McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 1. |
‘Royal Cemetery’ was related to---------- |
| A. | ur |
| B. | kish |
| C. | memphis |
| D. | nippur |
| Answer» A. ur | |
| 2. |
Leonard Woolley conducted excavation at--------- |
| A. | ur |
| B. | mohenjo-daro |
| C. | harappa |
| D. | memphis |
| Answer» A. ur | |
| 3. |
‘Digging up the past’ is the work of----------- |
| A. | woolley |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | marshall |
| D. | pitt rivers |
| Answer» A. woolley | |
| 4. |
‘A guide to Taxila’ is a work of---------- |
| A. | woolley |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | marshall |
| D. | pitt rivers |
| Answer» C. marshall | |
| 5. |
Marshall was the Director General of-------- |
| A. | asi |
| B. | isi |
| C. | csi |
| D. | irdp |
| Answer» A. asi | |
| 6. |
‘The monuments of Sanchi’ was written by--------- |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | mackay |
| D. | woolley |
| Answer» A. marshall | |
| 7. |
Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus civilization is a work of-------- |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | mackay |
| D. | woolley |
| Answer» A. marshall | |
| 8. |
‘Civilization of the Indus valley and Beyond’ was written by ---------- |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | mackay |
| D. | woolley |
| Answer» B. wheeler | |
| 9. |
Early India and Pakistan is a work of---------- |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | mackay |
| D. | woolley |
| Answer» B. wheeler | |
| 10. |
Schliemann was belongs to---------- |
| A. | germany |
| B. | england |
| C. | france |
| D. | canada |
| Answer» A. germany | |
| 11. |
‘Trojan Antiquities is a work of--------- |
| A. | schliemann |
| B. | woolley |
| C. | wheeler |
| D. | petrie |
| Answer» A. schliemann | |
| 12. |
Who excavated the city of Troy -------- |
| A. | schliemann |
| B. | woolley |
| C. | wheeler |
| D. | petrie |
| Answer» A. schliemann | |
| 13. |
‘Ithaca’ was a work of------------ |
| A. | schliemann |
| B. | woolley |
| C. | wheeler |
| D. | petrie |
| Answer» A. schliemann | |
| 14. |
Pitt Rivers was a--------- |
| A. | ethnologist |
| B. | sociologist |
| C. | philologist |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. ethnologist | |
| 15. |
Pitt Rivers museum is at------------- |
| A. | oxford |
| B. | cairo |
| C. | alexandria |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. oxford | |
| 16. |
Flinders Petrie was a------------- |
| A. | egyptologist |
| B. | sinologist |
| C. | indologist |
| D. | chemist |
| Answer» A. egyptologist | |
| 17. |
‘The Greek pyramid of Giza’ is related to---------- |
| A. | petrie |
| B. | schliemann |
| C. | rivers |
| D. | marshall |
| Answer» A. petrie | |
| 18. |
Father of modern Archaeology ‘is ---------- |
| A. | petrie |
| B. | schliemann |
| C. | rivers |
| D. | marshall |
| Answer» A. petrie | |
| 19. |
The site Merneptah stele was excavated by------ |
| A. | petrie |
| B. | schliemann |
| C. | rivers |
| D. | marshall |
| Answer» A. petrie | |
| 20. |
The temple of Tanis was in--------- |
| A. | egypt |
| B. | china |
| C. | sumeria |
| D. | england |
| Answer» A. egypt | |
| 21. |
‘Methods and Aims of Archaeology ‘was a work of------- |
| A. | petrie |
| B. | schliemann |
| C. | rivers |
| D. | marshall |
| Answer» A. petrie | |
| 22. |
Caral is located at-------- |
| A. | peru |
| B. | mexico |
| C. | usa |
| D. | india |
| Answer» A. peru | |
| 23. |
Caral is a--------- |
| A. | urban centre |
| B. | land of buddha |
| C. | a lake |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. urban centre | |
| 24. |
Nekhen is a site of------------ |
| A. | egypt |
| B. | china |
| C. | sumeria |
| D. | mesopotamia |
| Answer» A. egypt | |
| 25. |
God Horns was a patron of-------- |
| A. | nekhen |
| B. | caral |
| C. | nippur |
| D. | ur |
| Answer» A. nekhen | |
| 26. |
.Nekhen was the capital of-------- |
| A. | upper egypt |
| B. | lover egypt |
| C. | middle kingdom |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. middle kingdom | |
| 27. |
.Tell Hamoukar was ----------- |
| A. | city |
| B. | temple |
| C. | trade |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. city | |
| 28. |
The word archaeology is a …………… word? |
| A. | latin |
| B. | greek |
| C. | english |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. latin | |
| 29. |
.Logos means …………….. |
| A. | discussion |
| B. | experiment |
| C. | excavation |
| D. | dig. |
| Answer» A. discussion | |
| 30. |
.classical archaeology is related to ……….. |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | civilizations |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | revolutions. |
| Answer» B. civilizations | |
| 31. |
.The term prehistory was coined by ………. |
| A. | daniel wilson |
| B. | stuart piggot |
| C. | john marshall |
| D. | h.d.sankalia |
| Answer» A. daniel wilson | |
| 32. |
.The father of Indian archaeology . |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | cunningham |
| D. | piggot |
| Answer» A. marshall | |
| 33. |
.The ancient geography of india is work of …… |
| A. | marshall |
| B. | wheeler |
| C. | cunningham |
| D. | piggot |
| Answer» C. cunningham | |
| 34. |
.cognitive archaeology is a …………. |
| A. | branch of archaeology |
| B. | science of archaeology |
| C. | discovery of archaeology |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. branch of archaeology | |
| 35. |
.Dwaraka was discovered by |
| A. | s.r.rao |
| B. | h.d sankalia |
| C. | d.p.agarwal |
| D. | sahni. |
| Answer» A. s.r.rao | |
| 36. |
Lewis binford was ………..archaeologist |
| A. | ethno |
| B. | salvage |
| C. | marine |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. salvage | |
| 37. |
.shi ji was a work of …………. |
| A. | si-ma-qien |
| B. | fa hien |
| C. | huietsang |
| D. | nabonidus. |
| Answer» A. si-ma-qien | |
| 38. |
.scientific archaeology started in ……….. |
| A. | 19th c |
| B. | 18th c |
| C. | 17th c |
| D. | 16th c. |
| Answer» B. 18th c | |
| 39. |
stratigraphy technique is more helpful for the study of ……… |
| A. | proto historic archaeology |
| B. | under water archaeology |
| C. | prehistoric archaeology |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. proto historic archaeology | |
| 40. |
.On the origin of species was published in the year….. |
| A. | 1859 |
| B. | 1589 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1688. |
| Answer» A. 1859 | |
| 41. |
prehistoric times is written by ….. |
| A. | john lubbock |
| B. | edouard lartet |
| C. | darwin |
| D. | charles lyell. |
| Answer» B. edouard lartet | |
| 42. |
Asitic society of Bengal was started in the year |
| A. | 1748 |
| B. | 1874 |
| C. | 1865 |
| D. | 1784 |
| Answer» D. 1784 | |
| 43. |
. The Asokan inscription was deciphered by …… |
| A. | james prinsep |
| B. | max muller |
| C. | william jones |
| D. | r.s sharma. |
| Answer» A. james prinsep | |
| 44. |
Pallavaram was excavated by............... |
| A. | r.b.foote |
| B. | marshall |
| C. | piggot |
| D. | wheeler. |
| Answer» A. r.b.foote | |
| 45. |
.who is hailed as the father of Indian prehistory .? |
| A. | r.b.foote |
| B. | marshall |
| C. | piggot |
| D. | wheeler |
| Answer» A. r.b.foote | |
| 46. |
Who was most associated with south Indian archaeology? |
| A. | r.b.foote |
| B. | marshall |
| C. | piggot |
| D. | wheeler |
| Answer» A. r.b.foote | |
| 47. |
New archaeology is related to........ |
| A. | willey |
| B. | lubbock |
| C. | childe |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. willey | |
| 48. |
.The word culture is derived from ................ |
| A. | kulture |
| B. | sculpture |
| C. | latin |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. kulture | |
| 49. |
Lewis binford is related to ............ |
| A. | new archaeology |
| B. | cultural archaeology |
| C. | discovery of archaeology |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. new archaeology | |
| 50. |
processualism is also known as .......... |
| A. | new archaeology |
| B. | cultural archaeology |
| C. | discovery of archaeology |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. new archaeology | |
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