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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. | |