The period before the development of script is called______

(a)

Pre-historic

(b)

Historic

(c)

palaeolithic

(d)

Neolithic

The earliest age in history is called ________

(a)

Old Stone Age

(b)

New Stone Age

(c)

Copper Age

(d)

Iron Age

The site of Mehrgarh has been associated with ________ culture.

(a)

Palaeolithic

(b)

Neolithic

(c)

Mesolithic

(d)

Chalcolithic

Early Harappan period was ______

(a)

3000–2600 BCE

(b)

2600–1900 BCE

(c)

1900–1700 BCE

(d)

1700–1500 BCE

The Indus civilisation declined from about _____

(a)

1800 BCE

(b)

1900 BCE

(c)

1950 BCE

(d)

1955 BCE

__________ is another important source of history.

(a)

language

(b)

literature

(c)

dance

(d)

writing

Human ancestors are__________ likely to have first evolved in Africa.

(a)

homo sapiens

(b)

Homo erectus

(c)

australipicis

(d)

hominin

The period that followed the Mesolithic is called the _____________

(a)

ice age

(b)

stone age

(c)

Mesolithic Age

(d)

Neolithic age

________________ played an important role in the development of archaeology in India.

(a)

Sir John Marshal

(b)

Thomas

(c)

Darwin

(d)

alexander

The diverse languages and cultures of ___________ reveal the complex processes associated with Indian history.

(a)

Australia

(b)

Japan

(c)

Germany

(d)

India