Ask Question / Post resume

Post a reply to the thread: www.tnuniv.ac.in Tamil Nadu State Council For Higher Education : Archaeology Model Question Paper

Your Message

Your Username:

Click here to log in

Notes:-
1) You can copy and paste your full resume in the box below.
2) Or you can ask your question. We try to answer, as far as possible.

Title:

[QUOTE=mariammal;174974][B]FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHAEOLOGY[/B]

[B]Section - A  [/B]: (10 x 2 = 20)
[B]Answer the following  [/B]:
1. Who is the champion of New Archaeology?
a) Cunningham b) Wheeler c) David Clare d) Sankalia
2. Who is known as the father of Indian pre-history?
a) A. Cunningham b) Robert Brnce Foote c) R.E.M. Wheeler
d) Sri John Marshall
3. The book Man the Tool Maker was written by -----
a) Gardon Childe b) J.G.D. Chark c) Oakley d) M.C. Burkitt

[url]http://www.tnuniv.ac.in/[/url]
[URL]http://www.tnuniv.ac.in/report/TBQP%20History%20.pdf[/URL]

4. The first Farming cultures belong to the period called
a) Palaeolithic b) Microlithic c) Neolithic d) Chalcolithic
5. The Banas Culture belongs to the
a) Neolithic Period b) Chalcolithic period c) Iron age
d) None of these
6. ----- belonged to the early Iron Age pottery
a) Black b) Routettad c) Painted curey ware d) Northern Blace
polighed ware
7. Asokan Brahmi was deciphered by -----
a) Hultzach b) James Prince c) Taylor d) Venkayya
8. Early canebed inscriptions of Tamilnadu were found in ----- script
a) Indus b) Damili c) Vathaluttu d) Grawitha
9. Numismatics is the study of -----
a) Seals b) Coins c) Inscriptions d) Manuscripts
10. The Pallavas issued ----- of coins
a) Bull series b) Elephant type c) Fish type d) Tiger type

[B]Section - B  [/B]: (5 x 7 = 35)
[B]Answer the following each in 200 words  [/B]:
11. Explain the salvage Archaeology.
or
Mention the importance of map reading in excavation.
12. Explain the three Age system.
or
Mention the features of Teri Industry.
13. Highlight the importance of Indus seals.
or
Explain the urn-burial culture of Tamil Nadu.
14. Mention the value of Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela of Kalinga.
or
Trace the evaluation of Vattezhuthu.
15. Bring out the value of Roman coins traced in Indian Archaeology.
or
Explain the features of the coins of Vijayanagar.

[B]Section – C  [/B]: (3 x 15 = 45)
[B]Answer the following each in 800 words  [/B]:
16. Analyse the merits of Horizontal and Vertical excavations.
or
Evaluate the different scientific dating techniques.
17. Evaluate the archaeological significance of first Farming Culture.
or
Discuss the features of Harappan culture. Bring out its archaeological significance.
18. Trace the history of Indian scripts.
or
Examine the characteristics of the Chola coins. Mention their value for historians.[/QUOTE]

All times are GMT +5.5. The time now is 10:16 PM.