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UPSC CDS Ancient Indian History — practice questions — page 21

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The first discovery of rock paintings in India, in 1867-68, was made by:Read the answer and worked solution →Carlleyle's Indian discovery came twelve years before the famous cave paintings of Altamira in:Read the answer and worked solution →Lakhudiyar, a rock shelter site with prehistoric paintings, lies in the:Read the answer and worked solution →At Lakhudiyar the paintings fall into three categories: man, animal and:Read the answer and worked solution →At Lakhudiyar the earliest paintings are in which colour?Read the answer and worked solution →Kupgallu, Piklihal and Tekkalkota are Neolithic painting sites on the granite rocks of:Read the answer and worked solution →The richest prehistoric paintings in India come from which ranges of Madhya Pradesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhimbetka lies about how far south of Bhopal?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhimbetka has about how many rock shelters, of which five hundred bear paintings?Read the answer and worked solution →The caves of Bhimbetka were discovered in 1957-58 by:Read the answer and worked solution →The rock art of Bhimbetka is classified into how many historical periods?Read the answer and worked solution →Period III of the Bhimbetka rock art is:Read the answer and worked solution →Upper Palaeolithic paintings at Bhimbetka are linear figures of huge animals in:Read the answer and worked solution →At Bhimbetka the green paintings depict dancers while the red ones depict:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest number of Bhimbetka paintings belong to which period?Read the answer and worked solution →Mesolithic hunting scenes at Bhimbetka show people armed with barbed spears, pointed sticks and:Read the answer and worked solution →At Bhimbetka animals were painted naturalistically while humans were shown in a:Read the answer and worked solution →The favourite colours of the Bhimbetka artists were:Read the answer and worked solution →Prehistoric artists got red colour from haematite, known in India as:Read the answer and worked solution →The green colour in Bhimbetka paintings came from a green variety of:Read the answer and worked solution →At Bhimbetka, in some places paintings are layered one on top of another up to:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rock art sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the paint sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the discoveriesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the rock art wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Green or redRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the Bhimbetka periodsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rock paintings bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The arts of the Indus Valley Civilisation emerged during the second half of the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The first discovery of rock paintings in India, in 1867-68, was made by:

  1. Alexander Cunningham
  2. Archibold Carlleyle
  3. V S Wakankar of Ujjain
  4. John Hubert Marshall
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Correct answer: B. Archibold Carlleyle

1. This was twelve years before Altamira in Spain. 2. Archibold Carlleyle made the discovery. 3. Cockburn, Anderson, Mitra and Ghosh found more sites. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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Carlleyle's Indian discovery came twelve years before the famous cave paintings of Altamira in:

  1. Spain
  2. France
  3. Italy
  4. Egypt
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Correct answer: A. Spain

1. Altamira is a celebrated prehistoric cave. 2. It is in Spain. 3. India's find came first, in 1867-68. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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Lakhudiyar, a rock shelter site with prehistoric paintings, lies in the:

  1. Nilgiri hills
  2. Kumaon hills
  3. Aravalli hills
  4. Vindhya hills
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Correct answer: B. Kumaon hills

1. It is on the Almora-Barechina road in Uttarakhand. 2. Lakhudiyar is in the Kumaon hills. 3. The name means one lakh caves. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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