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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. |
prehistory and protohistory of india and Pakistan is work of |
| A. | h.d.sankalia |
| B. | d.p.agrawal |
| C. | allchin |
| D. | chakrabarti. |
| Answer» D. chakrabarti. | |
| 2. |
When we study how humans adapt to their environment, it is called: |
| A. | evolutionary ecology |
| B. | archaeology. |
| C. | human ecology . |
| D. | processualism |
| Answer» D. processualism | |
| 3. |
__________ published a series of papers in the 1960s calling for archaeology tobecome scientific. |
| A. | mortimer wheeler |
| B. | david clarke |
| C. | walter taylor |
| D. | lewis binford. |
| Answer» D. lewis binford. | |
| 4. |
.the first harappan site excavated in india after independenceis................... |
| A. | ropar |
| B. | kot diji |
| C. | lothal |
| D. | rakhigarhi. |
| Answer» B. kot diji | |
| 5. |
.The harappan towns and cities were divided into. Large ..............blocks. |
| A. | square |
| B. | rectangular |
| C. | ircular |
| D. | semi-circular. |
| Answer» C. ircular | |
| 6. |
the latest harappan site discovered in Gujarath is, |
| A. | dholavira |
| B. | khandia |
| C. | kuntasi |
| D. | manda. |
| Answer» B. khandia | |
| 7. |
..The earliest evidence institutionalised burial has been found at.................. |
| A. | mehrgarh |
| B. | anjira |
| C. | harappa |
| D. | kili gul muhammed. |
| Answer» B. anjira | |
| 8. |
.which of these Neolithic people were cattle-herders. |
| A. | burzahom |
| B. | piklihal |
| C. | mahagara |
| D. | kili-gul-muhammed. |
| Answer» C. mahagara | |
| 9. |
Scientists don't usually determine an artifact's function by studying its |
| A. | morphology |
| B. | molecular structure |
| C. | location. |
| D. | wear patterns. |
| Answer» C. location. | |
| 10. |
which one is the layout of trenches |
| A. | pits |
| B. | bench level |
| C. | drawing board |
| D. | soundages. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Archaeological studies of the Indus Valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo- Daro show evidence of |
| A. | dynastic rule |
| B. | monotheism |
| C. | social equality |
| D. | urban planning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
.Lothal was a.......... |
| A. | port |
| B. | city |
| C. | fort |
| D. | lake. |
| Answer» B. city | |
| 13. |
trial trenching is also known as........... |
| A. | pits |
| B. | bench level |
| C. | drawing board |
| D. | soundages. |
| Answer» B. bench level | |
| 14. |
Arial archaeology is the...... |
| A. | arial survey |
| B. | mapping |
| C. | excavation |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. mapping | |
| 15. |
.map reading is.......... |
| A. | method of site survey |
| B. | surveyors equipment |
| C. | trial trench |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. surveyors equipment | |
| 16. |
................is the exhibition centre of the archaeological remains. |
| A. | museum |
| B. | field |
| C. | site |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. field | |
| 17. |
Curator works at.......... |
| A. | museum |
| B. | field |
| C. | site |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. field | |
| 18. |
the following one is not scientific aids in exploration |
| A. | augur survey |
| B. | probe survey |
| C. | abstract |
| D. | drills. |
| Answer» B. probe survey | |
| 19. |
new frontiers of archaeology is a work of........... |
| A. | s.r rao |
| B. | h.d. shankalia |
| C. | chattopadhya |
| D. | h.p.tripathi. |
| Answer» B. h.d. shankalia | |
| 20. |
.published references is the ........... |
| A. | recording |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | site survey |
| D. | equipment. |
| Answer» B. scientific | |
| 21. |
.antiquity register is a..... |
| A. | documentation tool |
| B. | excavation tool |
| C. | site survey tool |
| D. | historical literature. |
| Answer» B. excavation tool | |
| 22. |
.an archaeological perspective is written by .......... |
| A. | l.r.binford |
| B. | davaid clarke |
| C. | dp. dymond |
| D. | daniel. |
| Answer» B. davaid clarke | |
| 23. |
.Gufkral is famous for ......... |
| A. | animal husbandry |
| B. | pottery |
| C. | agriculture |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. pottery | |
| 24. |
Swat valley is a .........site |
| A. | neolithic |
| B. | palaeolithic |
| C. | mesolithic |
| D. | chalcolithic. |
| Answer» B. palaeolithic | |
| 25. |
.the Mehragarh culture is related to ..... |
| A. | harappa |
| B. | sumeria |
| C. | mesopotamia |
| D. | assyria. |
| Answer» B. sumeria | |
| 26. |
.Man and Environment through Ages is a work of...... |
| A. | davaid clarke |
| B. | d.p. dymond |
| C. | binford |
| D. | agrawal. |
| Answer» C. binford | |
| 27. |
.social evolution is written by |
| A. | davaid clarke |
| B. | dp. dymond |
| C. | binford |
| D. | childe. |
| Answer» B. dp. dymond | |
| 28. |
.Kalibangan is in the state of ...... |
| A. | madhya pradesh |
| B. | maharashtra |
| C. | gujarath |
| D. | rajastan. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
.Son valley is in the state of......... |
| A. | madhya pradesh |
| B. | maharashtra |
| C. | gujarath |
| D. | rajastan. |
| Answer» B. maharashtra | |
| 30. |
.Taphonomy was proposed by ......... |
| A. | j.a.e fremov |
| B. | a.e.douglass |
| C. | l.s.b.leakey |
| D. | desmond moris |
| Answer» B. a.e.douglass | |
| 31. |
the earliest references to human diversity in the populations of India canbe traced back to...... |
| A. | rig-veda |
| B. | itihasa |
| C. | puranas |
| D. | scripts. |
| Answer» B. itihasa | |
| 32. |
.Morphometry is the ....... |
| A. | study of human population variations |
| B. | climatical change |
| C. | social changes |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. climatical change | |
| 33. |
bioclimatology is the study of climate in relation to...... |
| A. | life |
| B. | culture |
| C. | society |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. culture | |
| 34. |
The black soils of india are popularly known as ........ |
| A. | regurs |
| B. | rabi |
| C. | gilgai |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. rabi | |
| 35. |
Naked Ape is a work of ..... |
| A. | desmond moris |
| B. | a.e.douglass |
| C. | l.s.b.leakey |
| D. | petrie |
| Answer» B. a.e.douglass | |
| 36. |
camden was a ............ |
| A. | antiquarianists |
| B. | medievalist |
| C. | classical archaeologist |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. medievalist | |
| 37. |
.Acoustic system is also known as..... |
| A. | echo-sounder |
| B. | pedology |
| C. | palynology |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. pedology | |
| 38. |
.echo-sounder system is employed for ...... |
| A. | offshore explorations |
| B. | anthropological explorations |
| C. | scientific explorations |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. anthropological explorations | |
| 39. |
.Palaeopathology is the study of ....... |
| A. | skeletal remains |
| B. | structural remains |
| C. | cultural remains |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. structural remains | |
| 40. |
dendrochronology is also known as ...... |
| A. | tree ring counting |
| B. | physical anthropology |
| C. | pedology |
| D. | glacial valve chronology. |
| Answer» B. physical anthropology | |
| 41. |
.palaeontology is the study of ......... |
| A. | fossil |
| B. | clay |
| C. | iron |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. clay | |
| 42. |
dendrchronology was developed by |
| A. | a.e.douglass |
| B. | l.s.b.leakey |
| C. | petrie |
| D. | pitt rivers |
| Answer» B. l.s.b.leakey | |
| 43. |
Palynology is also known as .... |
| A. | pollen analysis |
| B. | chemical analysis |
| C. | phosphate analysis |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. chemical analysis | |
| 44. |
Archaeomagnetism was developed for the dating of.......... |
| A. | baked structures |
| B. | damp structures |
| C. | rock structures |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. damp structures | |
| 45. |
the glacial varve chronology method of dating was evolved by ........... |
| A. | gerard de geer |
| B. | h.h thomas |
| C. | zeuner |
| D. | cornwall. |
| Answer» B. h.h thomas | |
| 46. |
typological method is mainly use in .... |
| A. | science |
| B. | archaeology |
| C. | sociology |
| D. | anthropology. |
| Answer» C. sociology | |
| 47. |
The following is not a excavation equipment ... |
| A. | exposure metre |
| B. | angle measure |
| C. | trolley |
| D. | tapes. |
| Answer» B. angle measure | |
| 48. |
The following is not a excavation staff |
| A. | director |
| B. | surveyor |
| C. | photographer |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
.The following one is an equipment of draughtsman |
| A. | plane table |
| B. | protractors |
| C. | nails |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. protractors | |
| 50. |
Augur survey method is mainly used by .... |
| A. | geologists |
| B. | scientists |
| C. | chimists |
| D. | zoologists. |
| Answer» B. scientists | |