Dear Readers, Everything that studies our society and the way we interact with each other in it, is a social science.This section NOT ONLY comes CTET Exam 2019 but also come in other TET Exam also i.e NVS Exam 2019, PTET Exam & DSSSB Exam etc. So, we will provide you the questions which will help you in preparing for Exam.
Q1. Match the animals used by the farmers and herders with their functions.
List I
A. Cattle
B. Dog
C. Goat
D. Ox
List II
I. To look after the fields
II. For ploughing the field and pulling carts
III. For milk and milk products
IV. For meat and milk
Codes
A B C D
(a) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(b) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(c) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Q2. Archaeologists believe that in the ancient site of Mehrgarh (currently in Pakistan) the people were hunters to start with and took to herding later on. Why?
(a) Bones of many kinds of wild animals are found at the lowest level, whereas bones of sheep, cattle and goats are found at the higher level
(b) Bones of sheep, cattle and goats are found at higher levels
(c) Bones of only wild animals are found at all the levels of excavation
(d) Bones of only cattle, sheep and goats are found at all the levels of excavation
Q3. Domesticated animals used by the farmers and herders were a source of meat (food) when required. For what other purpose would they have been useful ?
(a) For providing milk
(b) For using their skin as clothing
(c) For carrying loads or pulling carts
(d) All of the above
Q4. Usually an archaeological site has many levels. What do the various levels indicate ?
(a) The lower levels were the places where the poor people were living and the higher levels were where the rich people were living
(b) The earliest residents lived at lower levels and future generations lived at higher levels
(c) Men lived at higher levels than the women
(d) None of the above
Q5. What were the distinctive features of the houses excavated at Mehrgarh site ?
(a) They were circular in shape an double stories
(b) They had only one large room with a varandah in front
(c) They were square or rectangular with four or more rooms/compartments
(d) None of the above
Q6. Around 3900 years ago, the earliest cities Harappa and Mohenjodaro, began to come to an end because of various reasons. Which one of the following is not one of the reasons ?
(a) there was internal rivalry and warfare between cities
(b) Deforestation and floods brought destruction
(c) Grazing of green cover by herds of cattle destroyed the soil cover
(d) Rivers dried up leading to the end of the cities
Q7. The main channels of our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilisation are
(a) inscriptions
(b) coins
(c) palm and barch leaf manuscripts
(d) archaeological excavations
Q8. How do archaeologists know that cloth was used in the harappan Civilisation ?
(a) Pieces of cloth attached to the lid of a silver vase have been excavated
(b) Cloth has been mentioned as an item of use in their inscriptions
(c) in paintings of the time, people have been shown wearing clothes
(d) None of the above
Q9. Match the following metals and stones used by the Harappans with the probable sources from where they obtained them.
List I
A. Copper
B. Gold
C. Tin
D. Precious stones
List II
I. Gujrat
II. Afghanistan
III. Rajasthan
IV. Karnataka
Codes
A B C D
(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(b) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(c) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(d) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Q10. At which place it was a general practice to lay the dead with head towards North ?
(a) Inamgaon
(b) Burzahom
(c) Mehargarh
(d) Bhimbetka
Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(a)
S3. Ans.(d)
S4. Ans.(b)
S5. Ans.(c)
S6. Ans.(a)
S7. Ans.(d)
S8. Ans.(a)
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(a)
You may also like to read
- Govt./ Latest Job Vacancies
- UPTET Exam 2018 Notification
- KVS Exam 2018 Notification
- Lateset Kendriya Vidyalaya Vacancies Updates
- CTET 2018: CTET Exam Notification, Syllabus, Exam Pattern
- NVS Exam 2018 Notification
