M.A. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Nov/Dec-2018
A.I.H.C. A.
PRE HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA
Time: 2½ Hours Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Select appropriate word: 14
Burins are characteristic tools of
Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic
Mesolithic Neolithic
Magdelian culture belongs to
Ashulian Mousterian
Pergordina Azilian
A complete human baby skull in fossilized from was found at oldai by?
A. Sonakia P. Rajendran
G. L. Badam W. A. Fairservis
Bhimbetka is famous for the?
Chalcolithic remains Rock Painting
Mesolithic age Iron age
Mesolithic site has given largest evidence of microliths?
Bagor Langhnaj
Saria Nahar Rai Patne
The transition from a lower to Mesolithic can be traced at
Loteshwar Langhnaj
Chopani-Mando Patne
is the first pet of human beings.
Cow Goat
Dog Cat
Archaeological remains at Sarai Nahar Rai belong to
Mesolithic Age Neolithic Age
Megalithic Chalcolithic
Patne site is famous for the
Chalcolithic remains Ostrich egg shell Paintings
Rock Paintings Iron Age
10) stone was used for tool making by prehistoric main in
Maharashtra?
Basalt Jasper
Quartzite Agate
11) Prehistoric Rock Art painting at Bhimbetka are discovered by?
A. C. L. Carlyle Yashodhar Mathpal
C. K. Chakarborty V. S. Wakanakar
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12) is a Palaeolithic site located in Tamilnadu?
Hallur Mahadaha
Maski Pallavaram
13) of the following group of human beings is known as the most
intelligent group?
Homo habilis Homo erectus
Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis
14) period was associated with Neanderthal man?
Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic
Upper Palaeolithic Mesolithic
Q.2 Answer in short of the following questions out of 16
Ramapitecus
Types of Microliths
What is Holocence? Discuss
Discuss religious beliefs in Paleolithic culture?
Divisions of Quartenary
Difference between Handaxe and Scrapper.
Q.3 Answer of the following questions out of 12
Describe the Middle Palaeolithic remains in India.
Explain the definition and scope of prehistory.
Write a brief essay on Palaeolithic art of India.
Write critical note on atmospheric changes in Stone Age.
Q.4 Answer of the following question put of 14
Explain with sketches the various Stone Age tool manufacturing techniques
and Palaeolithic tool types.
Why microlithic tools came in to existence in Mesolithic age? Give an
examples of important sites.
Q.5 Elaborate the Human Evolution its characteristics with suitable examples. 14