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Archaeology 2013 June UGC NET Solved Question Paper II



 UGC NET Solved Question Paper in Archaeology, Paper II



1. The first systematic and scientific attempt to put Indian pre-history on a proper foundation was made by





(A) Meadows Tailor





(B) Yale-Cambridge Expedition





(C) Archaeological Survey of India





(D) Deccan College, Poona





Answer: (B)











2. Who pioneered the Arial photography in Archaeology?





(A) Glyn Daniel





(B) Wooley





(C) O.G.S. Crawford





(D) Pitts River





Answer: (C)











3. Experiments in the realm of domestication of animals and cultivation of plants were made in





(A) Lower Palaeolithic period





(B) Middle Palaeolithic period





(C) Upper Palaeolithic period





(D) Mesolithic period





Answer: (D)











4. Abripataud in France has yielded a very rich sequence of





(A) Lower Palaeolithic





(B) Middle Palaeolithic





(C) Upper Palaeolithic





(D) Mesolithic





Answer: (C)











5. Which of the following is synonymous with the second urbanisation in Indian subcontinent?





(A) Stone Age





(B) Bronze Age





(C) Iron Age





(D) Golden Age





Answer: (C)











6. Which of the following inscriptions mentions ‘Devanampiya Piyadasi’ as Ashok?





(A) Rupnath rock edict





(B) Maski rock edict





(C) Sanchi pillar edict





(D) Bairat rock edict





Answer: (B)











7. Who among the following issued the Potin coins?





(A) Yaudheyas





(B) Satavahanas





(C) Parthians





(D) Western Kshatrapas





Answer: (B)











8. Which of the following sites has yielded the oldest remains of Ostrich egg shell beads in India?





(A) Chambal Valley





(B) Bhimbetka





(C) Patne





(D) Chaturbhuj Nala





Answer: (C)











9. The King who introduced the figure of Buddha with the legend “BODDO” on the gold and “SAKAMANO BODO” on the copper coins?





(A) Demetrius





(B) Huvishka





(C) Kanishka I





(D) Wima kadphises





Answer: (C)











10. The composer of the Aihole inscription of Pulakesin – II was





(A) Harisena





(B) Ravikirti





(C) Chapada





(D) Banabhatta





Answer: (B)











11. Which of the following inscriptions dated both in Saka era and Kali era?





(A) Junagadh Inscription





(B) Allahabad Pillar Inscription





(C) Aihole Inscription





(D) Besnagar Garuda Pillar Inscription





Answer: (C)





       





12. Which of the following is known as bifacial tool?





(A) Chopper





(B) Chopping





(C) Blade





(D) Parallel sided blade





Answer: (B)











13. Find out why the early man could use copper first?





(A) It was easy to work on it.





(B) It was a pure metal.





(C) Its deposits were easily accessible.





(D) It was available frequently.





Answer: (C)











14. Lakulisa is an incarnation of





(A) Mahavira





(B) Shiva





(C) Visnu





(D) Indra





Answer: (B)











15. Which of the following Harappan site is not in Gujarat?





(A) Rojdi





(B) Lothal





(C) Manda





(D) Surkotda





Answer: (C)











16. Which one of the following places has recently yielded an inscribed sculpture of Ashoka?





(A) Sannati





(B) Junagadh





(C) Mathura





(D) Saranath





Answer: (A)











17. The Harappan bricks were mainly





(A) Hand-made





(B) Made in an open mould





(C) Cut with the help of chisel





(D) Sawn with the help of a saw





Answer: (B)











18. Who built the Rath Temples of ‘Mahabalipuram’?





(A) Mahendravarman Pallav





(B) Mahendravarman





(C) Narshinhvarman-I





(D) None of these





Answer: (C)











19. Which of the following inscription states that image of Jinasena was brought back from Pataliputra to Utkalapradesha?





(A) Barabar Cave Inscription





(B) Hathigumpha Inscription of King Kharavela





(C) Kalinga Edict of Ashoka





(D) Sravanabelagola Inscription





Answer: (B)











20. Which one of the following inscriptions mentions the name of Kalidasa and Bharavi?





(A) Hathigumpha Inscriptions





(B) Banskhera Copper Plate





(C) Aihole Inscription





(D) Allahabad Pillar Inscription





Answer: (C)











21. Of the following epigraphs which one is significant for the history of Bhagavatism?





(A) Besanagar Pillar Inscription of Heliodorus





(B) Rumindei Pillar Inscription of Ashoka





(C) Mathura Pillar Inscription of Chandragupta II





(D) Talagunda Pillar Inscription of Kakustha Varma





Answer: (A)











22. The two main periods of occupation identified of Hallur (Karnataka) are





(A) Upper Palaeolithic – Microlithic





(B) Neolithic – Chalcolithic and Megalithic





(C) Megalithic – Early historic





(D) Microlithic – Neolithic





Answer: (B)











23. Which of the following styles of temples Saptapagoda represents to?





(A) Nagar style





(B) Mahendravarman style





(C) Mammalla style





(D) Vesar style





Answer: (C)











24. Which of the following period was famous for bronzes?





(A) Pallava





(B) Chola





(C) Gupta





(D) Rashtrakuta





Answer: (B)











25. The manuscript of Kautilya’s Arthashastra was first discovered and studied by





(A) K.A. Nilakantha Shastri





(B) R. Shama Shastri





(C) J. Buhler





(D) Sir William Jones





Answer: (B)











26. About which ruler’s attainments is the Mandsaur inscription?





(A) Harshvardhan





(B) Narsingh Baladitya





(C) Mihirkul





(D) Yashodharma





Answer: (D)











27. Which of the following inscriptions refer to the erection of Garuda pillar in front of a temple?





(A) Mehrauli Iron Pillar Inscription





(B) Allahabad Stone Pillar Inscription





(C) Besnagar Pillar Inscription of Heliodorus





(D) A marble pillar inscription and Dharanikota in Guntur district





Answer: (C)











28. The famous Kailashnath Temple is located at





(A) Ajanta





(B) Ellora





(C) Badami





(D) Belur





Answer: (B)











29. Who introduced the ‘Horseman type of coins’?





(A) Harshavardhana





(B) Amoghavarsha Nripatunga





(C) Gautamiputra Satakarni





(D) Chandra Gupta II





Answer: (D)











30. Arrange the following foreign travellers in chronological order:





(i) Itsing





(ii) Fahien





(iii) Megasthanes





(iv) Hiuen Tsang





Codes:





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





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





(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)





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





Answer: (A)











31. Arrange the following monuments in the order of their chronology:





(i) Arjuna Rath at Mamallapuram





(ii) Main Stupa at Sanchi





(iii) Virupaksha Temple at Hampi





(iv) Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore





Codes:





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





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





(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)





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





Answer: (A)





               





32. Pleistocene animal fossils have been in abundance in





(i) Narmada Valley





(ii) Ganga Valley





(iii) Indus Valley





(iv) Son Valley





Codes:





(A) (i) and (ii)





(B) (ii) and (iii)





(C) (iii) and (iv)





(D) (i) and (iv)





Answer: (D)











33. Excavation at Nakjharkhurd in the middle Son valley yielded lower and middle Palaeolithic artefacts in successive stratigraphic context in the formations of





(i) Sihawal





(ii) Patpara





(iii) Beghor





(iv) Khetaunhi





Codes:





(A) (i) and (ii)





(B) (ii) and (iii)





(C) (iii) and (iv)





(D) (i) and (iv)





Answer: (A)











34. Assertion (A): The decline of Harappan civilization began from 2000 BC.





Reason (R): It was due to drastic change in climate.





Codes:





(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.





(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.





(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.





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





Answer: (C)











35. Assertion (A): Neolithic culture developed over the foundation of scarcity of natural food resources.





Reason (R): Food collecting pressure and growth of Mesolithic population resulted in exhaustion of natural food which gave impetus to food production.





Codes:





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





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





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





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





Answer: (B)











36. Assertion (A): Wherever the works of Harappan art survive, they add greatly to our comprehension of prehistoric cultures.





Reason (R): Because they provide an insight into the minds of the artist.





Codes:





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





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





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





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





Answer: (C)











37. Assertion (A): Second urbanisation took place in Ganga-Yamuna doab.





Reason (R): The discovery of iron was the cause for it.





Codes:





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





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





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





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





Answer: (D)











38. Assertion (A): Decline of Harappan city was not sudden.





Reason (R): There is no evidence of Aryan invasion.





Codes:





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





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





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





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





Answer: (D)











39. Assertion (A): Ashokan inscriptions are located on ancient major trade routes.





Reason (R): So that common man can read these inscriptions.





Codes:





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





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





(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.





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





Answer: (B)











40. Match the following List – I with the List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list:





List – I                                                                                                                        List – II





a. The concept of the three age system in Archaeology was first introduced by       i. M. Sheshadri





b. The terracotta head rest was first discovered in India by                                       ii. A.E. Douglas





c. Dendro chronology was first developed by                                                            iii. R.E.M. Wheeler





d. The first scientific archaeological excavation in Indian was conducted by           iv. Christian Thomson





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) i iii iv ii





(B) iv i ii iii





(C) iii ii i iv





(D) ii iv iii i





Answer: (B)











41. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:





List – I                                                                                                List – II





a. Indian Architecture                                                                                     i. P.V. Kane





b. Epigraphical Studies in India                                                          ii. Percy Brown





c. History of Dharmashastra                                                               iii. A.S. Altekar





d. Catalogue of the Gupta Gold Coins in the Bayana Hoard                        iv. D.C. Sirkar





Codes:





       a b c d





(A) iv iii i ii





(B) ii iv i iii





(C) iii i ii iv





(D) i iii iv ii





Answer: (B)











42. Match the books of List – I with authors of List – II:





List – I                                                            List – II





a. Prehistoric Indian Rock Paintings               i. R.K. Varma





b. Stone Age Cultures of Bellary                    ii. B. Subbarao





c. The Mesolithic Age in Mirzapur                 iii. P. Singh





d. The Neolithic Origins                                 iv. E. Neumayer





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) i ii iii iv





(B) iv iii ii i





(C) iv ii i iii





(D) ii iii i iv





Answer: (C)











43. Match the following structures of List – I with the site of their finding in List – II:





List – I                                    List – II





a. Dockyard                            i. Lothal





b. Large Tank                          ii. Sringaverapura





c. Apsidal Temple                   iii. Sankh





d. Chakra shaped Stupa          iv. Nagarjuna Konda





Codes:





       a b c d





(A) ii i iv iii





(B) i ii iii iv





(C) iii iv ii i





(D) i iv iii ii





Answer: (B)











44. Match the following sites of List – I with the name of the excavators of List – II:





List – I                        List – II





a. Hunsagi                   i. H.D. Sankalia





b. Adamgarh               ii. Gudrun Carnivas





c. Nevasa                     iii. K. Paddayya





d. Chirki                      iv. R.V. Joshi





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) i ii iii iv





(B) iv iii ii i





(C) iii iv i ii





(D) iii iv ii i





Answer: (C)











45. Match the following regions of List – I with excavated sites of List – II:





List – I                                                List – II





a. Shillong Plateau in Assam               i. Daojali Hading





b. Garo hills of Meghalaya                  ii. Selbalgiri





c. North Cachar Hills of Assam          iii. Sarutaru





d. Singhbhum                                      iv. barudih





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) i ii iii iv





(B) iv iii ii i





(C) iii ii i iv





(D) ii iii iv i





Answer: (C)











46. Match List – I with items of List – II:





List – I                                                List – II





a. King and Queen type coins             i. Samudragupta





b. Chakravikrama type coins               ii. Kumaragupta I





c. Apratigha type coins                       iii. Chandragupta II





d. Standard bearer type coins                         iv. Chandragupa I





Codes:





       a b c d





(A) iv iii ii i





(B) ii iv i iii





(C) iii iv ii i





(D) iv ii iii i





Answer: (A)











47. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the List:





List – I                                                            List – II





a. Draupadi Rath (Mahabalipuram)                i. Chalukya





b. Kailasanatha Temple (Ellora)                      ii. Ganga





c. Gomateshwara Statue (Sravanabelagola)    iii. Pallava





d. Durga Temple (Aihole)                               iv. Rashtrakuta





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) i iii iv ii





(B) iii iv ii i





(C) iv ii i iii





(D) ii i iii iv





Answer: (B)











48. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list:





List – I                                                            List – II





(Inscription)                                                    (Rulers)





a. Saranath Buddhist Image Inscription         i. Heliodorus





b. Mathura Pillar Inscription                           ii. Rudradaman I





c. Besnagar Garuda Pillar Inscription             iii. Kanishka





d. Junagadh Inscription                                  iv. Huvishka





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) iv ii iii i





(B) ii i iv iii





(C) iii iv i ii





(D) i iii ii iv





Answer: (C)











49. Match the sites of List – I with district of List – II:





List – I                        List – II





a. Sangankal                i. Barmer (Rajasthan)





b. Tarsang                    ii. Raisen (M.P.)





c. Putlikarar                 iii. Vadodara (Gujarat)





d. Tilwara                    iv. Bellary (Karnataka)





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) i ii iii iv





(B) iv iii ii i





(C) ii i iv iii





(D) iv i iii ii





Answer: (B)











50. Match the following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list:





List – I                                    List – II





a. Dvaja Sthambha                  i. Image Pillar





b. Jaya Sthambha                    ii. Flag-staff





c. Kirti Sthambha                    iii. Victory Pillar





d. Chhaya Sthambha               iv. Fame Pillar





Codes:





      a b c d





(A) i ii iii iv





(B) ii iii iv i





(C) iii iv i ii





(D) iv i ii iii





Answer: (B)


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