History · General Awareness

Early Human and Prehistoric Cultures

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Early human and prehistoric cultures focus on the lifestyle and evolution of humans before written records. This includes the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras, focusing on inventions, agriculture, and migration patterns. These questions are a core part of ancient history in civil services exams.

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Early Human and Prehistoric Cultures Questions

Multiple choice

New stone age is called _____

  1. Chavian

  2. Chin

  3. Horses

  4. Neolithic
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is characterized by the development of agriculture, the domestication of animals, and the use of polished stone tools.

Multiple choice

Modern man differs from apes in

  1. protruding eyes

  2. arms shorter than legs

  3. sparse body hair

  4. wearing of clothes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Modern man differs from apes in arms shorter than legs.

Multiple choice

In Homo habilis, habilis refers to

  1. wandering species

  2. ancient man

  3. modern man

  4. tool maker
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word habilis is based on a Latin word meaning ‘handy’ or ‘skilful’. This species known as ‘handy man’ because stone tools were found near its fossil remains and it is assumed this species had developed the ability to modify stone into tools.

Multiple choice

The Indus Valley civilization belongs to-

  1. Iron Age

  2. Stone Age

  3. Bronze Age

  4. Copper Age
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Indus Valley Civilization is classified as a Bronze Age civilization because its inhabitants developed new techniques in metallurgy and produced copper, bronze, lead, and tin.

Multiple choice

Nomad man started settling in?

  1. Palaeolithic Age

  2. Neolithic Age

  3. Mesolithic Age

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Neolithic Age is defined by the transition from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a settled agricultural lifestyle, involving the domestication of plants and animals.

Multiple choice

The earliest place where agriculture began is

  1. Nile valley

  2. Northern Indian Plain

  3. China River Valley

  4. Indian peninsula
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Historical and archaeological evidence suggests that organized agriculture began in the Fertile Crescent, which includes the Nile Valley, around 10,000 years ago.

Multiple choice

How were the rivers used by the people of the civilisations?

Directions: The passage is followed by five questions. Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows. For the question four probable answers bearing options (1), (2), (3) and (4) are given. Only one out of those is correct. You have to the choose correct answer.

Rivers have always played a dominant role in history. Many civilizations have been built along great rivers. Rivers gave them farmland to grow crops as well as a route to travel and trade their goods with other people. As time went by some rivers turned into important waterways and were used to transport goods to the inner parts of a continent.

  1. They gave fields to play

  2. They got lakes for fishing

  3. To grow crops

  4. To do business
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

‘Rivers gave them…as a route to travel and trade (buying and selling i.e. business) their goods with other people’