cbsenet.nic.in NET Archaeology Paper III Model Question : Central Board Of Secondary Education
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Exam : National Eligibility Test (NET)
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Subject : Archaeology
Date/Year : 10.07.2016 & 28.08.2016
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Maximum Marks : 150
Paper – III :
Note :
** This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
** All questions are compulsory.
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1. Which of the following considers the human brain as hardware and mind as software ?
(1) Behavioural archaeology
(2) Cognitive archaeology
(3) Ethnoarchaeology
(4) Evolutionary biology
2. Which among the following can be categorized as trace fossils ?
(1) Jaw bone from Dmanisi
(2) Footprints from Laetoli
(3) Tooth from Longuppo cave
(4) Leg bone from Box grove
3. Who among the following has a long survival history ?
(1) Homo heidelbergensis
(2) Homo rudolfensis
(3) Neanderthals
(4) Homo erectus
4. Riwat the earliest dated site of Potwar region was brought to light by
(1) Yale-Cambridge expedition
(2) British Archaeological mission
(3) Archaeological survey of India
(4) Geological survey of India
5. The upper Palaeolithic site of visadi is located in
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Gujarat
6. Dhansura having a stratified Mesolithic deposit is located in :
(1) Rajasthan
(2) Gujarat
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Chhattisgarh
7. Identify among the following the late Harappan site situated in the flood plain of the Yamuna river
(1) Badali
(2) Sanauli
(3) Lal Qila
(4) Mandawali
8. Which of the following Harappan sites had produced a terracotta plough ?
(1) Kalibanga
(2) Rakhigarhi
(3) Banawali
(4) Pilibanga
9. The distinctive ceramic industry of the megalithic culture was :
(1) Black and Red ware
(2) Northern black polished ware
(3) Red polished ware
(4) Ochre coloured pottery
10. The nuclear area of Northern Black Polished ware is :
(1) Bihar and Eastern U.P.
(2) Eastern U.P.
(3) Western U.P.
(4) Western U.P. and Haryana
11. The earliest date for iron in south India has been assigned to which of the following sites ?
(1) Bhattiprolu
(2) Hallur
(3) Nagarjunikonda
(4) Satanikota
12. Who among the following did not issue gold coins ?
(1) Chandragupta II
(2) Wema – Kadphises
(3) Gondopharnes
(4) Huviska
13. Who among the following king got engraved musical instrument on his coins ?
(1) Chandragupta I
(2) Chandragupta II
(3) Kumargupta I
(4) Skandgupta
14. Who among the following was anusthata of Allahabad Pillar Inscription ?
(1) Govinda
(2) Tilabhatta
(3) Mihirvarma
(4) Ravikirti
15. Which of the following statements is not correct about the Harappan seals ?
(1) They are mostly made of steatite.
(2) They are mostly square in shape.
(3) In general, they contain animal figurines and signs of Harappan script.
(4) They were used as units of currency.
16. Which ware is associated with the copper Hoard culture ?
(1) Black and Red ware
(2) Ochre coloured ware
(3) Northern black polished ware
(4) Painted grey ware
17. In which of the following inscriptions cost expenditure account for various architectural activities is mentioned ?
(1) Junagarh inscription of Rudradaman
(2) Nanaghat inscription of Naganika
(3) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva
(4) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela
18. The eleven headed Bodhisattva image is represented in which of the following chaitya halls ?
(1) Kanheri
(2) Karle
(3) Bhaja
(4) Ajanta
19. The dockyard at Lothal was connected through a channel to which of the following rivers ?
(1) Bhogavo
(2) Sabarmati
(3) Kim (4) Bhadar
20. Which of the following was the most standardized product of the Indus people ?
(1) Bricks
(2) Pottery
(3) Terracottas
(4) Beads
21. Who were the Builders of Kandariya Mahadev temple ?
(1) Chauhans
(2) Chandellas
(3) Palas
(4) Gurjar Pratiharas
22. Which of the following early Indian temples is built of bricks ?
(1) Nachna – Kuthara
(2) Bhitargaon
(3) Eran
(4) Gyaraspur
23. Which of the following rock edicts of Ashoka refers his Kalinga war ?
(1) Rock Edict II
(2) Rock Edict VII
(3) Rock Edict XII
(4) Rock Edict XIII
24. Which of the following sites fall in the time range from 1.5 to 1.8 million years ago ?
(a) Dmanisi (b) Attirampakkam
(c) Isampur (d) Jawa
Code :
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (b), (c) and (d)
(4) (d), (c) and (a)
25. Information on the development of monsoon in a given region is obtained from a study of
(a) Carbon isotopes in soil carbonates
(b) Tree ring analysis of isotopes
(c) Soil micro-morphology
(d) Fossil human and animalbones
Codes :
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (b), (c) and (d)
(3) (c), (d) and (a)
(4) (d), (a) and (b)
26. Select the Mesolithic sites excavated by V.N. Misra :
(a) Ratanpura (b) Tilwara
(c) Tenmalai (d) Bagor
Code :
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (b) and (d)
27. Name the Acheulian sites excavated by K. Paddayya.
(a) Attirampakkam
(b) Yadiapur
(c) Isampur
(d) 16 R
Code :
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (a) and (d)
28. Two broad groups of Homo erectus hominin distributed across the old world are classified
as
(a) Pithecanthropus erectus
(b) Homo erectus erectus
(c) Homo erectus
(d) Homo erectus ergaster
Codes :
(1) (b) and (d)
(2) (a) and (b)
(3) (a) and (c)
(4) (c) and (d)
29. Which of the following Harappan sites have yielded the evidence of granary ?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Banawali
Codes :
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (a) and (d)
30. Which of the following Harappan sites have yielded the evidence of copper seals ?
(a) Alamgirpur
(b) Deshalpur
(c) Lothal
(d) Sothi
Code :
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (b) and (c)
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (a) and (d)