M.A. (A.I.H.C. A.) (Semester (CBCS) Examination, 2017
PREHISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA
Day Date: Saturday, 22-04-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentences. 14
Archaeological remains at Sarai Nahar Rai belong to the
Mesolithic age Neolithic age
Megalithic Chalcolithic age
Patne site is famous for the
Chalcolithic remains
Ostrich egg shell paintings
Rock paintings
Iron age
was used for tool making by prehistoric main in
Maharashtra.
Jasper Basalt Quartzite Agate
Prehistoric rock art paintings at Bhimbetka are discovered by
A.C.L. Carlyle Yashodhar Mathpal
C.K. Chakraborty V.S. Wakankar
a palaeolithic site located in Tamilnadu.
Hallur Mahadaha Maski Pallavaram
The earliest stone tools are known
Olduwan Acheulian Retouched tool Flake tool
the following group of human beings is known as the
most intelligent group.
Homo habilis Homo erectus
Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis
Q.2 Write short answers. (any four) 14
Narmada man
Pebble tools
Nevasa
Pleistocene
Flora Fauna in prehistoric culture
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Q.3 Write short notes. (any two) 14
Describe social life in Mesolithic age.
Explain the salient features of palaeolithic age its
atmosphere.
Explain the salient features of the Middle palaeolithic age.
Q.4 Write answer any one of the following. 14
Narrate the Human Evolution its characteristics.
OR
Explain with sketches the various Stone Age tool
manufacturing techniques and Palaeolithic tool types.
Q.5 Why microlithic tools came in to existence in Mesolithic age?
Describe atmospherical conditions human life in Mesolithic age.