Class 11 History Chapter 1 From The Beginning Of Time Quiz 2 (59 MCQs)

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1. Flimsy shelters with roofs of wood and grasses were built for short-term, seasonal visits, at which famous site located on the coast of southern France?
2. Why did early humans started settling around the rivers
3. The first human who left remains of her bones; she lived around 3.5 million years ago.
4. This species was the first of hominidae to walk upright.
5. Which of the following is NOT a way of obtaining food mentioned in the chapter?
6. Which species has jaws with reduced outward protrusion?
7. What are primates?
8. Who were the earliest stone tool makers?
9. Hominoids have .....
10. The first species of the genus Homo to have possessed a small no. of speech sounds is
11. What is the primary focus of the chapter?
12. Where has the earliest Hominid Fossil been found
13. What is carbon dating used for?
14. How were hominids different from hominoids?
15. What were the fossils found in the Neander valley called
16. Main function of precision grip?
17. What was the use of cave paintings?
18. The study of history using artefacts and other remains:
19. What is the main point of difference between Hominids and Homonoids?
20. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive characterstic of Hominids
21. An increase in brain size is associated with:
22. Homo sapiens mean
23. On which argument is the regional continuity model based?
24. When did primates originate in Africa?
25. Homo' is a Latin word which means .....
26. When did man start hunting?
27. What forms of art and literature are mentioned in the chapter?
28. Are a subgroup of a larger group of mammals. They include monkeys, apes and humans
29. What could not have been an important use of fire by man?
30. At which 2 places have pieces of baked clay and burnt bone along with stone tools, dated between 1.4 and 1 mya, been found?
31. Which of the earliest humans was the first to make stone tools?
32. Maria, the daughter of Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, a local landowner and amateur archaeologist, discovered which famous cave site in November 1879?
33. Discovery of the neolithic age
34. Tool making was done by
35. The skull found in the Neander valley was first examined by:
36. Which one of the following caves did NOT have prehistoric paintings in them?
37. In which country is the Neander valley located?
38. The earliest evidence of making stone tool comes from which country?
39. Hundreds of paintings of animals were discovered in the following places
40. What is the 'tool-maker' known as in latin?
41. Where were clear evidence of hunting tools found?
42. Australopithecus means
43. These species emerged 5.6 million years ago
44. Period characterised by the use of copper in tools and weapons
45. What are the objects such as tools, paintings, sculpture, engravings made by human beings in the old age called?
46. What is one of the main features of primates?
47. Who discovered the cave paintings at Altamira?
48. What is the meaning of the Latin word Austral
49. With what other thing was language developed along?
50. What do the presence of '' Hearths '' indicate
51. What role did language play in early human communication?
52. In which country is Altamira located
53. Hominids belong to a family known as ..... which includes
all forms of human beings.
54. What were the places of residents of early humans
55. Who discovered the first human skull and skeletal fragments of evolutionary humans?
56. Which of the following is true about hominids?
57. Genus is the branch of the:
58. Which is not a feature of Australopithecus
59. The Replacement Model of Evolution suggest that