Category: General Knowledge Quizzes

Attirampakkam Stone-Age Quiz | Acheulean & Early Humans

Q1. Attirampakkam is located on which South Indian river’s floodplain?
A. Krishna
B. Palar
C. Godavari
D. Kaveri
Answer: B. Palar

Q2. The oldest Acheulean tools at Attirampakkam date back to roughly how many years ago?
A. 65,000
B. 385,000
C. 150,000
D. 1.5 million
Answer: D. 1.5 million

Q3. Which dating method was primarily used to establish the age of Attirampakkam’s earliest tools?
A. Radiocarbon
B. Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL)
C. Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating
D. Dendrochronology
Answer: C. Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating

Q4. Which hominin species is most likely linked to the earliest tools at Attirampakkam?
A. Homo habilis
B. Homo erectus
C. Homo sapiens
D. Homo neanderthalensis
Answer: B. Homo erectus

Quiz questions and answers on Bhimbetka, Attirampakkam & Belan Valley

Q1. When was the Bhimbetka rock shelter site first scientifically discovered and reported?
A. 1863 by Robert Bruce Foote
B. 1957 by V. S. Wakankar
C. 1888 as a Buddhist site
D. 1971 by Archaeological Survey of India
Answer: B. 1957 by V. S. Wakankar

Q2. How many rock shelters have been identified at the Bhimbetka complex?
A. 243 shelters
B. 500 shelters
C. Over 750 shelters
D. 178 shelters
Answer: C. Over 750 shelters

Q3. In which year did Bhimbetka receive UNESCO World Heritage Site status?
A. 1999
B. 2001
C. 2003
D. 2005
Answer: C. 2003

Q4. The Bhimbetka rock shelters are located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
A. Bhopal district
B. Raisen district
C. Hoshangabad district
D. Vidisha district
Answer: B. Raisen district