17th April Static Quiz 2021
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17th April Static Quiz 2021 for UPSC Prelims
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1. Question
Which of these are the chief difference(s) between Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures?
1. The hunting-gathering pattern of life began not before the Neolithic period.
2. Mesolithic cultures did not practice the domestication of animals, unlike Neolithic people.
3. The use of bow and arrow cannot be found in Mesolithic culture, unlike Neolithic culture.
4. Evidence of pottery is absent from the Neolithic culture but is markedly found in Mesolithic culture.Select the correct answer using the codes below.
CorrectSolution: (d)
Statement 1 and 3: Hunting-gathering pattern of life was prevalent since Old Stone Age to Mesolithic and Neolithic. However, there seems to have been a shift from big animal hunting to small animal hunting and Fishing. This is how bows and arrows were used in this period. Both 1 and 3 are thus wrong.
Statement 2: Domestication of animals, horticulture and primitive cultivation started during Mesolithic period itself. However, during Neolithic period, domestication of sheep, goats and cattle was widely prevalent. Cattle were used for cultivation and for transport. Statement4: During Neolithic age, wheels were used to make pottery. Pottery was used for cooking as well as storage of food grains. So, 4 is wrong.
IncorrectSolution: (d)
Statement 1 and 3: Hunting-gathering pattern of life was prevalent since Old Stone Age to Mesolithic and Neolithic. However, there seems to have been a shift from big animal hunting to small animal hunting and Fishing. This is how bows and arrows were used in this period. Both 1 and 3 are thus wrong.
Statement 2: Domestication of animals, horticulture and primitive cultivation started during Mesolithic period itself. However, during Neolithic period, domestication of sheep, goats and cattle was widely prevalent. Cattle were used for cultivation and for transport. Statement4: During Neolithic age, wheels were used to make pottery. Pottery was used for cooking as well as storage of food grains. So, 4 is wrong.
- Question 2 of 5
2. Question
The beginning of agriculture can be ascribed most suitably to which of these times?
CorrectSolution: (c)
Option D: People evolved into their current form some 200,000 years ago (see human evolution), yet they did not begin to engage in agriculture until about 15,000–10,000 years before the present. Wild grains were collected and eaten from at least 20,000 BC. So, D is wrong
Option C: The first agriculture appears to have developed at the closing of the last Pleistocene glacial period, or Ice Age (about 11,700 years ago). From around 9,500 BC, the Neolithic founder crops such as emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, hulled barley, peas etc were cultivated in the Levant. Rice was domesticated in China between 11,500 and 6,200 BC.
IncorrectSolution: (c)
Option D: People evolved into their current form some 200,000 years ago (see human evolution), yet they did not begin to engage in agriculture until about 15,000–10,000 years before the present. Wild grains were collected and eaten from at least 20,000 BC. So, D is wrong
Option C: The first agriculture appears to have developed at the closing of the last Pleistocene glacial period, or Ice Age (about 11,700 years ago). From around 9,500 BC, the Neolithic founder crops such as emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, hulled barley, peas etc were cultivated in the Levant. Rice was domesticated in China between 11,500 and 6,200 BC.
- Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following matches of periods with the beginning of major activities in the history of human civilization:
1. Building of megaliths: 3000 years ago
2. Cotton cultivation: 2000 years ago
3. Domestication of animals: 12000 years agoSelect the correct answer using the codes below.
CorrectSolution: (b)
Statement 1: Beginning of cities started about 4700 years ago. Settlement at Inamgaon began between 3600 and 2700 years ago.
Statement 2: This started at Mehrgarh about 7000 years ago. Statement 3: Domestication was a gradual process that took place in many parts of the world. It began about 12,000 years ago. Some of the earliest plants to be domesticated were wheat and barley. The earliest domesticated animals include sheep and goat
IncorrectSolution: (b)
Statement 1: Beginning of cities started about 4700 years ago. Settlement at Inamgaon began between 3600 and 2700 years ago.
Statement 2: This started at Mehrgarh about 7000 years ago. Statement 3: Domestication was a gradual process that took place in many parts of the world. It began about 12,000 years ago. Some of the earliest plants to be domesticated were wheat and barley. The earliest domesticated animals include sheep and goat
- Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Among the earliest Chalcolithic cultures in India, the Ahar or Banas culture was discovered in the
CorrectSolution: (a)
Nearly one hundred sites of the culture have been located along its principal axis, i.e., the valleys of river Banas and its tributaries and subtributaries in Banswara, Udaipur etc. The technology at Ahar was based mainly on copper and very few microblades and microliths have been discovered. Ahars were a separate culture from GJs. Located in northeast Rajasthan, the Ganeshwar-Jodhpura complex which was an early centre of agriculture and copper metallurgy in the subcontinent
IncorrectSolution: (a)
Nearly one hundred sites of the culture have been located along its principal axis, i.e., the valleys of river Banas and its tributaries and subtributaries in Banswara, Udaipur etc. The technology at Ahar was based mainly on copper and very few microblades and microliths have been discovered. Ahars were a separate culture from GJs. Located in northeast Rajasthan, the Ganeshwar-Jodhpura complex which was an early centre of agriculture and copper metallurgy in the subcontinent
- Question 5 of 5
5. Question
With reference to Chalcolithic cultures in Indian subcontinent, consider the following statements.
1. Ochre-coloured pottery sites have been usually found in the Gangetic doab of India.
2. Anthropomorphic figures of worship have been found in the copper hoard culture.Which of the above is/are correct?
CorrectSolution: (c)
Concept: The Harappan culture is generally supposed to have been followed by non-urban Chalcolithic culture characterized by the use of copper and stone. The differences between these cultures were not fundamental but were primarily confined to pottery.
Copper Hoards describe find-complexes which occur in the northern part of India. These occur mostly in hoards large and small and are believed to date to the later 2nd millennium BCE, although very few derive from controlled and dateable excavation contexts. A fragment of an anthropomorph came to light in controlled excavations at Lothal and a second one at Saipai Lichchwai, Etawah district. The doab hoards are associated with the so-called Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) which appears to be closely associated with the Late Harappan (or Posturban) phase.
IncorrectSolution: (c)
Concept: The Harappan culture is generally supposed to have been followed by non-urban Chalcolithic culture characterized by the use of copper and stone. The differences between these cultures were not fundamental but were primarily confined to pottery.
Copper Hoards describe find-complexes which occur in the northern part of India. These occur mostly in hoards large and small and are believed to date to the later 2nd millennium BCE, although very few derive from controlled and dateable excavation contexts. A fragment of an anthropomorph came to light in controlled excavations at Lothal and a second one at Saipai Lichchwai, Etawah district. The doab hoards are associated with the so-called Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) which appears to be closely associated with the Late Harappan (or Posturban) phase.
