Prehistoric India MCQs
Multiple Choice Questions and Answers with explanation on Prehistoric India for SSC, PCS, UPSC, IAS,NEET, CBSE /UGC NET, Class IX, X, XI and XII Students. You Can read our story notes on prehistoric India.
- In Stone Age, the Microliths were most commonly found in which of the following ages?
[A] Palaeolithic
[B] Mesolithic
[C] Neolithic
[D] Chalcolithic
- A man whose body laid covered with snow and ice for thousands of years. He lived in 3000 B.C. or 5,000 years ago.
[A] Iceman of the Alps
[B] Nomad
[C] Archaeologist
[D] None of these
- A person who has no single, settled home
[A] Iceman of the Alps
[B] Nomad
[C] Archaeologist
[D] None of these
- During the New Stone Age, what did farming settlements need in order to develop into cities?
[A] a deposit of minerals
[B] metal tools
[C] a dependable source of water
[D] different kinds of cloth
- During the period of prehistory, people developed the ability to
[A] farm the land
[B] trade
[C] use fire
[D] gather plants and seeds
- Having a dependable source of water enabled some farming settlements
[A] to manufacture cloth
[B] to look for minerals
[C] to build defence systems
[D] to develop into cities
- How did farming change the way early people lived?
[A] They stopped eating meat
[B] They settled in one place
[C] They built schools
[D] They moved from place to place
- In the New Stone Age, for the first time, people began to
[A] gather plants and seeds
[B] farm the land
[C] search for new lands
[D] trade with other countries
- In the words prehistoric and prehistory, the word part ‘pre’ means
[A] toward
[B] after
[C] during
[D] before
- Period of time in the past before writing was invented
[A] History
[B] Prehistory
[C] Oral Tradition
[D] None of these
