Principles And Methods Of Archaeology Set 7

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This set of Principles and Methods of Archaeology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Principles And Methods Of Archaeology Set 7

Q1 | trial trenching is also known as...........
  • pits
  • bench level
  • drawing board
  • soundages.
Q2 | Arial archaeology is the......
  • arial survey
  • mapping
  • excavation
  • none of these.
Q3 | .Lothal was a..........
  • port
  • city
  • fort
  • lake.
Q4 | Scientists don't usually determine an artifact's function by studying its
  • morphology
  • molecular structure
  • location.
  • wear patterns.
Q5 | which one is the layout of trenches
  • pits
  • bench level
  • drawing board
  • soundages.
Q6 | Archaeological studies of the Indus Valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo- Daro show evidence of
  • dynastic rule
  • monotheism
  • social equality
  • urban planning
Q7 | .which of these Neolithic people were cattle-herders.
  • burzahom
  • piklihal
  • mahagara
  • kili-gul-muhammed.
Q8 | .The harappan towns and cities were divided into. Large ..............blocks.
  • square
  • rectangular
  • ircular
  • semi-circular.
Q9 | ..The earliest evidence institutionalised burial has been found at..................
  • mehrgarh
  • anjira
  • harappa
  • kili gul muhammed.
Q10 | the latest harappan site discovered in Gujarath is,
  • dholavira
  • khandia
  • kuntasi
  • manda.
Q11 | .the first harappan site excavated in india after independenceis...................
  • ropar
  • kot diji
  • lothal
  • rakhigarhi.
Q12 | __________ published a series of papers in the 1960s calling for archaeology tobecome scientific.
  • mortimer wheeler
  • david clarke
  • walter taylor
  • lewis binford.
Q13 | When we study how humans adapt to their environment, it is called:
  • evolutionary ecology
  • archaeology.
  • human ecology .
  • processualism
Q14 | Fossils are most common in which rock types?
  • sedimentary
  • igneous
  • metamorphic
  • all of these commonly contain fossils.
Q15 | prehistory and protohistory of india and Pakistan is work of
  • h.d.sankalia
  • d.p.agrawal
  • allchin
  • chakrabarti.
Q16 | .the birth of a Indian civilization is a work of
  • h.d.sankalia
  • d.p.agrawal
  • allchin
  • chakrabarti.
Q17 | ’pre-historic india’ is a work of .................
  • stuart piggott
  • subbarao
  • christian lassen
  • h.d.sankalia.
Q18 | The word civilization derived from the Latin word---------
  • civis
  • civilize
  • civic
  • none of these
Q19 | Palaeochannel of River Saraswati was discovered by..... a) D.N.Wdia b ) H.D.Sankalia c) D.P.Agrawal d) None of these.188.Who was responsible for the beginningof archaeological excavations in India.
  • marshall
  • wheeler
  • foote
  • william jones
Q20 | Flavio Biondo lived during ......period.
  • renaissance
  • historic
  • medieval
  • enlightenment.
Q21 | How many types of dimensional recordings are there.
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 5
Q22 | What is archaeobotony?
  • Study of plant remains from the archaeological site
  • Study of animal remains from the archaeological site
  • Study of mortal remains from the archaeological site
  • All the above
Q23 | Any portable manmade object known in archaeology as………
  • Artifact
  • Feature
  • Eco-fact
  • All the above
Q24 | Which one of the following script was deciphered by James Prinsep in 1837?
  • Grantha
  • Brahmi
  • Kolezhuttu
  • Vattezhuthu
Q25 | Find out the absolute dating method
  • Pollen Analysis
  • Stratigraphy
  • Thermoluminesence
  • Geochronology