CBSE Class 11 History From the Beginning of Time MCQs

Question. Population pressure in some areas increased due to the
(a) end of ice age.
(b) change in climate.
(c) increase in food availability.
(d) domestication.

Answer :  C

Question. Under which one of the following treaties was Greece recognised as a an independent nation?
(a) Treaty of Vienna
(b) Treaty of Versailles
(c) Treaty of St. Germain
(d) Treaty of Constantinople of 1832

Answer :  D

Question. What is the base of the classification of fossils of early humans?
(a) Bone Structure
(b) DNA
(c) Muscle Structure
(d) None of the above

Answer :  A

Question. The name of a hunting-gathering society living in Kalahari’ Desert was
(a) Chesowanja
(b) Pred mosti
(c) Kung-san
(d) Schoningen

Answer :  C

Question. Anthropologist is a specialist who
(a) Studies the social traits and behaviour.
(b) Studies human culture and societies as well as evolutionary aspects of human biology.
(c) Studies the general policies and ethics adopted by the society.
(d) Studies the ancient remains and antique.

Answer :  B

Question. Zagros mountains, which form one limit of the Fertile Crescent, is situated in:
(a) Egypt.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Iran.
(d) Syria.

Answer :  C

Question. In the Eastern Hadza community, the lands belonged to
(a) Women
(b) Headmen
(c) Clan
(d) No one

Answer :  D

Question. Hominids immigrated from Africa to Asia during the period
(a) 5.6mya
(b) 0.8mya
(c) 2.0 – 1.5mya
(d) 2.2 – 2.0mya.

Answer :  C

Question. Long forelimbs, Curved hand and foot bones, and mobile ankle joints helped ______ to live on trees.
(a) Hominidae
(b) Neanderthal
(c) Hominoids
(d) Australopithecus

Answer :  D

Question. Anthropologist is a specialist who
(a) Studies the social traits and behaviour.
(b) Studies human culture and societies as well as evolutionary aspects of human biology.
(c) Studies the general policies and ethics adopted by the society.
(d) Studies the ancient remains and antique.

Answer :  B

Question. Who, among the following, was the architect of the process of ‘National Unification’ of Prussia ?
(a) Matternich
(b) Guiseppe Mazzini
(c) Victor Emmanuel
(d) Otto von Bismarck

Answer :  C

Question. The Hominids survived for about:
(a) 1 Million years
(b) 2 Million years
(c) 3 Million years
(d) 4 Million years

Answer :  A

Question. The name of a hunting-gathering society living in Kalahari’ Desert was
(a) Chesowanja
(b) Pred mosti
(c) Kung-san
(d) Schoningen

Answer :  C

Question. The Hominids belong to a family which is known as _____
(a) Hominidae
(b) Neanderthal
(c) Clan
(d) Australopithecus

Answer :  A

Question. Period of Homo erectus, archaicHomosapiens, Neanderthals, homo sapiens sapiens is –
(a) 5mya to lmya
(b) 60,000 years ago
(c) lmya to 40,000 years ago
(d) 40,000 years ago.

Answer :  C

Question. The earliest fossils from Europe are attributed to
(a) Australopithecus
(b) Homo Heidelbergensis
(c) Homo Habilis
(d) Homo erectus

Answer :  B

Question. The name of a hunting-gathering society living in Kalahari’ Desert was-
(a) Chesowanja
(b) Pred mosti
(c) Kung-san
(d) Schoningen

Answer :  C

Question. The earliest fossils from Europe are attributed to
(a) Australopithecus
(b) Homo Heidelbergensis
(c) Homo Habilis
(d) Homo erectus

Answer :  B

Question. Foraging means
(a) to adapt
(b) to search for food
(c) to migrate
(d) to shift

Answer :  B