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Principles and Methods of Archaeology | Set 2

1. logos means .....

Correct : A. science

2. Archaios means....

Correct : B. ancient

3. .a collection of artefacts of one category at a site is called......

Correct : B. culture

4. Archaeologists calls the smallest cultural unit as an .........

Correct : A. industry

5. Assemblage is close associated with......

Correct : A. industry

6. Who wrote the book entitled Environment and Archaeology

Correct : A. k.w.butzer

7. Palaeo-ecology is a study on

Correct : A. eenvironment

8. .The best example of the ethnoarchaeology is

Correct : A. eskimos

9. .Dating the Past was written by

Correct : A. zeuner

10. .one example for the historical archaeological site in india.

Correct : A. arikamedu

11. .The earliest record of excavation and search for antiquities goes back to the times of...

Correct : A. nabonidus

12. In the 16th and 17th centuries England witnessed for the development of a new trend called...

Correct : A. antiquarianism

13. Olduvai George was discovered by

Correct : A. l.s.b.leakey

14. .The confessions of a thug was written by .....

Correct : A. m.tylor

15. Augur survey method is mainly used by ....

Correct : A. geologists

16. The following is not a excavation staff

Correct : D. none of these.

17. .The following one is an equipment of draughtsman

Correct : A. plane table

18. The following is not a excavation equipment ...

Correct : A. exposure metre

19. typological method is mainly use in ....

Correct : B. archaeology

20. the glacial varve chronology method of dating was evolved by ...........

Correct : A. gerard de geer

21. Archaeomagnetism was developed for the dating of..........

Correct : A. baked structures

22. Palynology is also known as ....

Correct : A. pollen analysis

23. dendrochronology is also known as ......

Correct : A. tree ring counting

24. dendrchronology was developed by

Correct : A. a.e.douglass

25. .palaeontology is the study of .........

Correct : A. fossil

26. .Palaeopathology is the study of .......

Correct : A. skeletal remains

27. .echo-sounder system is employed for ......

Correct : A. offshore explorations

28. .Acoustic system is also known as.....

Correct : A. echo-sounder

29. camden was a ............

Correct : A. antiquarianists

30. Naked Ape is a work of .....

Correct : A. desmond moris

31. The black soils of india are popularly known as ........

Correct : A. regurs

32. bioclimatology is the study of climate in relation to......

Correct : A. life

33. the earliest references to human diversity in the populations of India can be traced back to......

Correct : A. rig-veda

34. .Morphometry is the .......

Correct : A. study of human population variations

35. .Taphonomy was proposed by .........

Correct : A. j.a.e fremov

36. .Son valley is in the state of.........

Correct : A. madhya pradesh

37. .Kalibangan is in the state of ......

Correct : D. rajastan.

38. .Man and Environment through Ages is a work of......

Correct : B. d.p. dymond

39. .social evolution is written by

Correct : A. davaid clarke

40. .the Mehragarh culture is related to .....

Correct : A. harappa

41. Swat valley is a .........site

Correct : A. neolithic

42. .Gufkral is famous for .........

Correct : A. animal husbandry

43. .an archaeological perspective is written by ..........

Correct : A. l.r.binford

44. new frontiers of archaeology is a work of...........

Correct : A. s.r rao

45. the following one is not scientific aids in exploration

Correct : A. augur survey

46. .published references is the ...........

Correct : A. recording

47. .antiquity register is a.....

Correct : A. documentation tool

48. ................is the exhibition centre of the archaeological remains.

Correct : A. museum

49. Curator works at..........

Correct : A. museum

50. .map reading is..........

Correct : A. method of site survey

51. trial trenching is also known as...........

Correct : A. pits

52. Arial archaeology is the......

Correct : A. arial survey

53. .Lothal was a..........

Correct : A. port

54. Scientists don't usually determine an artifact's function by studying its

Correct : B. molecular structure

55. which one is the layout of trenches

Correct : D. soundages.

56. Archaeological studies of the Indus Valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo- Daro show evidence of

Correct : D. urban planning

57. .which of these Neolithic people were cattle-herders.

Correct : B. piklihal

58. .The harappan towns and cities were divided into. Large ..............blocks.

Correct : B. rectangular

59. ..The earliest evidence institutionalised burial has been found at..................

Correct : A. mehrgarh

60. the latest harappan site discovered in Gujarath is,

Correct : A. dholavira

61. .the first harappan site excavated in india after independence is...................

Correct : A. ropar

62. __________ published a series of papers in the 1960s calling for archaeology to become scientific.

Correct : C. walter taylor

63. When we study how humans adapt to their environment, it is called:

Correct : C. human ecology .

64. Fossils are most common in which rock types?

Correct : D. all of these commonly contain fossils.

65. prehistory and protohistory of india and Pakistan is work of

Correct : C. allchin

66. .the birth of a Indian civilization is a work of

Correct : C. allchin

67. ’pre-historic india’ is a work of .................

Correct : A. stuart piggott

68. The word civilization derived from the Latin word---------

Correct : A. civis

69. Palaeochannel of River Saraswati was discovered by..... a) D.N.Wdia b ) H.D.Sankalia c) D.P.Agrawal d) None of these. 188.Who was responsible for the beginningof archaeological excavations in India.

Correct : A. marshall

70. Flavio Biondo lived during ......period.

Correct : A. renaissance

71. How many types of dimensional recordings are there.

Correct : A. 3

72. What is archaeobotony?

Correct : A. Study of plant remains from the archaeological site

73. Any portable manmade object known in archaeology as………

Correct : A. Artifact

74. Which one of the following script was deciphered by James Prinsep in 1837?

Correct : B. Brahmi

75. Find out the absolute dating method

Correct : C. Thermoluminesence

76. What is the meaning of Greek term “arkhaiologia”?

Correct : A. Discourse about ancient things

77. The assemblage of artifacts from an archaeological site is known as--------------

Correct : C. Industry

78. Which one of the following site is excavated from the Western coast of South India?

Correct : A. Pattanam

79. Which one of the following Dating methods is useful for the dating of Terracotta object

Correct : C. Thermoluminesence

80. Which one of the following is an example of an eco-fact?

Correct : C. Pollen

81. Assemblage of industry is known as -------------

Correct : B. Culture

82. Sondage is a………………..

Correct : A. Test Pit

83. Which method can be effectively used for the excavation of a structure/feature?

Correct : A. Horizontal

84. The study of archaeological objects in orderly manner is known as………………..

Correct : A. Antiquarianism

85. Which of the following scholar is associated with antiquarianism

Correct : A. William Stukeley

86. The retrieval of the archaeological object from a threaten context is…………………..

Correct : A. Salvage Archaeology

87. Crop marks, soil marks and shadow marks are related to………………..

Correct : A. Ariel Reconnaiscance

88. …………….is the study of living people and their material culture undertaken with the aim of improving our understanding of the past

Correct : D. Ethno

89. What is cognitive archaeology?

Correct : C. Study of past way of thought

90. Which of the following study is also known as nautical archaeology?

Correct : B. Underwater archaeology

91. The scientific archaeology began in……….

Correct : A. Scandinavia

92. Who is the advocator of the Three Age System

Correct : A. CJ Thomsen

93. Which of the following group is perfectly representing the Three Age System?

Correct : C. Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age

94. Ur city was part of ………civilization

Correct : A. Mesopotamia

95. Which one of the following site unearthed the remains of Dockyard from Indus valley?

Correct : B. Lothal

96. Who is the chief proponent of New Archaeology?

Correct : A. Lewis Binford

97. Who discovered the first Paleolithic tools of India

Correct : A. Robert Bruce Foote

98. Who authored What happened in History ?

Correct : A. V Gordon Childe

99. Who is known as the Father of Indian archaeology

Correct : A. Alexander Cunningham

100. Which of the following megalithic site was excavated by Mortimer Wheeler?

Correct : A. Brahmagiri