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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

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The Neolithic age is also called new stone age.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

Neolithic age means new stone  age. Neo is a root we use in the English language, it comes from the Greek word "neos", which means new or recent.

Hence, the above statement is true.

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Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because ________.

  1. <font color="#333333">They wanted to draw paintings in caves.</font>

  2. They wanted to explore the caves.

  3. They wanted to protect themselves from wild animals and bad weather.

  4. They did not like to live in the forests.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

They wanted to protect themselves from wild animals and bad weather.

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Early people painted on the walls of caves.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

The earliest people hunted, gathered plant produce, made stone tools, and painted on cave walls. Some of them lived in the open air sites while some of them took shelter in the caves. In these caves we find the remains of their life in the forms of paintings on the cave walls they left behind.

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Which is not related to prehistoric culture?

  1. Chopper and Chopping tools

  2. Razor

  3. Borer

  4. Point
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Choppers, borers, and points are classic lithic tools associated with the Paleolithic (prehistoric) period. A razor is a modern grooming tool not associated with prehistoric culture.

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Apart from the knowledge of Metallurgy, what else did the Megalithic people knew?

  1. pottery

  2. Ornaments

  3. Axes

  4. All of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Megalithic cultures were advanced enough to produce pottery, various metal ornaments, and tools like axes, making 'All of these' the correct choice.

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The ancestors to humans were called Hominins, and their origins have been traced to _________.

  1. Australia

  2. Asia

  3. Africa

  4. Europe
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Scientific evidence, including fossil records and genetic studies, traces the origins of Hominins to the African continent.

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Arrange the five evolutionary stages of man in chronological order.
(A) Neanderthal man
(B) Homo Erectus
(C) Homo Sapiens
(D) Astro Pythicus
(E) Rama Pythicus

  1. DEBAC

  2. EDABC

  3. EDBAC

  4. ADCEB
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Explanation

The man evolved from cave man to homo sapiens. The various ages from stone age to present time define the evolution of humans. Starting from Astro Pythicus , Rama Pythicus, Homo Erectus, Neanderthal Man, Homo Sapiens

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Which age was associated with the origin of fire ?

  1. Mesolithic age

  2. Chalcolithic age

  3. Paleolithic age

  4. Neolithic age
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Mesolithic Period was associated with the origin of fire. It is also called Middle Stone Age, ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic Period, with its chipped stone tools and the Neolithic Period with its polished stone tools.

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Which of the following ages was associated with the beginning of agriculture and cattle raring ?

  1. Neolithic age

  2. Mesolithic age

  3. Chalcolithic age

  4. Bronge age
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Explanation

The Neolithic age was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC. It was associated with the beginning of agriculture and cattle raring. the Neolithic revolution was the first agricultural revolution. It was gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement.

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In Neolithic age, the image of an animal or a plant as a symbol of a clan, or group of families living together was called?

  1. Totem

  2. Microliths

  3. Jhum

  4. Megalithic
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A totem (Ojibwe doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe. It is a natural object, plant or animal that is inherited by members of a clan or family as their spiritual emblem. Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest, a minute shaped flint, typically part of a composite tool such as a spear. Jhum or Jhoom cultivation is a local name for slash and burn agriculture practiced by the tribal groups in the northeastern states of India like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and also in the districts of Bangladesh like Khagrachari and Sylhet. Megalithic means relating to or denoting prehistoric monuments made of or containing large stones. Hence, these are incorrect. 

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Cro magnons is another name for which of the following man ?

  1. Astro Pythicus

  2. Homoeructus

  3. Neanderthal man

  4. Homo Sapiens
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Cro-Magnon man is an early Homo sapiens  that lived about 40,000 years ago. Skeletal remains and associated artifacts of the Aurignacian culture were first found in 1868 in Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France.

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Which of the following was/were not the feature/s of Neolithic age?
(A) Baking of clay pots started in this age.
(B) Man was merely a food gatherer.
(C) The age was associated with the origin of usage of fire.
(D) The age marked the beginning of art of weaving.

  1. A and B

  2. A and D

  3. B and C

  4. B and D
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Following features was not the feature of Neolithic age:-

  • Man was merely a food gatherer.
  • The age was associated with the origin of usage of fire.

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The remains of one of the most sophisticated prehis toric native civilizations north of Mexico are pre served at Cahokia, Illinois. The people who lived at this site were called:

  1. the Toltec

  2. the Choctaw

  3. the Mound Builders

  4. the Creek Nation

  5. the Anasazi
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The remains of one of the most sophisticated prehis toric native civilizations north of Mexico are pre served at Cahokia, Illinois. The people who lived at this site were called the Mound Builders.