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What is Prehistory period ?

  1. Period for which there are no written records

  2. Period for which written records are available

  3. Period during which a culture or civilisation had some semblance of written record but not understood

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Period for which there are no written records are called Prehistory. Prehistory is the period that begins with the appearance of the human being, about five million years ago , and finishes with the invention of writing , about 6,000 years ago.It is a long period divided into three stages i.e Palaeolithic Age , Neolithic Age and the Metal Age.

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What is a Microlith?

  1. Microliths were small , polished , sharp stone tools

  2. Rock painting

  3. Large stone tools

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

Microliths were small , polished and sharp stone tools. They were marked for their fine edge. They were too small to be used by themselves and would have been set into wooden or bone handles to make composite tools. Microliths were formed from prismatic blades, using the sharp unmodified lateral edges as the cutting edge.

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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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What is calligraphy?

  1. Poetry

  2. Texbooks

  3. Flowers arrangement

  4. Stylized form of writing
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Calligraphy is the stylized form of writing. It looks very beautiful. Calligraphy reached its pinnacle of development in Chinese and Japanese art. Also some remarkable achievements took place in Islamic art and certainly traditional Indian art.

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What is Braille Script?

  1. Language used by deaf people for communication

  2. Language used by blind people for communication

  3. Language used by normal people for communication

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired or blind to read and write.