Multiple choice questions ( 100 Most Important MCQs) Grade 9 – Chapter 4 Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation (NCERT)
Instructions: Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D).
Answer key is provided at the end.
1. Which of the following statements are
correct?
I. Brahmi inscription is found on
railing around the stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
II. Pre-Harappan
phase began between 7000 and 5500 BCE.
III. The
Bronze Age Sindhu–Sarasvatī civilisation developed around 5500 BCE.
IV. Evidence
of early Harappan bead production is found from Kunal in Haryana and Datrana in
Gujarat.
(A) I, II and III (B)
I, II and IV (C) I,
III and IV (D) II, III, IV
2. The Harappan script is also referred as
(A) Brahmi lipi (B) Sindhu lipi (C) Cuneiform (D) Hieroglyphic
3. Which early writing system was used by the Sumerians?
(A) Brahmi (B) Hieroglyphic
(C) Cuneiform (D) Logographic
4. Which of the following provides the most
appropriate sequence of events in the context of the Human ancestors?
(A) Homo habilis –
Homo erectus – Homo neanderthalensis – Homo sapiens
(B)
Australopithecines– Homo sapiens– Homo erectus – Primate
(C)
Australopithecines– Homo erectus – Primate– Homo sapiens
(D) Homo habilis–
Homo sapiens – Australopithecines– Homo erectus
5. Brahmi was used from about:
(A) 400 BCE (B) 400 CE (C) 900 BCE (D) 700 BCE
6. Brahmi script was later formalised by Emperor Aśhoka in the
(A) 1st century CE (B) 3rd century BCE
(C) 5th century BCE (D) 2nd century CE
7. A tour of your school involved a visit to four countries. It first went to known as the ‘fertile crescent’,
due to their high agricultural potential. It then travelled to the area where Hittites Indo-European
people established a powerful empire,followed by a visit to the country where oracle carvings
on bone was done and finally reaching an area about which Akkadian king, Sargon, talked about
Mesopotamian trade with Meluhha.
The correct sequence of the countries visited would be:
(A*) Egypt – Turky – China and India (B) Germany – Italy – Austria and France
(C)
Egypt – Germany – Italy and India (D)
China– Italy – France and Egypt
8. Read the statements and select the
correct answer from the options given below.
Statement-I :
Early humans evolved in Africa and gradually migrated to different parts of the
world.
Statement-II: It is generally agreed that our earliest ancestors evolved and lived in Africa and began
to move out of the continent around 2 million years ago.
(A) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is false
(B) Statement-I is False, Statement-II is true
(C) Both Statement are True and Statement-II provides
explanation to Statement-I
(D) Both Statements are True and Statement-II does not provide explanation to Statement-I
9.The Quaternary Period covers roughly the last
(A) 26 lakh years ago (B) 500 years ago
(C) 5000 years only ago (D) 100 million years ago
10. More than what percentage of human history falls in the period from about 3
million to 5000 years ago?
(A)
10% (B) 50% (C) 75% (D)
99%
11. The first metal discovered by humans was ______
(A) iron (B) copper (C) silver (D) tin
12. Dating events in early human history is generally:
(A) Always exact (B) Approximate
(C)
Impossible (D) Based only on written dates
13. A hominin includes:
(A)
Only modern humans
(B)
Modern humans and early human-like ancestors
(C)
Only animals species
(D)
Only plants species
14. Homo erectus refers to an:
(A)
Upright or bipedal human ancestor (B) Egyptian ruler
(C)
Mesopotamian priest (D) Early oracles
15.
Our earliest ancestors are generally agreed to have evolved in:
(A)
Europe (B) Africa (C) China (D) Australia
16.
The first hominin to exit Africa, according to the majority of historians, was:
(A)
Homo sapiens (B)
Homo habilis
(C)
Homo erectus (D)
Homo neanderthalensis
17.
The earliest stone tools used by early man dates to about:
(A)
3.3 million years ago (B)
12,000 years ago
(C)
7000 BCE (D)
600 BCE
18. Homo erectus began moving out of Africa around:
(A)
2 million years ago (B)
12,000 years ago
(C)
4000 BCE (D)
300,000 years ago
19.
Pithecus:
(A)
Homo erectus (B) Homo
sapiens
(C)
Primates (D)
7000 BCE
20.
Early humans came to be known as hominins because they were:
(A)
Tool makers (B)
builders
(C)
Metal workers (D)
only hunters
21.
Tools were sometimes called extra-corporal limbs because they:
(A)
Were made of metal
(B)
Functioned as extensions of the human body
(C)
Were used only in rituals
(D)
Were buried with rulers
22.
Archaeologists learn about early humans from:
(A)
Tools, bones and other objects (B) Only
legends
(C)
Only modern maps (D) Only
written laws
23.
Archaeologists also experiment by:
(A)
Making and using similar tools (B) Changing
ancient dates
(C)
Writing new scripts (D) Building
pyramids
(A)
Handy man (B) Upright
man
(C)
Wise man (D) Modern
farmer
25.
Homo habilis lived especially in:
(A)
Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and Kenya (B) The Nile Delta
(C)
Northern China (D) Southern Iraq
26.
Homo erectus is associated with the invention of:
(A)
Handaxes and cleavers (B) Papyrus
(C)
Bronze vessels (D) Paper currency
27.
Homo neanderthalensis lived in Europe and Southwest Asia until about:
(A)
40,000 years ago (B) 2 million years ago
(C)
7000 BCE (D) 600 BCE
28.
The only human species living today on Earth is:
(A)
Homo habilis (B)
Homo erectus
(C)
Homo neanderthalensis (D) Homo
sapiens
29.
A fossil is:
(A)
A preserved remain, trace or impression from the distant past
(B)
A modern tool
(C)
A written law
(D)
A type of pottery
30.
The Stone Age is broadly divided into:
(A)
Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic (B) Bronze, Iron and
Copper
(C)
Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian (D) Old, Middle and New
Kingdom
31.
Palaeolithic means:
(A)
Old Stone Age (B) New Stone Age
(C)
Copper and Stone Age (D) Iron Age
32.
The main lifestyle of Palaeolithic people was:
(A)
Hunting and gathering (B) Urban trade
(C)
Industrial production (D) Paper making
33.
The Mesolithic period was characterised by the use of:
(A)
Microlithic tools (B)
Iron weapons
(C)
Paper currency (D)
Bronze statues
34.
The Mesolithic period was a transitional phase between:
(A)
Hunting-gathering and agriculture (B) Bronze and Iron
(C)
Writing and printing (D) Villages and empires
(A)
New Stone Age (B)
Old Stone Age
(C)
Iron Age (D)
Bronze Age
36.
A hallmark of the Neolithic Revolution was:
(A)
Domestication of selected animals and plants (B)
Invention of cuneiform
(C)
Construction of pyramids (D)
Use of paper currency
37.
Neolithic farmers made tools mainly for:
(A)
Food production and processing (B)
Only hunting large animals
(C)
Writing laws (D)
Building ships
38.
The Neolithic period saw the establishment of:
(A)
First village settlements (B)
First modern factories
(C)
First paper currency (D)
First Roman roads
39.
The transition to agriculture occurred:
(A)
At the same time everywhere
(B)
At different periods in different areas
(C)
Only in Egypt
(D)
Only in India
40.
The oldest Neolithic site in the northwest Indian subcontinent is:
(A)
Mehrgarh (B) Dholavira (C) Lothal (D)
Bhimbetka
41. Mehrgarh is located on the:
(A)
Bolan River (B)
Nile River (C) Yangtze River (D)
Tigris River
42.
Mehrgarh dates back to about:
(A)
7000 BCE (B)
600 BCE (C) 1600 BCE (D)
3200 BCE
(A)
Wheat and barley (B) Rice only
(C)
Pearl millet only (D) Maize
44.
The people of Mehrgarh raised:
(A)
Sheep, goats and Indian cattle (B) Horses only
(C)
Camels only (D) Elephants only
45.
Mehrgarh people were among the first in the subcontinent to make:
(A)
Copper objects (B)
Paper (C) Iron swords (D) Silk
46.
The Chalcolithic period involved the use of:
(A)
Copper along with stone tools (B) Iron alone
(C)
Bronze alone (D) Wood alone
(A)
Mixing copper and tin to make bronze (B) Using only stone
tools
(C)
Using paper currency (D) Avoiding trade
48.
The Early Harappan stage shows continuity in:
(A)
Pottery, beads, shell bangles, terracotta objects and copper working
(B)
Only iron tools
(C)
Only papyrus
(D)
Only pyramids
49.
The Early Harappan phase probably saw beginnings of:
(A)
Perimeter walls, seals and Harappan script (B) Civil service exams
(C)
Pyramids and mummification (D) Cuneiform and ziggurats
50.
Kalibangan provides evidence of:
(A)
A ploughed field with double-crop furrows (B) The Rosetta Stone
(C)
A Great Wall (D)
A ziggurat
51.
Harappan smaller weights followed a:
(A)
Binary multiple system (B) Roman
numeral system
(C)
Only Decimal system (D) Base-60 system
52.
Harappan larger weight denominations used:
(A)
Multiples of ten (B)
Multiples of three
(C)
Only fractions (D) Base 60
53.
The four major early world civilisations discussed emerged in:
(A)
Fertile river plains (B) Deserts
only
(C)
Mountain peaks (D) Island
chains
54.
Mesopotamian civilisation developed around the:
(A)
Euphrates and Tigris (B) Nile and Yangtze
(C)
Indus and Nile (D) Huang He and Ganga
55.
Egyptian civilisation developed along the:
(A)
Nile (B) Tigris (C) Yangtze (D)
Sarasvati
56.
Chinese civilisation flourished along the:
(A)
Huang He and Yangtze (B)
Nile and Tigris
(C)
Indus and Sarasvati (D)
Euphrates and Nile
57.
Mesopotamia means:
(A)
Land in between (B)
Land of pyramids (C) Black
land (D) New stone
58.
The earliest city-based civilisation among the four emerged in:
(A)
Mesopotamia (B)
Egypt (C) China (D) India
(A)
Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian
(B)
Egyptian, Roman, Greek and Chinese
(C)
Harappan, Egyptian, Qin and Han
(D)
Sumerian, Egyptian, Zhou and Mauryan
60.
The Sumerians first developed city-based civilisation at:
(A)
Ur and other cities in Sumer (B)
Giza (C) Mehrgarh (D) Anyang
61.
The Sumerians were first to build:
(A)
Dams and canals for irrigation (B) Pyramids
(C)
The Great Wall (D) Paper currency
62.
A ziggurat was a:
(A)
Stepped pyramid-shaped temple (B)
Burial chamber
(C)
Canal (D)
Writing tablet
63.
Sumerians worshipped:
(A)
Multiple gods (B) Only one god
(C)
No gods (D) Only ancestors
64.
Economic activities in Sumerian cities were closely tied to:
(A)
Temple authority (B) Private banks
(C)
Universities (D) Military camps
65.
Sumerian cities included professionals such as:
(A)
Merchants and traders (B) Only farmers
(C)
Only priests (D) Only soldiers
66.
The Sumerians began writing around:
(A)
3200 BCE (B)
400 BCE (C) 600 BCE (D) 7000 BCE
67.
Sumerian writing is called cuneiform because of its:
(A)
Wedge-shaped marks (B) Circular symbols
(C)
Animal pictures only (D) Colourful ink
68. Cuneiform was pressed onto:
(A)
Soft clay tablets (B) Papyrus sheets
(C)
Stone pyramids (D) Silk cloth
69.
Cuneiform scribes enjoyed:
(A)
High status in society (B) No social status
(C)
Only military status (D) Slave status
70. Sumerian cuneiform was widely used throughout Mesopotamia by:
(A)
3000 BCE (B) 7000 BCE (C)
400 BCE (D) 1600 CE
71.
Sumerians invented the:
(A)
Wheeled cart and sailboat (B) Compass
and telescope
(C)
Paper and printing press (D) Steam engine and
railway
72.
The Sumerian number system was based on:
(A)
60 (B)
10 (C) 5 (D)
2
73.
The Akkadians and Sumerians used the same:
(A)
Cuneiform script (B)
Brahmi script
(C)
Hieroglyphic script (D)
Chinese logographic script
74.
The Akkadian empire emerged in:
(A)
2334 BCE (B) 1792 BCE (C)
600 BCE (D) 1600 BCE
*75.
The Akkadian language was:
(A)
Different from Sumerian (B)
Identical to Sumerian
(C)
A Chinese language (D) An
Egyptian script
76. Which of the
following statements regarding Harappan script are correct?
I. Harappans used a
pictographic script for writing.
II. Harappans used sharp wedge-shaped reeds
III. The cuneiform writing system was contemporary to the Harappan script.
IV. Harappan script has not yet been deciphered.
(A) I and II (B)
I, III and IV (C) II
and III (D) III and IV
77.
Dilmun is identified with present-day:
(A)
Bahrain (B) Turkey (C)
Egypt (D) India
78.
Magan is identified with:
(A)
Oman peninsula (B) China (C)
Egypt (D) Pakistan
79.
The Assyrian civilisation was centred on:
(A)
Assur (B)
Ur (C) Akkad (D) Giza
80.
Babylonia gained dominance in central Mesopotamia from:
(A)
1900 BCE onwards (B)
7000 BCE onwards
(C)
600 BCE onwards (D)
1600 CE onwards
*81.
Hammurabi ascended in:
(A)
1792 BCE (B)
2334 BCE (C)
2154 BCE (D)
221 BCE
82.
Hammurabi is famous for compiling the:
(A)
Code of Hammurabi (B) Epic of
Gilgamesh
(C)
Rosetta Stone (D) Great
Wall
83.
The Hittites established a powerful empire in:
(A)
Anatolia (B) Egypt (C) China (D) Sindhu valley
(A)
Papyrus records (B)
Only bronze weapons
(C)
Only cave paintings (D)
Only oral traditions
85.
Papyrus was made from:
(A)
The inner trunk of the papyrus plant (B) Silk fibres
(C)
Animal bones (D)
Clay
86.
The Papyrus Ebers lists more than:
(A)
700 cures and spells (B) 70
laws (C) 7000 kings (D)
100 calendars
87.
The Rosetta Stone was found in Egypt in:
(A)
1799 (B) 182 (C)
1900 (D) 1600
88.
Jean-François Champollion deciphered the Egyptian script in:
(A)
1822 (B) 1799 (C) 3200 BCE (D)
600 BCE
89.
The Egyptian calendar had:
(A)
Three seasons of four months each (B) Four seasons of three months
each
(C)
Two seasons (D)
Six seasons
90.
The Egyptian calendar was based on the rising of:
(A)
Sirius (B) Polaris (C) Venus (D)
Mars
91.
Egyptian land was called Kemet, meaning:
(A)
The black (B) The red (C) The fertile (D)
The sacred
92.
The annual Nile floods deposited rich mud called:
(A)
Kemet (B) Papyrus (C) Natron (D)
Ka
93.
The Egyptian rulers were called:
(A)
Pharaohs (B) Consuls (C)
Emperors (D) Scribes
94.
A mastaba was:
(A)
A rectangular structure over a burial chamber (B)
A writing tablet
(C)
A temple staircase (D)
A water reservoir
95.
The Step Pyramid mentioned in the chapter is at:
(A)
Saqqara (B) Ur (C)
Dholavira (D) Harappa
96.
Egyptians believed a person's ka was:
(A)
A spiritual double (B)
A writing system
(C)
A type of grain (D)
A government official
97.
Mummification was intended to help preserve:
(A)
The body after death (B)
Papyrus (C) Canals (D) Crops
(A)
Heart (B) Liver (C) Lungs (D)
Stomach
99.
The Sed festival marked:
(A)
A king's 30th year on the throne (B)
The first harvest
(C)
The Nile's first flood (D)
The start of the Bronze Age
(A)
Own property and run businesses (B)
Never own property
(C)
Only serve as priests (D)
Not participate in trade
ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. B 3. C
4. A 5. A 6. B
7. A 8. C 9. A
10. D
11. B 12. B 13. B
14. A 15. B 16. C
17. A 18. A 19. C
20. A
21. B 22. A 23. A
24. A 25. A 26. A
27. A 28. D 29. A
30. A
31. A 32. A 33. A
34. A 35. A 36. A
37. A 38. A 39. B
40. A
41. A 42. A 43. A
44. A 45. A 46. A
47. A 48. A 49. A
50. A
51. A 52. A 53. A
54. A 55. A 56. A
57. A 58. A 59. A
60. A
61. A 62. A 63. A
64. A 65. A 66. A
67. A 68. A 69. A
70. A
71. A 72. A 73. A
74. A 75. A 76. B
77. A 78. A 79. A
80. A
81. A 82. A 83. A
84. A 85. A 86. A
87. A 88. A 89. A
90. A
91. A 92. A 93. A
94. A 95. A 96. A
97. A 98. A 99. A
100. A
.
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