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21. The paintings of the natural rocks of the Gudahandi hills in modern
Kalahandi districts belong to:
a) Early Stone Age
b) Paleolithic Age
c) Neolithic Age
d) Mesolithic Age
22. Who among the following archaeologists took up massive excavation
work at Ratnagiri in Odisha?
a) Devlal Mitra
b) B. B. Lal
c) Paramananda Acharya
d) G. C. Malhotra
24. Which of the following is termed as the “Diamond Triangle” in Odishan
archaeology?
a) Khandagiri – Udayagiri – Ratnagiri
b) Lalitgiri – Udayagiri – Ratnagiri
c) Ratnagiri – Dhauligiri – Udyayagiri
d) Udayagiri – Ratnagiri – Dhauligiri
25. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
a) The earliest coins available in Odisha are punch-marked coins.
b) The punch-marked coins were made of silver and copper and were irregular in shape and size.
c) The punch-marked coins did not bear punch marks of human figures
d) These coins could very well give a picture of the ancient economy of Odisha.
27. In which of the following site’s tools of the Middle Stone Age are reported?
a) Jyoti Vihar
b) Chalakamba
c) Bhubaneswar
d) All the above
28. Harichandanpur is reported to have specimens of the tools of Middle
Stone Age. Harichandanpur is located in which of the following districts
of Odisha?
a) Bhadrak
b) Cuttack
c) Dhenkanal
d) Koraput
29. Which of the following is NOT a tool mostly used in Middle Stone Age in
Odisha?
a) Hand – axe
b) Borers
c) Burins
d) Blades
30. Consider the following statements.
I. The tools of Middle Stone Age were more and more specialized.
I. Tool for digging and chopping and other domestic purposes were
manufactured in good numbers during the Middle Stone Age.
Which of the following is/are TRUE?
a) Only I
b) Only Il
c) Both (1) & (Il)
d) Neither (I) nor (Il)
31. In which of the following districts of Odisha Microlithic sites found?
a) Mayurbhanj
b) Dhenkanal
c) Bolangir
d) All the above
32. In which of the following places Micorlithic tools have been found?
a) Manumunda
b) Haldipali
c) Khari
d) All the above
33. In the basins of which of the following rivers Microlithic tools have been
traced out?
a) Jhuan and Tel
b) Salki and Ang
c) Tel and Ang
d) Sondur and Brutanga
34. Which of the tools were mostly in use in Neolithic period in Odisha?
a) Axe blades
b) Chisels
c) Stone picks
d) All the above
35. Neolithic pottery is reported at Baidipur which is located in the modern
district of:
a) Sundergarh
b) Mayurbhanj
c) Ganjam
d) Cuttack
36. In Kalinga under Ashoka Somapa was the second headquarters after
Tosali. Somapa belongs to modern district of:
a) Koraput
b) Khurda
c) Ganjam
d) Balasore
37. In the valley of which of the following rivers Neolithic pottery is found?
a) Zonk
b) Ang
C) Jira
d) Tel
38. During which age agriculture and domestication of animals were first
taken up?
a) Late Stone Age
b) Microlithic Age
c) Neolithic Age
d) None of the above
39. Metal celts of pre-historic period are found in which of the following
modern districts in Odisha?
a) Dhenkanal
b) Mayurbhanj
c) Sundergarh
d) Both (a) and (b)
40. Which of the following places where pre-historic metal celts have been
found, is not in Mayurbhanj district?
a) Khiching
b) Kshetra
c) Baghada
d) Dunria
41. The knowledge of Metal celts used in Odisha during pre-historic time
are believed to have been influenced by:
a) Central Europe
b) Central Asia
c) South East Asia
d) Central America
