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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
.The confessions of a thug was written by ..... |
| A. | m.tylor |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | r.b.foote |
| D. | j.bugess. |
| Answer» B. wheeler | |
| 2. |
In the 16th and 17th centuries England witnessed for the development of a new trend called... |
| A. | antiquarianism |
| B. | renaissance |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | science. |
| Answer» B. renaissance | |
| 3. |
Olduvai George was discovered by |
| A. | l.s.b.leakey |
| B. | petrie |
| C. | pitt rivers |
| D. | glyn daniel. |
| Answer» B. petrie | |
| 4. |
.The earliest record of excavation and search for antiquities goes back to the times of... |
| A. | nabonidus |
| B. | asoka |
| C. | akbar |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. asoka | |
| 5. |
.one example for the historical archaeological site in india. |
| A. | arikamedu |
| B. | kodumanal |
| C. | puhar |
| D. | muziris. |
| Answer» B. kodumanal | |
| 6. |
.Dating the Past was written by |
| A. | zeuner |
| B. | j.g.d.clarke |
| C. | oakly |
| D. | burkitt. |
| Answer» B. j.g.d.clarke | |
| 7. |
.The best example of the ethnoarchaeology is |
| A. | eskimos |
| B. | tribals |
| C. | kukis |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. tribals | |
| 8. |
Palaeo-ecology is a study on |
| A. | eenvironment |
| B. | society |
| C. | climate |
| D. | forest. |
| Answer» B. society | |
| 9. |
Who wrote the book entitled Environment and Archaeology |
| A. | k.w.butzer |
| B. | glyn daniel |
| C. | david clarke |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. glyn daniel | |
| 10. |
Assemblage is close associated with...... |
| A. | industry |
| B. | culture |
| C. | site |
| D. | artefacts |
| Answer» B. culture | |
| 11. |
Archaeologists calls the smallest cultural unit as an ......... |
| A. | industry |
| B. | culture |
| C. | assemblage |
| D. | artefacts |
| Answer» B. culture | |
| 12. |
.a collection of artefacts of one category at a site is called...... |
| A. | industry |
| B. | culture |
| C. | assemblage |
| D. | artefacts . |
| Answer» C. assemblage | |
| 13. |
Archaios means.... |
| A. | science |
| B. | ancient |
| C. | culture |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. culture | |
| 14. |
logos means ..... |
| A. | science |
| B. | ancient |
| C. | culture |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. ancient | |
| 15. |
field director is responsible for ............. |
| A. | publication of reports |
| B. | publication of photos |
| C. | publication of surveys |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. publication of photos | |
| 16. |
.rise of civilization in india and Pakistan written by .............. |
| A. | dk .chakraborthy |
| B. | rajan k. |
| C. | r.allchin |
| D. | h.d.shankalia. |
| Answer» D. h.d.shankalia. | |
| 17. |
indian archaeology today is a work of ........ |
| A. | dk .chakraborthy |
| B. | rajan k. |
| C. | basker .p |
| D. | h.d.shankalia. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
.theoretical perspectives in Indian archaeology is a work of ..... |
| A. | dk .chakraborthy |
| B. | rajan k. |
| C. | basker .p |
| D. | a.ghosh. |
| Answer» B. rajan k. | |
| 19. |
.salvage archaeology deals with........ |
| A. | method of retrieving data from archaeological sites |
| B. | methods of calculation |
| C. | methods photography |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. methods of calculation | |
| 20. |
settlement archaeology deals with ...... |
| A. | human actions |
| B. | colonialism |
| C. | engineering |
| D. | industry. |
| Answer» B. colonialism | |
| 21. |
The study of colonial and post colonial settlements is known as ...... |
| A. | historical archaeology |
| B. | cultural archaeology |
| C. | classical archaeology |
| D. | marine archaeology. |
| Answer» B. cultural archaeology | |
| 22. |
who defined culture as knowledge ,belief ,art etc ........... |
| A. | edward taylor |
| B. | gordon childe |
| C. | thompson |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. gordon childe | |
| 23. |
village map is ............ |
| A. | survey equipment |
| B. | excavation equipment |
| C. | site equipment |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. excavation equipment | |
| 24. |
which one of the followings are the survey equipment tools |
| A. | shade cloth |
| B. | planks |
| C. | theodolite |
| D. | hammer. |
| Answer» D. hammer. | |
| 25. |
which one of the followings are not a excavation tools. |
| A. | shade cloth |
| B. | planks |
| C. | theodolite |
| D. | hammer. |
| Answer» D. hammer. | |
| 26. |
The field director is responsible for the design of the........ |
| A. | excavation |
| B. | project |
| C. | site |
| D. | industry. |
| Answer» B. project | |
| 27. |
echo-sounder is an instrument in ..... |
| A. | archaeology |
| B. | epigraphy |
| C. | numismatics |
| D. | celonology |
| Answer» B. epigraphy | |
| 28. |
. Theodolite is an equipment in .......... |
| A. | archaeology |
| B. | epigraphy |
| C. | numismatics |
| D. | demonology. |
| Answer» B. epigraphy | |
| 29. |
Pollen dating is to the dating of .......... |
| A. | plant |
| B. | river |
| C. | flakes |
| D. | strata. |
| Answer» B. river | |
| 30. |
Amino acid dating method was developed by.......... |
| A. | jeffrey l.bada |
| B. | baron gerard |
| C. | binford |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. baron gerard | |
| 31. |
flurine dating method is on...... |
| A. | bone |
| B. | clay |
| C. | stone |
| D. | glass. |
| Answer» B. clay | |
| 32. |
Nitrogen method is on...... |
| A. | bone |
| B. | clay |
| C. | stone |
| D. | glass. |
| Answer» B. clay | |
| 33. |
amino acid dating method is on...... |
| A. | bone |
| B. | clay |
| C. | stone |
| D. | glass. |
| Answer» B. clay | |
| 34. |
pottassium -argon dating method is also known as ...... |
| A. | k-ar |
| B. | tl |
| C. | c14 |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. tl | |
| 35. |
pottassium -argon dating method was developed by the scientists ofuniversity of .......... |
| A. | california |
| B. | newyork |
| C. | cambridge |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. newyork | |
| 36. |
.Map is related in archaeology |
| A. | site |
| B. | artefact |
| C. | assemblage |
| D. | industry. |
| Answer» B. artefact | |
| 37. |
A hundred and fifty years of archaeology is work of |
| A. | glyn daniel |
| B. | thomson |
| C. | edward harris |
| D. | kenyon. |
| Answer» C. edward harris | |
| 38. |
epigraphia indica is associated to....... |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | cunningham |
| D. | jamess burgess. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
corpus inscriptionum indicarum is associated to....... |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | cunningham |
| D. | piggot |
| Answer» D. piggot | |
| 40. |
Alexander Cunningham became the first archaeological surveyor of the ASI in |
| A. | 1861 |
| B. | 1676 |
| C. | 1885 |
| D. | 1789. |
| Answer» B. 1676 | |
| 41. |
Brahmi was identified by Prinsep in the year ..... |
| A. | 1837 |
| B. | 1876 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1845. |
| Answer» B. 1876 | |
| 42. |
john lubbock’s prehistoric times was published |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1886 |
| C. | 1785 |
| D. | 1856. |
| Answer» B. 1886 | |
| 43. |
.The development of systematic study of archaeological finds on scientificline was started in ........ |
| A. | 18th c |
| B. | 19th c |
| C. | 17th c |
| D. | 20th c. |
| Answer» B. 19th c | |
| 44. |
.Archaeology in India is a work of ......... |
| A. | s.r rao |
| B. | h.d sankalia |
| C. | ariyaratnam |
| D. | d.p.agrawal. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
........is responsible for the accurate recording of all objects recovered at the site. |
| A. | cataloguer |
| B. | surveyor |
| C. | draftsmen |
| D. | photographer. |
| Answer» B. surveyor | |
| 46. |
.National institute of Oceanography is at .......... |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | goa |
| C. | andhra pradesh |
| D. | orissa. |
| Answer» C. andhra pradesh | |
| 47. |
.Father marine archaeology in india. |
| A. | s.r rao |
| B. | h.d sankalia |
| C. | ariyaratnam |
| D. | d.p.agrawal |
| Answer» B. h.d sankalia | |
| 48. |
Sextent is mainly used for ....... |
| A. | surveying |
| B. | coastal surveying |
| C. | aerial surveying |
| D. | mapping. |
| Answer» C. aerial surveying | |
| 49. |
.Dendrochronology was developed by |
| A. | willard f,libby |
| B. | a.e..douglass |
| C. | g,clarke |
| D. | binford |
| Answer» C. g,clarke | |
| 50. |
T.L Dating method is use in |
| A. | ceramic |
| B. | glass |
| C. | iron |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. glass | |