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UPSC CDS Indian History Timeline — practice questions — page 35

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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 →Buddhism and Jainism, which emerged in the sixth century BCE, were part of which tradition?Read the answer and worked solution →Mauryan pillars differ from Achaemenian pillars because Mauryan pillars are:Read the answer and worked solution →Mauryan pillar capitals stand on a square or circular platform called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Basarah-Bakhira, Lauriya-Nandangarh and Rampurva, sites of Mauryan pillars, are in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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At Lakhudiyar the paintings fall into three categories: man, animal and:

  1. Sailing boats
  2. Brick buildings
  3. Geometric patterns
  4. Flowering plants
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Correct answer: C. Geometric patterns

1. Colours used were white, black and red ochre. 2. The third category is geometric patterns. 3. Humans appear as stick-like forms. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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At Lakhudiyar the earliest paintings are in which colour?

  1. White
  2. Ochre
  3. Green
  4. Black
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Correct answer: D. Black

1. Paintings are superimposed. 2. Black came first, then red ochre. 3. White paintings are the latest. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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Kupgallu, Piklihal and Tekkalkota are Neolithic painting sites on the granite rocks of:

  1. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
  2. Bihar and Jharkhand plateau
  3. Kerala and Tamil Nadu coast
  4. Gujarat and Rajasthan desert
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Correct answer: A. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

1. Granite provided canvases for Neolithic man. 2. These sites are in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. 3. Bulls, elephants and tridents are depicted. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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