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Questions Related to preservation of our heritage

The University of Nalanda was set-up by which Gupta ruler?

  1. Chandragupta II

  2. Samudragupta

  3. Kumaragupta I

  4. Kumaragupta II


Correct Option: C

The ancestors to humans were called Hominins, and their origins have been traced to _________.

  1. Australia

  2. Asia

  3. Africa

  4. Europe


Correct Option: C

Some parts of Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu were connected by land about _____ years BCE.

  1. 2000

  2. 3000

  3. 4000

  4. 5000


Correct Option: D

The theory of Lemuria continent was proposed in the _______.

  1. 17th century

  2. 18th century

  3. 19th century

  4. 20th century


Correct Option: C

Anatomically, modern humans called __________. 

  1. Homo erectus

  2. Homo sapiens

  3. Homo habils

  4. Hominid


Correct Option: B

Who discovered the Paleolithic tools at Pallavaram near Chennai for the first time?

  1. Howard Carter

  2. Mary Leakey

  3. Sir Robert Bruce Foote

  4. Charles Lyell


Correct Option: C

The Iron Age is also known as ________.

  1. Microlith

  2. Megalith

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

__________ were considered the Madras Stone Tool Industry.

  1. Hammers

  2. Hand axe assemblages

  3. Blade Cores

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B

Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a famous geologist belonged to ______.

  1. Russia

  2. Germany

  3. England

  4. France


Correct Option: C

The period before introduction of writing is called ________.

  1. Medieval history

  2. Ancient history

  3. Modern history

  4. Prehistory


Correct Option: D