The Palaeolithic site of Singi Talav, which has yielded hand axes and cleavers, lies near which place in Rajasthan?
- A.Didwana in Nagaur
- B.Deeg in Bharatpur
- C.Pushkar in Ajmer
- D.Dungarpur town
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Didwana in Nagaur. The deposits around Didwana in Nagaur district, especially at Singi Talav, have produced a long sequence of Palaeolithic tools including hand axes and cleavers, and the area is one of the key localities for the study of the Stone Age in western India. The salt lake basin preserved the deposits in which the tools were found.
Option B is wrong because Deeg in Bharatpur is known for its eighteenth century palaces and water gardens. Option C is partly tempting because Budha Pushkar near Ajmer has indeed given Stone Age material, but Singi Talav itself lies at Didwana. Option D is wrong because Dungarpur is associated with later temple sites and not with this Palaeolithic sequence. Learn Didwana with Nagaur, Tilwara with Barmer and Bagor with Bhilwara as one group.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Banas
- B.Ghaggar
- C.Luni
- D.Chambal
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Kalibangan lies in Hanumangarh district on the left bank of the now dry bed of the Ghaggar, the river that many scholars identify with the Saraswati of the Vedic texts.
Read the full explanation →The earliest known ploughed field in the world has been reported from which site?
- A.Lothal
- B.Kalibangan
- C.Dholavira
- D.Banawali
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In the pre Harappan level at Kalibangan the excavators found a field with furrows running in two directions and crossing at right angles, exactly the pattern of mixed cropping still used in the region, where one crop is sown in the wider spaced furrows and another in the closer ones.
Read the full explanation →Which ancient site of Rajasthan was known as Tambavati?
- A.Ahar
- B.Bairath
- C.Rairh
- D.Noh
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Ahar lies on the Ayad river within present day Udaipur and was called Tambavati, which means the place of copper, because so much copper was smelted and worked there.
Read the full explanation →Bagor, one of the largest Mesolithic sites of India, is located in which district of Rajasthan?
- A.Bhilwara
- B.Nagaur
- C.Sikar
- D.Tonk
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Bagor stands on the Kothari river in Bhilwara district and was excavated by V. N. Misra. The site produced thousands of tiny stone tools called microliths, along with human burials and large numbers of animal bones, among them sheep and goat, which are read as evidence for early herding.
Read the full explanation →An edict of Ashoka has been found in Rajasthan at which place?
- A.Nagari
- B.Bairath
- C.Balathal
- D.Gilund
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Bairath, also called Viratnagar, in Jaipur district is the chief Mauryan site of Rajasthan.
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