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Question number: 251
» Introduction to Archaeology » History of Indian Archaeology » New 2019
Appeared in Year: 2013
Question
Who is the author of the book “The Birth of Indian Civilization”
(June)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | M Sheshadri | |
b. | B B. Lal | |
c. | B R. Allchin | |
d. | H D. Sankalia | |
Question number: 252
» Art and Iconography » Sculptural Art » Mauryan Pillar Capitals (New 2019)
Appeared in Year: 2013
Question
A unique characteristic feature of the Mauryan art is
(June)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Polishing the surface | |
b. | Minute decorative carvings | |
c. | Floral decoration | |
d. | Question does not provide sufficient data or is vague | |
Question number: 253
» Iron Age in Peninsular India » Important Sites of Historical Period » Hasthinapur (New 2019)
Appeared in Year: 2012
Question
Match the sites of List-I with the names of their excavators of List-II.
(June)
| List-Ⅰ (Column I) | List-Ⅱ (Column II) |
|---|---|
(A) Laughnaj | (i) G R Sharma |
(B) Hastinapur | (ii) K M Srivastava |
(C) Chopanimando | (iii) H D Sankalia |
(D) Piparahwa | (iv) B B Lal |
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
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Question number: 254
» Introduction to Prehistory » Quaternary Period » Holocene (New 2019)
Appeared in Year: 2012
Question
Beginning of holocene is not characterised by: (June)
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Appearance of Homo-sapiens sapiens | |
b. | Beginning of annual climatic cycles | |
c. | Present day fauna | |
d. | Beginning of long climatic cold-warm cycles | |
Question number: 255
» Introduction to Prehistory » Main Stages of Human Evolution and Important Fossil Records » Hominin Ancestors of the Late Miocene (New 2019)
Appeared in Year: 2016
Question
Assertion (Ꭺ)
A fossil is a relic or trace of a former living organism. The chances that an early hominin’s skeleton would have been preserved is very small. (July)
Reason (Ꭱ)
Until people were buried deliberately preservation was not possible.
Choices
| Choice (4) | Response | |
|---|---|---|
a. | Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true and Ꭱ is the correct explanation of Ꭺ | |
b. | Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are true but Ꭱ is NOT the correct explanation of Ꭺ | |
c. | Ꭺ is false but Ꭱ is true | |
d. | Both Ꭺ and Ꭱ are false | |