| Post Name | Curator SR for SC/ST - Archaeology |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 124/2025/OL |
| Category Code | 528/2024 |
| Date of Test | 6 November 2025 |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Which of the following can serve as a suitable counter-argument to question the recently published AMS dates suggesting the earliest evidence for iron use at Adichanallur and Sivagalai in Tamil Nadu?
Answer
B. The dates of the burial or habitation context may differ from the date of the charcoal sample.
2
The Palaeolithic site of Attirampakkam is situated along a meandering tributary of which river?
Answer
D. Kortallaiyar
3
The hallmark of NBPW pottery is its
Answer
B. Lustrous mirror-like finish
4
At early iron-smelting or copper-smelting sites, a tuyère is identified as
Answer
D. A ceramic blowtube used to direct air into the furnace
5
Identify the correct statement regarding the Levallois technique
Answer
B. It involves the production of flakes from a prepared stone core.
6
Who were the first to report the Sohanian culture?
Answer
A. H. de Terra and T.T. Paterson
7
Which of the following statements about Archaeology is the most correct?
Answer
C. The primary concern of Archaeology is the study of material remains to understand past human activities
8
The ancient DNA evidence suggesting indigenous ancestry for the Harappans, with minimal Iranian genetic input, was obtained from which site?
Answer
C. Rakhigarhi
9
From which type of context have most Copper Hoard objects been recovered?
Answer
D. Accidental finds during non-archaeological activities such as field ploughing and land levelling.
10
From which site Painted Grey Ware (PGW) was recognised in a stratified context in 1946?
Answer
A. Ahichchhatra
11
Which of the following statements most appropriately describes the Iron Age culture of Southern India?
Answer
C. A cultural phase characterized by the use of iron, the presence of Black and Red Ware pottery and burials marked by large stone monuments.
12
Which among the following was the first Megalithic burial site in India to be excavated and reported by J. Babington?
Answer
B. Chattanparamba
13
Which of the following statements best describes a backed scraper?
Answer
C. A flaked stone tool with one sharp working edge and a thick, blunt edge that is intentionally retouched or dulled to provide a better grip during use.
14
Which of the following statements about Bhimbetka is correct?
Answer
C. Bhimbetka shows evidence of prehistoric habitation, rock art and cultural continuity over millennia.
15
Who is the author of the influential book Analytical Archaeology published in 1968?
Answer
B. David L. Clarke
16
The excavation at which site revealed the stratigraphic overlap of Bara-style pottery and PGW, providing a key for dating the origin of PGW culture?
Answer
C. Bhagwanpura
17
Who was the first to point out the South Indian Neolithic ashmounds as burnt cow dung, based on chemical analysis of ash samples?
Answer
A. Robert Bruce Foote
18
Who succeeded Alexander Cunningham as the second Director- General of the Archaeological Survey of India?
Answer
A. James Burgess
19
Which of the following statements best describes the significance of stratigraphy in Archaeology?
Answer
C. It helps establish the relative chronology of artefacts and features within different layers of a site.
20
What is the term for the process of extracting iron metal from its ore?
Answer
A. Smelting
21
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Answer
C. തരിസാ��ി ശാസനം
22
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Answer
B. �നിയറ
23
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Answer
A. െകാ���ർ
24
േകരള�ിൽ നി� ലഭി� േറാമൻ സ�ർ� നാണയേമത്?
Answer
C. ഔേറ�സ്
25
'ആനേമെല���ി�്' ഏ� മത�ിൻെറ ആചാരമായി��?
Answer
A. ��മതം
26
'ലീലാതിലകം' രചി�െ�� ��ാ�്
Answer
C. AD 14-ാം ��ാ�്
27
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Answer
C. തി�നിഴൽമാല
28
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Answer
C. ന��ാടികൾ
29
�ാചീന േകരള�ിെല ക�ൽ നിർ�ാണേക�മായ 'ക�ിൽ' എ� നഗരെ��റി�് പരാമർശ�� �തിേയത്?
Answer
B. പ��ർ�ാ�്
30
മലയാള�ിൽ �ർ�മാ�ം അ�ടി�് �സി�ീകരി� ആദ� ��കേമത്?
Answer
D. സംേ�പേവദാർ�ം
31
ലഭ�മായതിൽ ഏ��ം �ാചീനമായ മണി�വാള �തിേയത്?
Answer
B. ൈവശികത�ം
32
'നാനം േമാനം' എ� േപരിൽ അറിയെ��� ലിപി ഏത്?
Answer
D. വെ���്
33
േകരളെ��റി�് വ��മായ പരാമർശ�� ആദ� സം�ത �തിേയത്?
Answer
C. ഐതേരയാരണ�കം
34
േചര�ാ�െട രാജധാനിയായി �ാചീന കാവ��ളിൽ പരാമർശി�െ��� നഗരേമത്?
Answer
C. വ�ി
35
േകരള�ിെല െപരിയാർ നദിെയ '�ർ�ി' എ� േപരിൽ �ചി�ി�� �ാചീന �തിേയത്?
Answer
D. അർ�ശാ�ം
36
'ആനയ�്' എ� നാണയെ��റി�് �ചി�ി�� മണി�വാള�തിേയത്?
Answer
C. ഉ�ിയ�ീചരിതം
37
െകാ�വർഷെ��റി�് പരാമർശ�� ആദ� ശാസനേമത്?
Answer
D. മാ��ിശാസനം
38
മ�ാേ�രി െകാ�ാരം നിർ�ി� വിേദശീയർ ആര്?
Answer
B. േപാർ�ഗീ�കാർ
39
�ീ�് �മിശാ��നായ േടാളമി േകരളെ��റി�് പരാമർശി�േ�ാൾ �ചി�ി�� രാജവംശം ഏത്?
Answer
A. ആയ് രാജ�ം
40
േചരരാജാവായ �ലേശഖരവർ� രചി� സം�തനാടകേമത്?
Answer
C. തപതീസംവരണം
41
Choose the script prevalent in the Tamil Nadu area from about 7th century A.D.
Answer
B. Grantha
42
Find out the survival script of Southern Nagari
Answer
A. Modi
43
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following on Bhurja Patra.
Answer
C. Leaf of Bhurja tree
44
Who among the following introduced the use of paper to India?
Answer
D. Mughal rulers
45
Which is the earliest available manuscript in copper plate?
Answer
A. Sohgaura plate
46
Which of the following is not included in the library complex at Nalanda University?
Answer
C. Ratnasamudra
47
Choose the incorrect statement on manuscripts.
Answer
D. Contain uncivilized matters
48
Which among the following is not a primary enemy of books, according to Rajasekhara?
Answer
A. Fungus
49
Which is the greatest enemy of palm leaf manuscripts?
Answer
B. Humidity with heat
50
Who was the Editor-in-Chief of New Catalogus Catalogorum?
Answer
C. M.S. Kuppuswami Sastri
51
Which of the following is not a sub group of Ganita?
Answer
B. Samhita
52
Find out the literary work describing the mudras in Kathakali.
Answer
C. Hastalakshanadipika
53
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following about Sangitachandrika.
Answer
D. Divided into ten chapters
54
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the site?
Answer
B. Garbha
55
Which of the following is not true about 'Tantra Samucchaya'?
Answer
C. Not related to Iconography
56
Which is the oldest prose writing of the Indo-European family?
Answer
B. Brahmanas
57
Rigveda is not associated with
Answer
D. Contains Archikas
58
Who is the personification of the sky as a God?
Answer
A. Dyaus
59
Which is the metal most frequently mentioned in the Rigveda?
Answer
C. Gold
60
Which of the following is the oldest literary monument of Indian medicine?
Answer
D. Atharvaveda
61
Which Governor General established the Archaeological Survey of India?
Answer
C. Charles John Canning
62
Who started the publication of Indian Antiquary and Epigraphia Indica?
Answer
B. James Burgess
63
Who first excavated the Buddhist centre of Nagarjunakonda?
Answer
D. A.H. Longhurst
64
Which method of retrieving the data from Archaeological sites which are under threat?
Answer
D. Salvage Archaeology
65
What is the study of spatial distribution of ancient human activities and occupation?
Answer
C. Settlement Archaeology
66
Radio carbon dating falls under which discipline?
Answer
A. Physics
67
Who proposed aerial photography in the Archaeological field during World War I?
Answer
B. O.G.S. Crawford
68
Which of the following is/are correct about test pits? i. It is a type of clearing excavation which exposes the depth sequence and composition of soil. ii. It is to understand the potential of the site. iii. It is to understand the sequence of the site, which may be placed in different locations. iv. It is carried out on the protective area based on the sampling or surface collection of the antiquities.
Answer
D. Only ii, iii and iv are correct
69
Which method studies the behaviour and practices of living communities in order to interpret the Archaeological evidence related to communities of the past?
Answer
C. Ethnoarchaeology
70
Incrustation on silver artefacts appear in which colour?
Answer
A. Black
71
In iron artefacts, which dilute solution helps to add in its stability?
Answer
A. Sodium carbonate
72
The Acheulian assemblage at the site of Attirampakkam has been dated by using which of the following methods?
Answer
B. 26A1/10Be
73
By whom was Carbon-14 dating devised in 1948 in the United States?
Answer
C. William F. Libby
74
Which dating method is based on tree-ring counting?
Answer
B. Dendrochronology
75
Who discovered the partial fossil cranium at Hathnora in 1984?
Answer
A. Arun Sonakia
76
Which type of survey is used to detect buried burnt clay artefacts and brick structures at Archaeological sites?
Answer
C. Thermo-remnant magnetic survey
77
Who stated the "unrecorded excavation is the unforgivable destruction of evidence"?
Answer
A. Mortimer Wheeler
78
Phosphate analysis in Archaeology is primarily used by which type of specialist to identify areas of past human activity?
Answer
B. Sediment scientist
79
Who examined the Geoarchaeology of the Soan Valley and studied Palaeolithic tools in relation to it?
Answer
D. De Terra and T.T. Paterson
80
Who wrote the book "The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art"? i. H.J. Plenderleith ii. A.E.A. Werner iii. E.A. Dowman
Answer
B. i and ii
81
Museums are spaces for _________ education.
Answer
Question Cancelled
82
Which of the following is not considered as an outreach service?
Answer
A. Permanent Exhibition
83
In 1793, which of the following museum was opened to the public?
Answer
A. Palace of the Louvre
84
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) was established in
Answer
C. 1946
85
The Markham and Hargreaves Survey Report (1936) is associated with
Answer
D. Museum development and reorganization in India
86
The primary medium of Museum Communication is
Answer
B. Material evidence
87
The first Director General of the National Museum, New Delhi was
Answer
C. Grace Morley
88
Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta?
Answer
D. Sir. William Jones
89
The British Museum started with the collection of
Answer
C. Hans Sloane
90
Thymol is used in museums for
Answer
B. Fumigation
91
Preventive Conservation deals with
Answer
A. measures and actions aimed at avoiding and minimizing future deterioration
92
Rosetta Stone is displayed in which of the following museums?
Answer
B. British Museum
93
Design brief of an exhibition should contain information about: i. Purpose of the exhibition ii. Educational programmes iii. Budget iv. Space
Answer
D. i, iii, iv
94
The Veiled Rebecca Statue is displayed in
Answer
A. Salarjung Museum
95
Which of the following forms of lighting gives a precise beam of light without transferring any heat inside the showcase?
Answer
C. Fibre optics
96
Paraloid B72 and Paraloid B67 are used for
Answer
A. Marking Accession Number
97
A Museum which focuses on the heritage of a particular natural and cultural environment of a community and run by them for their own benefit is called
Answer
C. Eco-Museum
98
Which one of the following is not a committee of ICOM?
Answer
B. ICOMOS
99
Which of the following elements should be prioritized in museum signage to improve accessibility?
Answer
B. Clear typography, appropriate contrast and simple language
100
Expansion and contraction of organic museum object is caused by
Answer
D. Fluctuation in relative humidity and temperature
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