Pre historic Period of India

1.	Who discovered a Paleolithic stone tool in India in 1863	Robert Bruce
2.	The Paleolithic man in India is also called	Quartzite man
3	The two prime occupations of Paleolithic age man were ______.	Hunting, Gathering
4	Microliths (tools made of stone) were first discovered by ______ in ______.	Carlyle, 1867
5	10,000 - 4000 B.C. in pre-historic period of India is called	Mesolithic Age
6	Rock painting was a distinctive feature of which pre-historic period?	Mesolithic
7	Name the major sites in India where the Mesolithic discoveries are seen:	Bagor, Tilwara, Langhnaj, Birbhampur, Sarai Nahar (Rajasthan)
8	The term Neolithic was first coined by ______ in ______.	Sir John Lubbock, 1865
9	The discovery of Neolithic age tools was made by ______.	Le Mesurier
10	An important Neolithic site of northwestern region is ______.	Mehrgarh
11	What were the main characteristics of Neolithic age?	(a) Begin of agricultural (b) Domestication of animals (c) Grinding and polishing of stone tools (d) Use of pottery
12	The cereals that were first grown by the earliest man were ______.	Wheat and Ragi
13	Which of the following animals was tamed by Neolithic people: (a) Dog (b) Sheep	(a) Dog
14	The first metal to be used by man was (a) Copper (b) Bronze	(a) Copper
15	The first thing that primitive man learnt was (a) to make fire (b) to make wheel	(a) to make fire
16	Pottery first appeared in: (a) Neolithic Age (b) Mesolithic Age	(a) Neolithic Age
17	In India the two important religions that originated in the middle Gangetic plains.	(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism
18	In ancient times several foreign tribes reached India through north-western mountain pass. Name any of the two such tribes.	Kushanas and Huns
19	Pataliputra, modern Patna was provided natural defence by which rivers?	The Ganges, Son and Gandak
20	In Madhya Pradesh maximum number of Prehistoric Rock Shelters are found at	Bhimbetka