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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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Which of the following is true regarding the food and dress during Sangam age?

  1. Grain, flesh and fish formed the chief articles of food

  2. Clothing usually comprised two pieces of cloth

  3. Ornaments were worn by both sexes

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In the Sangam age, women and upper higher class men wore two garments, the lower garment, and the upper garment and called Kalingam. They used cotton, silk, and wool to make dresses and the leaf garment was also very popularly used during that period. The ornaments were worn by both men and women. People bartered fish oil, edible yams, honey, ghee, deer meat and wine with rice.

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The period prior to the development of the art of writing is known as _________.

  1. Stone Age

  2. Modern Age

  3. Prehistoric Age

  4. Medieval Age
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is so because we do not find evidence to the linguistic development or to the use of script. We do not find any written records for the study of history of this period. 

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The Neolithic age is also called new stone age.

  1. True

  2. False
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A Correct answer
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.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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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A Correct answer
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

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