2012 December UGC NET Solved Question Paper in Archaeology Paper 2
1. How would a carved damaged part of gateway of Sanchi Stupa will be restored?
(A) The portion will be plastered.
(B) The portion will be replaced by a matching carved block.
(C) The part will be replaced by a plain similar piece of stone.
(D) Would be cleaned and left as it is.
Answer: (C)
2. Villafranchian fauna is of
(A) Upper Palaeolithic period
(B) Wurm Ice Age
(C) Early Holocene period
(D) Lower Pleistocene period
Answer: (D)
3. The method to study functions of Stone Age tool is
(A) Stratigraphy
(B) Micro-wear study
(C) Flaking experiments
(D) Typology
Answer: (B)www.netugc.com
4. Wurm I & II stadials’ culture is
(A) Acheulian
(B) Mousterian
(C) Oldowan
(D) Perigordian
Answer: (B)
5. Earliest rock paintings are found at
(A) Altamira
(B) Bhimbethka
(C) La Moustier Cave
(D) Laharia-dih rock shelter
Answer: (A)
6. Which method would be suitable for determining the dating of baked clay remains?
(A) Carbon – 14
(B) Potassium Argon
(C) Pollen analysis
(D) Thermo luminescence
Answer: (D)
7. At what site a seal of Persian Gulf origin has been found?
(A) Rangpur
(B) Dholavira
(C) Lothal
(D) Kalibangan
Answer: (B)
8. At which site, overlap of Harappan and Painted Grey ware culture has been unearthed?
(A) Ropar
(B) Bhagwanpura
(C) Sardarnagar
(D) Atranjikhera
Answer: (B)
9. At which site Micaceous Red ware was found for the first time?
(A) Prabhas Patan
(B) Lothal
(C) Padri
(D) Langhnaj
Answer: (B)
10. Which method will be most suitable for the interpretation of socioeconomic life of archaeological culture?
(A) Ethno-archaeology
(B) Experimental archaeology
(C) Typology
(D) Stratigraphy
Answer: (A)
11. Which site in India has revealed evidence for earliest huts?
(A) Hunsgi
(B) Paisra
(C) Chirki-Nevara
(D) Didwana
Answer: (B)
12. Which of the following scholars is not the author of book entitled ‘Indian Palaeography’?
(A) G. Buhler
(B) A.H. Dani
(C) R.B. Pande
(D) D.C. Sircar
Answer: (D)
13. The Ashokan edict mentions the name of Kumar Samvasa is
(A) Maski
(B) Gujarra
(C) Sannati
(D) Pangurariya
Answer: (D)
14. Titles “Maharaja-Rajatirajadevaputrasa- Kaisaras’ of Kushana ruler Kanishka is recorded in
(A) Sui-Vihara Copper-plate Inscription of Kanishka I : Year 11
(B) Mathura pedestal Inscription of Kanishka I : year 23
(C) Ara Stone Inscription of Kanishka II : Year 41
(D) Mathura pedestal Inscription of Vasudeva : Year 80
Answer: (C)
15. The Aihole Inscription of Pulkesin II was composed by
(A) Ravikirti
(B) Dhanneka
(C) Harishena
(D) Apyayika
Answer: (A)
16. In which cave of Ajanta the portrait of ‘Bodhisatva Padmapani Avalokiteshwara’ is painted?
(A) Cave I
(B) Cave IX
(C) Cave XVI
(D) Cave XVII
Answer: (A)
17. Panchavrishna Vira icons are related to which religious sect?
(A) Shaivism
(B) Jainism
(C) Vaishnavism
(D) Buddhism
Answer: (C)
Answer: (A)
19. Gandhara Art was influenced by
(A) Mesopotamian art
(B) Egyptian art
(C) Central Asian art
(D) Greco-Roman art
Answer: (D)
20. Which of the following deities is not depicted on the coins of Kanishka I?
(A) Buddha
(B) Maitreya Buddha
(C) Amitabha Buddha
(D) Mahasena
Answer: (D)
21. Match the following sites of List – I with the name of the excavators of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Kuchai i. S.R. Rao
b. Lothal ii. B.K. Thapar
c. Kausambi iii. B.B. Lal
d. Sringaverapur iv. G.R. Sharma
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii i iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer: (C)
22. Match the following excavated remains of List – I with the sites of finding of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Dancing Girl of Bronze i. Kailibangan
b. Ploughed field ii. Lothal
c. Water management iii. Dholavira
d. Dock-yard iv. Mohenjodaro
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (C)
23. Match the following cultures of List – I with the human forms associated with thereof List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Auraiganacian i. Cro-Magnon
b. Solutrean ii. Predmost
c. Magdalenian iii. Chancelade
d. Mesolithic iv. Ofnet
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer: (B)
24. Match the following ancient places of List – I with the places of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Bagor i. Dhar
b. Baghpat ii. Bhilwara
c. Bagh Caves iii. Mahendragarh
d. Badli iv. Meerut
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (A)
25. Match the following sites in List – I with those regions of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Bahadarabad i. Rohtak
b. Bara ii. Kutch
c. Desalpur iii. Rupnagar
d. Bahadurgarh iv. Saharanpur
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (D)
26. Match the following places in List – I with those of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Siswal i. Kutch
b. Lal Qila ii. Hissar
c. Saipai iii. Bulandsahar
d. Surkotada iv. Etawah
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii i iii iv
Answer: (A)
27. Match the items of List – I with those of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Virupaksha Temple i. Chandella
b. Sun Temple ii. Hoysalas
c. Lakshamana Temple iii. Vijayanagara
d. Channakeshava Temple iv. Gangas
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer: (C)
28. Match the items of List – I with those of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Parkham Yaksha i. Elephanta
b. Dancing Natraja ii. Sanchi
c. Trimurti iii. Mathura
d. Shalabhanjika Sculpture iv. Madurai
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv iii i ii
Answer: (B)
29. Match the items of List – I with those of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Gupta Gold Coins i. Badami
b. Satavahana Coins ii. Jogalthambi
c. Maues’s coins iii. Bayana
d. Chalukya coins iv. Kapisa
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer: (D)
30. Match the books of List – I with the authors of List – II :
List – I List – II
a. Archaeology from Earth i. B. Allchin &F.R. Allchin
b. Personality of India ii. M. Wheeler
c. The Rise ofCivilization iii. B.B. Lal
d. Saraswati Flows on iv. B. Subbarao
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer: (C)
31. Match the items of List – I with those of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Vikrama era i. 57-56 B.C.
b. Gupta- Valabhi era ii. 78 C.E.
c. Kalachuri- Chedi era iii. 248-49 C.E.
d. Saka era iv. 319 C.E.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iv iii ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv ii iii is
Answer: (A)
32. Match the inscription of List – I with the poet of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Allahabad Pillar i. Baladitya
b. Aihole Pillar ii. Vasula
c. Mandsaur Pillar iii. Ravikirti
d. Gwalior Stone iv. Harishena
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Answer: (C)
33. Match the following structures of List – I with the site of their finding in List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Dockyard i. Lothal
b. Large Tank ii. Sringverapur
c. Apsidal Temple iii. Sankh
d. Chakra Shaped Stupa iv. Nagarjunakonda
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer: (B)www.netugc.com
34. Match the following prehistoric phases of List – I with the sites of their finding of List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Middle Palaeolithic i. Patne
b. Upper Palaeolithic ii. Nevasa
c. Mesolithic iii. Koldihwa
d. Neolithic iv. Sarai-Nahar- Rai
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (A)
35. Arrange the following sites in chronological order:
(i) Terra Amata
(ii) La Micoque
(iii) Abri Pataud
(iv) La Vallonet
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(B) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
Answer: (B)
36. Arrange in chronological order the following cultures:
(i) Ahar Culture
(ii) Nevasian Culture
(iii) Narhan Culture
(iv) Nal Culture
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
Answer: (C)
37. Chronologically arrange the cultural sequence of the following sites:
(i) Ahar
(ii) Birbhanpur
(iii) Gufkral
(iv) Sravasti
Codes:
(A) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
Answer: (B)
38. Arrange the following tools in the chronology of their prevalence:
(i) Cleaver
(ii) Lunate
(iii) Shouldered axe
(iv) Chopper
Codes:
(A) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(B) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(C) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
Answer: (C)
39. Arrange the following sites in chronological order on the basis of their culture remains:
(i) Tilwada
(ii) Chirki-Nevasa
(iii) Mayurbhanj
(iv) Guler
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(D) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
Answer: (D)
40. Arrange the following discoveries of archaeological importance in the order of their findings in chronology:
(i) Cleaver at Pallavaram
(ii) Flake tools at Nevasa
(iii) City complex at Shishupalgarh
(iv) PGW at Hastinapur
Codes:
(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(B) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
Answer: (A)
41. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Punch Marked Coins
(ii) Varah type coins
(iii) Coins of Arjunayanas
(iv) Coins of Nahapana
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
Answer: (A)
42. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Sculpture of Ravan Shaking Kailasa
(ii) Sculpture of Sirima Devata
(iii) Kalyanasundara Murti
(iv) Sun icon in Paryankalalitasana
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(B) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(C) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(D) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
Answer: (A)
43. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Uniformity in the width of letter
(ii) Formation of acute-angle
(iii) Beginning of head-mark
(iv) Formation of heal line covering the entire letter
Codes:
(A) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(C) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(D) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
Answer: (C)
44. Arrange the achievements of Kharavela in chronological order:
(i) Terrorised the rulers of North India
(ii) Western campaign against Satakarni
(iii) Campaign against Rajagriha
(iv) Performed Rajasuya Yajna
Codes:
(A) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(B) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
Answer: (C)
45. Assertion (A): Mesolithic paved the foundation for food production, mainly domestication of plants and animals.
Reason (R): Adaptability of Mesolithic man to Holocene climate resulted in population growth, thus scarcity of natural resources.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) & (R) are false.
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(C) (A) is partly correct, but (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Answer: (D)
46. Assertion (A): The forms of Ashokan Brahmi alphabets show some variations.
Reason (R): The regional effect in Brahmi script was developed during Mauryan period.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer: (A)
47. Assertion (A): Besnagar pillar inscription of Heliodorus does not provide evidence for the Bhagavata cult at an early time.
Reason (R): Bhagavata cult, which was earlier prevalent in Mathura and Gapadri region, became popular in Besnagar with the influence of Guptas.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer: (D)
48. Assertion (A): Art of cave painting was introduced by the Gupta rulers only.
Reason (R): It was not known during the other periods of Indian History.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) and (R) both are correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (C)
49. Assertion (A): Panchayatana type of temple architecture was introduced during the period of Gupta rulers.
Reason (R): The rulers of other dynasties have not followed this style.
Codes:www.netugc.com
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) and (R) both are correct.
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
(D) (A) and (R) both are false.
Answer: (A)
50. This Early Indus stage is in every way the formative period of the civilization, when a continuing expansion of population, increase in trade and contracts of all kinds throughout the whole area, and the beginnings of a unified ‘Indus’ ideology began to appear. This is the so-called ‘Kot Dijian’ culture. What led to the emergence around 2550 B.C. of Mature Indus urbanism is not yet firmly established, but the change involved the almost simultaneous appearance of seals and inscriptions carrying a uniform script and iconography, and evidence of a new and unprecedented level of trade and communication throughout the whole Indus region.
Tick mark the correct answer.
The author is primarily concerned with
(A) Enumerating features of Kotdijian culture.
(B) Extent of Mature Harappa Culture.
(C) Nature of Kotdijian trade and commerce.
(D) Beginning of the main elements of Harappa civilization.
Answer: (D)