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Which of the following sites are associated with megalithic monuments?

1. Brahmagiri

2. Porkalam

3. Chingleput

4. Maski

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Important Questions on Practice Test-Ancient India

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Which of the following Indus civilisation sites are outside the Indus system?

1. Sutkagen Dor

2. Rupar

3. Alamgirpur

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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Dilmun Bahrain
2. Magan Mohenjodaro
3. Meluhha Makran coast

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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Mesolithic Domestication of plants and animals
2. Neolithic Terminal hunting and gathering stage
3. Chalcolithic Use of metal (copper) by prehistoric farmers
4. Bronze Age The earliest stage of social complexity

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In India, Paleolithic sites have been found in:

1. Sub-Himalayan regions

2. Arid or semi-arid areas

3. Thickly forested areas

4. Coastal areas

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Consider the following statements regarding the Lower Paleolithic Cultures in India.
1. These cultures fall within the middle Pleistocene and upper Pleistocene.
2. Stratigraphically, the earliest Paleolithic culture in India is found in the Liddar valley in Kashmir.
3. Robert Bruce Foote discovered the first paleolith at Pallavaram.
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Which of the following are the defining features of the mature Harappan civilisation?

1. Indus script having regional variations.

2. Standardised baked bricks but non-standardised sun-dried bricks.

3. Masonry wells and tanks.

4. Burying the dead in out of town cemeteries.

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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Sites Finds
1. Banawali Clay model of the plough
2. Shortughai The ploughed field at the Indus settlement
3. Mohenjodaro Granary outside the citadel
4. Harappa Granary inside the citadel

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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Sites Finds
1. Mohenjodaro Bronze graduated scale
2. Harappa Shell graduated scale
3. Lothal Ivory graduated scale

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