Archaeology 2012 June UGC NET Solved Question Paper II

1. Vertical recording of an excavated trench is known as:

(A) Section drawing

(B) Drawing of plan

(D) Mapping geo-morphological features

Answer: (A)

2. Beginning of holocene is not characterised by:

(A) Present day fauna

(B) Appearance of Homo-sapiens sapiens

(D) Beginning of annual climatic cycles

Answer: (C)

3. Main flaking of a micoquian handaxe is done by

(A) Acheulian technique

(B) Heavy stone hammer

(D) Anvil technique

Answer: (A)

4. The date for Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary is :

(A) 1.8 Million years

(B) 3 Million years

(D) 1 Million years

Answer: (B)

5. The earliest clay figurines in Indian Subcontinent are found from

(A) Kaytha

(B) Harappa

(D) Mehergarh

Answer: (D)

6. Who is the author of the book – What Happened in History?

(A) A. L. Krober

(B) V. Gordan Childe

(D) R. Bruce Foote

Answer: (B)

7. By which absolute dating method volcanic ash deposits of Olduvai gorge site has been dated?

(A) Radio Carbon

(B) Pollen analysis

(D) Thermo luminescence

Answer: (C)

8. Which site has brought to light evidence for the origin of man?

(A) Olduvai gorge

(B) Chaukotien

(D) Attirampakkam

Answer: (A)

9. What is a morain?

(A) A deposit of flowing river

(B) A deposit of wind

(D) A deposit made by glacier

Answer: (D)

10. Which site has revealed complete sequence from the Neolithic to mature phase of Indus Civilization?

(A) Rahman Dheri

(B) Mehargarh

(D) Dholavira

Answer: (B)

11. Which Indo-Greek ruler has introduced bilingual coins in India?

(A) Agathocles

(B) Eucratides

(D) Demetrius

Answer: (D)

12. Out of the following which is not the part of Nagar temple style of architecture?

(A) Adhisthana

(B) Bhogmandapa

(D) Shikhara

Answer: (B)

13. Hoysaleshwara temple is situated at:

(A) Beluru

(B) Halebidu

(D) Hampi

Answer: (B)

14. Which among the following sites has sculptural evidence regarding the first representation of the Buddha in human form?

(A) Bharhut

(B) Mathura

(D) Amaravati

Answer: (B)

15. The name of goddess Uma appears on the coins of which dynasty?

(A) Kunindas

(B) Indo-Greeks

(D) Guptas

Answer: (C)

16. Damodarpur copper-plate inscription giving details of local administration belongs to whose period?

(A) Ramgupta

(B) Samudragupta

(D) Skandgupta

Answer: (C)

17. Brahmi script of the inscriptions of Ashoka was successfully deciphered at first by:

(A) William Jones

(B) Charles Wilkinson

(D) George Buhler

Answer: (C)

18. How much amount of money was spent by Kharavela for the construction of ‘Mahavijaya Palace’?

(A) 27 Lacs

(B) 28 Lacs

(D) 38 Lacs

Answer: (D)

19. According to the inscription, who was the Governor of Junagarh at the time of the construction of Sudarshan lake, in the reign of Chandragupta Maurya?

(A) Pushyagupta

(B) Vishakha

(D) Suvishakha

Answer: (A)

20. “Bhayavigalita-harsho-yen-chakari- Harshah’ for the Pushyabhuti ruler Harsha is mentioned in

(A) Banskhera copper-plate inscription

(B) Madhuban copper-plate inscription

(D) Aihole stone inscription

Answer: (D)

21. Match the following sites of List-I with the name of the excavators of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Kalambo Falls (i) J. D. Clark

(b) Olduvai Gorge (ii) G. Isaac

(d) Olorgessallie (iv) Clark Howell

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

Answer: (A)

22. Match the site of List-I with the Excavators of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Chanhudaro (i) J. P. Joshi

(b) Kalibangan (ii) S. R. Rao

(d) Surkotada (iv) E.J.H. Mackay

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

Answer: (B)

23. Match the following ancient places in List-I with the regions of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Bagor (i) Dhar

(b) Baghpat (ii) Bhilwara

(d) Badli (iv) Meerut

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

Answer: (A)

24. Match the ancient cities of List-I with the excavated remains of defence provision of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Kausambi (i) Rampart and moat

(b) Varanasi (ii) Embankment

(d) Pataliputra (iv) None

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

Answer: (A)

25. Match the sites of List-I with the names of their excavators of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Hastinapur (i) K. M. Srivastava

(b) Chopanimando (ii) G. R. Sharma

(d) Piparahwa (iv) B. B. Lal

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

Answer: (A)

26. Match the structure remains of List-I with the period of their construction of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Great Bath of Mohenjodaro (i) Gupta period

(b) Vishnu temple at Bhitari (ii) Mauryan Period

(d) Settlement at Khairadih (iv) Kushan Period

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Answer: (C)

27. Match the items of List-I with those of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Dumar Lena Cave (i) Modhera

(b) Bull Capital Pillar (ii) Bhuvneshwara

(d) Raja Rani Temple (iv) Rampurva

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

(B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

Answer: (C)

28. Match the items of List-I with those of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Lichhavayah (i) Kacha

(b) Sarvarajochhetta (ii) Kumargupta

(d) Apratigh (iv) Samudra gupta

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

Answer: (C)

29. Match the authors of List-I with the books of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) David Diringer (i) Indian Epigraphy

(b) C. Sivaramamurti (ii) The Alphabet

(d) C. S. Upasak (iv) Indian Epigraphy and South Indian Scripts

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

Answer: (B)

30. Match the item of List-I with those of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Junagarh inscription (i) Gupta

(b) Allahabad inscription (ii) Chalukya

(d) Gwalior inscription (iv) Pratihara

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

(B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

Answer: (A)

31. Match the item of List-I with those of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Saranath inscription (i) Rock

(b) Junagarh inscription (ii) Stone Pillar

(d) Sangli inscription (iv) Iron

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

Answer: (D)

32. Match the items of List-I with those of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Pista (i) Shikhara

(b) Bada (ii) Bedi

(d) Mastaka (iv) Jagati

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

Answer: (B)

33. Match the books given in List-I with authors given in List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Environment and Archaeology (i) D. L. Clarke

(b) Models in Archaeology (ii) K. W. Butzer

(d) Archaeology in the Field (iv) D. P. Agrawal

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

Answer: (C)

34. Match the artifacts of List-I with their medium of List-II.

List – I List – II

(a) Harpoon (i) Bone

(b) Needle (ii) Ivory

(d) Chatel Perronnian Knife (iv) Flint

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

Answer: (A)

35. Arrange the following sites in a chronological order:

(i) L’Azil

(ii) Willendorf

(iii) Toralba-Ambrona

(iv) L’Abbeville

Codes :

(A) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)

(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

(D) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)

Answer: (B)

36. Arrange the following ceramics in chronological order:

(i) Ochre coloured pottery

(ii) Black and Red ware

(iii) Glazed ware

(iv) Corded ware

Codes :

(A) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

(B) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

(D) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

Answer: (A)

37. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(i) Siddhamatrika

(ii) Brahmi

(iii) Oriya

(iv) Gaudi

Codes :

(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)

(B) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(D) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

Answer: (B)

38. Arrange the following in chronological order as per the year mentioned in the epigraphs:

(i) Rock Edict V

(ii) Rock Edict XIII

(iii) Pillar Edict VII

(iv) Lumbini Pillar inscription

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

(B) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(D) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)

Answer: (B)

39. Arrange the following sites in chronological order.

(i) Tamluk

(ii) Rangpur

(iii) Kot Diji

(iv) Alamgirpur

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

(B) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

Answer: (D)

40. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(i) Hoyasala coins

(ii) Coins of Huvishka

(iii) Coins of Gautamiputra Satakarni

(iv) Kadamba coins

Codes :

(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)

(B) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)

(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

Answer: (D)

41. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(i) Teli-Ka-Mandir

(ii) Lingraja temple

(iii) Ladkhan temple

(iv) Brihadisvara temple

Codes :

(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

(B) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)

Answer: (C)

42. Arrange the following cultures in chronological order:

(i) Ochre coloured ware

(ii) Black and Red ware with papal motif

(iii) N. B. P. Ware

(iv) P. G. Ware

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

(B) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(D) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

Answer: (B)

43. Arrange the following techniques as per their main use in chronological order:

(i) Anvil technique

(ii) Pressure flaking

(iii) Cylindrical hammer technique

(iv) Grinding technique

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

(B) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

(D) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

Answer: (B)

44. Arrange the following cultures in chronological order:

(i) Oldowan

(ii) Magdalenian

(iii) Sangoan

(iv) Maglemosian

Codes :

(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

(B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

Answer: (C)

45. Assertion (A): The regions where Neolithic subsistence appears late it evidences migration of food producing technology.

Reason (R): Because origin of agriculture is of very early date in Deccan.

Codes:

(A) (A) is false and (R) is partly correct.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

Answer: (D)

46. Assertion (A): Several Kharoshthi characters were identified from the correspondences between the kings’ names in the Greek and Kharoshthi scripts.

Reason (R): Large number of bilingual coins of the Indo-Greek and Indo- Scythian kings with Greek legends on the obverse Kharoshthi on the reverse were reported in Nineteenth century C.E.

Codes:

(A) (A) is correct and (R) is false.

(B) (A) is false and (R) is correct.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Answer: (C)

47. Assertion (A): Hiranyagarbha sculpture is a combination of Saiva, Vaishnava, Surya and Brahma.

Reason (R): Combination of Shiva, Vaishnava, Jaina and Buddha was also prevalent.

Codes:

(A) (A) is false but (R) is correct.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(D) (A) is correct but (R) is false.

Answer: (D)

48. Assertion (A): Heleodorus has installed the Garuda-Pillar for the first time in India.

Reason (R): The rulers of other dynasties in India have not followed this practice.

Codes :

(A) (A) is correct but (R) is false.

(B) (A) and (R) both are correct.

(D) (A) and (R) both are false.

Answer: (A)

49. Assertion (A): Banas and Malwa cultures form a Southern Nuclear Region shut-off from direct influence of the Indus Valley but open to such influence via Saurashtra.

Reason (R): The desert was a hindrance in the direct contact of the Harappan culture.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.

(B) (A) is correct but (R) is false.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Answer: (A)

50. The late Vedic period witnessed the progressive expansion of Aryan settlements down the northern corridor, first into the Doab and then into the Middle Ganges valley. The earliest Aryan homeland in India-Pakistan (Aryavarta or Brahmavarta) was in the Punjab and the valleys of the Saraswati and Drishadvati rivers in the time of the Rigveda. Thereafter is shifted into the Mid-land (Madhyadesa), the Doab (already regarded as the central territory in the Mahabharata), and yet later far to the east, to eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. This development must have called for extensive clearance of the forests which formerly covered the Gangetic plains and is likely to have coincided with the general adoption of iron tools for purposes of agriculture. The archaeological evidence for the expansion is to be seen in the spread of Painted Grey ware and black-and-red ware sites and in the growth of cities.

Tick mark the correct answer.

The author is primarily concerned with

(A) Expansion of painted grey ware and black and red ware cultures.

(B) Expansion of Vedic culture in Madhyadesha.

(D) Division of Vedic culture into Rigvedic and Late Vedic.

Answer: (C)

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Archaeology 2012 June UGC NET Solved Question Paper II