The period called_______ marks the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication.

(a)

Palaeolithic

(b)

Mesolithic

(c)

Neolithic

(d)

Megalithic

______ inscriptions datable to third century BCE refer to the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas in ancient Tamilagam.

(a)

Pulekesin

(b)

Ashoka

(c)

Chandragupta

(d)

Dhanananda

Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geologist from England first discovered the ______ tools at Pallavaram near Chennai.

(a)

Stone Age

(b)

Palaeolithic

(c)

Mesolithic

(d)

Neolithic

Assertion (A): The Ashokan inscriptions datable to third century BCE refer to the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras outside his empire in Tamilagam.
Reason (R): Ancient kings of Tamilagam commenced their political rule in the Iron Age.
(a) A and R are correct and R explains A
(b) A and R are correct but R doesn’t explain A
(c) A is correct but R is incorrect
(d) A and R both are incorrect

(a)

A and R are correct and R explains A

(b)

A and R are correct but R doesn’t explain A

(c)

A is correct but R is incorrect

(d)

A and R both are incorrect

The beginning of history writing can be traced to the ancient________

(a)

Greeks

(b)

Egyptians

(c)

Romans

(d)

Africans

______ are stone artefacts of small size

(a)

Microliths

(b)

Bifaces

(c)

Acheulian

(d)

core

The ______was a formative period and the foundation for the Sangam Age.

(a)

Iron Age

(b)

Bronze Age

(c)

Stone Age

(d)

Age of Information Technology

(i) The chimpanzee is genetically the closest to humans
(ii) Hominins & their origin have been traced to Asia
(iii) The Hominins emerged around 6 to 5 million years ago
(iv) The Great Rift valley in Africa has many sites for the Prehistroic period

(a)

(i) is correct

(b)

(ii) & (iii) are correct

(c)

(i) & (iv) are correct

(d)

(iii) is correct

______ are pottery jars and were used for burying the dead

(a)

Urns

(b)

Cists

(c)

Dolmens

(d)

Menheirs