word--------- |
| A. | civis |
| B. | civilize |
| C. | civic |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. civilize | |
| 49. |
.the birth of a Indian civilization is a work of |
| A. | h.d.sankalia |
| B. | d.p.agrawal |
| C. | allchin |
| D. | chakrabarti. |
| Answer» D. chakrabarti. | |
| 50. |
Fossils are most common in which rock types? |
| A. | sedimentary |
| B. | igneous |
| C. | metamorphic |
| D. | all of these commonly contain fossils. |
| Answer» E. | |