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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

Multiple choice

Why did they not colonise some places they found?

  1. Didn't speak their language

  2. No good water source

  3. Indigenous people were there

  4. Too much hard work
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Explorers often avoided colonizing areas that lacked essential resources, such as fresh water, which were necessary for sustaining a permanent settlement.

Multiple choice social studies evolution of humans and society - prehistoric period tribal societies from gathering food to growing food - the earliest people the earliest people

_______ was a formative period and the foundation for the Sangam Age.

  1. Copper Age

  2. Bronze Age

  3. Stone Age

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

The Sangam era corresponds roughly to the late Iron Age-Early Historic period (c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 300), which represents a key stage in the development of South Indian material culture.

Multiple choice geography africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana study of africa africa - location, political divisions and physical features

Bedouins are _____________________.

  1. tribes of Arabia

  2. nomadic people of the Sahara desert

  3. aborigines of Australia

  4. Masais of Central Africa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Bedouins are nomadic Arab tribes who traditionally inhabit the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa, including the Sahara.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Cotton weaving probably began in ____________.

  1. the Indus Valley civilization.

  2. China

  3. Southeast Asia.

  4. Sumer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Archaeological evidence from the Indus Valley Civilization, such as cotton fragments found at Mohenjo-Daro, indicates that cotton weaving was practiced there as early as the 3rd millennium BC.

Multiple choice evs - ii the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Main channels of our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilization are _____________.

  1. inscriptions

  2. coins

  3. palmand barch leafmanuscripts

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

Main channels of our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilization are Archaeological excavations. In archaeology, excavation is the exposure , processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site is a site being studied. It is very helpful to bringing the past to life. Excavation involves the recovery of several types of data from a site

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Which of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?

  1. Writing

  2. The discovery of fire

  3. Agriculture

  4. The use of internet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The development of a writing system is widely considered by historians and anthropologists as a fundamental marker of the transition from prehistoric societies to complex civilizations. While agriculture and fire were crucial for human survival, writing enabled the recording of history, administration, and law.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Indus Valley Civilization is also called Harappan culture because _____________.

  1. The site of Harappan is six times larger than Mohenjodaro site

  2. The Indus Valley Civilization is considered the elementary initial stage of the Vedic culture and Harappa mentioned in the Vedas

  3. Harappa was the first site to be excavated in the Indus valley

  4. The most important/significant evidence of the achievements of this civilization have been excavated from Harappa.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Indus Valley Civilization which is also referred as Harappan civilization is of the largest cities of its time.This civilization was discovered in 1920 - 22 with the excavation of two of its most important sites i.e , Harappa on the banks of the river Ravi and Mohenjodaro on the banks of the Indus. The Indus Valley civilization is called the Harappan civilization because Harappa was the first site where the unique archaeological evidences of the civilization were discovered.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

The Harappan civilizations do not have homogeneity or uniformity in _________.

  1. weights and measures

  2. cereal crops

  3. burial practices

  4. both (B) and (C)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While the Harappan civilization showed remarkable uniformity in weights, measures, and urban planning, burial practices were quite diverse across different regions and sites, showing a lack of homogeneity in this specific aspect.

Multiple choice history the middle ages the rise of nation-states in europe rise and expansion of islamic world rise and spread of islam

Which of these BEST describes nomadic patterns in Europe during the years 900-1100 C.E.?

  1. Germanic tribes embarked on a massive migration to Western Europe and established kingdoms that were the proto-states of modern Europe.

  2. Eurasian groups such as the Huns constantly disrupted trade and commerce, keeping Western Europe isolated.

  3. Raids by seagoing Vikings from Scandinavia periodically disrupted life from Ireland to the middle Mediterranean.

  4. Nomadic societies were largely settled by this period and provided no more disruption to the Germanic Kingdoms.

  5. Muslim kingdoms migrated northward, establishing strongholds in Northern Europe.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Germanic tribes embarked on a massive migration to Western Europe and established kingdoms that were the proto-states of modern Europe.

Multiple choice

Which medieval weapon was primarily used to launch arrows or bolts?

  1. Longbow

  2. Crossbow

  3. Ballista

  4. Onager
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Crossbows were mechanical weapons used to launch arrows or bolts with great force and accuracy.

Multiple choice

Which astronomical event marked the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution, leading to the rise of agriculture and settled communities?

  1. The Great Flood

  2. The Ice Age

  3. The Precession of the Equinoxes

  4. The Great Comet of 1680
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The gradual shift in the Earth's axis of rotation, known as the precession of the equinoxes, caused changes in the seasons and influenced the development of agriculture.