MCQ Chapter 1 History Class 11 Maharashtra Board First Farmers 1. Which rivers’ valleys are associated with the Harappan civilisation?Ganga and YamunaSindhu and SaraswatiTigris and EuphratesNile and Huang HeQuestion 1 of 202. When was the Harappan civilisation dated to have existed?8000 B.C.E.6000 B.C.E.3000 B.C.E.1000 B.C.E.Question 2 of 203. What is the significance of the Mehrgarh site?Evidence of pottery makingContinuous human occupation from Neolithic to Harappan timesDiscovery of wheel technologyFirst urban settlementQuestion 3 of 204. What was the main crop grown by Neolithic farmers in the Indian subcontinent?WheatRiceBarleyMilletQuestion 4 of 205. What animals were kept by the first farmers in the Indian subcontinent?Horses and camelsCattle and goat-sheepPigs and chickensElephants and deerQuestion 5 of 206. What marked the beginning of the Neolithic age?Invention of the wheelBeginning of cultivationDevelopment of tradeCreation of citiesQuestion 6 of 207. What technique was used to make Mesolithic blades?Polishing techniqueFluted Core techniqueBurnishing techniqueApplique techniqueQuestion 7 of 208. What are Mesolithic blades called due to their small size?MacrolithsMicrolithsMonolithsMegalithsQuestion 8 of 209. What epoch began around 12000-11000 years ago?PleistoceneHoloceneMiocenePlioceneQuestion 9 of 2010. What resulted from the melting glaciers in the Holocene epoch?Extinction of all animalsIncreased water volume in rivers and oceansReduction in vegetationFormation of desertsQuestion 10 of 2011. What animals became amply available for food in the Holocene?Mammoths and sabre-toothed catsFish, goat, sheep, and deerDinosaurs and pterodactylsElephants and rhinosQuestion 11 of 2012. What tools were made by hafting microliths?Plows and hoesFishing harpoons, spears, and arrowsAxes and chiselsPottery wheelsQuestion 12 of 2013. What led Mesolithic people to systematic cultivation?Invention of potteryHarvesting naturally grown cerealsDevelopment of trade routesConstruction of permanent housesQuestion 13 of 2014. Who coined the term 'Neolithic Revolution'?Gordon ChildeNapoleon BonaparteHerodotusGorden WilleyQuestion 14 of 2015. What types of tools characterized the Neolithic age?Microliths and scrapersPolished stone axes and ringsWooden spears and harpoonsBone needles and hooksQuestion 15 of 2016. Where was the Neolithic village contemporary to Mehrgarh located?InamgaonLahuradevaHarappaMohenjo DaroQuestion 16 of 2017. What type of villages are found in Maharashtra instead of purely Neolithic ones?MesolithicChalcolithicPalaeolithicUrbanQuestion 17 of 2018. What was the minimum population needed for a Neolithic village reliant on agriculture?2550100200Question 18 of 2019. What indicated centralized control in Neolithic villages?Individual land ownershipCommon storage placesFamily hierarchiesTrade networksQuestion 19 of 2020. When did pottery making likely begin globally, except in Japan’s Jomon culture?Mesolithic period1st phase of Neolithic period2nd phase of Neolithic periodChalcolithic periodQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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