Pre-historical Sites & Ancient Rajasthan MCQ — 188 Practice Questions with Answers

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Kalibangan has yielded the earliest evidence of a ploughed field in the world. The field shows a crisscross pattern of furrows, indicating that two crops were grown simultaneously, one along the furrows and another across them.

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The Bairat temple (Bijak-ki-Pahari) is the earliest known circular Buddhist shrine in India, built in the 3rd century BCE during Ashoka's reign. It had 26 octagonal wooden pillars arranged in a circle around a central stupa.

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Statement 1 is incorrect because the corpus directly associates Black and Red Ware with Ahar-Banas. Statement 2 is correct because it is described as the hallmark pottery. Statement 3 is correct because the corpus states that it was made by the inverted firing technique.

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The Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic culture is dated to around c. 2300-1500 BCE, making it contemporary with the Indus Valley Civilization. It represents one of the earliest agricultural and metal-using communities in southeastern Rajasthan.

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Statement 1 is correct because Kalibangan yielded seven fire altars in a row on a platform, arranged north-south. Statement 2 is correct because Bagore on the Kothari river in Bhilwara is associated with early animal domestication evidence around 5000 BCE. Statement 3 is correct because Balathal in Vallabhnagar tehsil of Udaipur district is described as the earliest known fortified Ahar-Banas settlement. Statement 4 is incorrect because Gilund is on the Banas river in Rajsamand district, not on the Chambal in Kota.