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The distant past when there was no paper or language or the written word, and hence no books or written documents, is called \’prehistory\’. Our knowledge about art and culture of prehistoric times is deduced from:
1. Pure imagination
2. Materials available from excavation sites
3. Drawings on cave walls.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Consider the following assertion and reason based statements:
Assertion (A): Painting and drawing were the oldest art forms practised by human beings to express themselves, using the cave walls as their canvas.
Reason (R): Our ancestors have drawn and painted to make their shelters more colourful and beautiful or to keep a visual record of their day today life.
Choose the correct answer using the options given below:
Consider the following statements:
1. Pre – historic paintings are found only in the central Indian caves across the
globe.
2. The subjects of their drawings were human figures, human activities, geometric
designs and animal symbols.
The correct statement(s) is/are:
Consider the following statements:
1. Remnants of rock paintings have been found exclusively on the walls of the
caves situated in Central India only.
2. Most of the paintings here can be divided into three categories: man, animal and
geometric patterns in white, black and red ochre.
The correct statement(s) is/are:
Consider the following statements:
1. The granite rocks of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh provided suitable canvases to
the Neolithic man for his paintings.
2. Kupgallu, Piklihal and Tekkalkota are some of the places in southern India where
Neolithic paintings have been found prominently.
The correct statement(s) is/are:
The caves of Bhimbetka were discovered in 1957 – 58 by eminent archaeologist:
Consider the following statements with respect to Bhimbetka cave paintings:
1. The caves of Bhimbetka were discovered in 1957 – 58 by eminent archaeologist
V. S. Wakankar.
2. The Bhimbetka caves paintings are largely confined to Palaeolithic period only.
The correct statement(s) is/are:
Consider the following statements with respect to pairings of Mesolithic period:
1. The largest number of paintings belong to Mesolithic Pertod II.
2. During this period the themes are multiple but the paintings are smaller in size.
The correct statement(s) is/are:
In Mesolithic cave paintings, one substance \’geru\’ was used extensively as red colour. Which of the following substance \’geru\’ does refer to?
Consider the following statements:
1. Mesolithic paintings are found only in those caves where men lived at some
point of time.
2. Some of the most beautiful paintings are very high up on rock shelters or close to
the ceilings of rock – shelters.
The correct statement(s) is/are:
Consider the following statements:
1. At many Mesolithic rock – art sites, often a new painting is painted on top of an
older painting.
2. Among many colours used in rock art paintIngs, white and red were their
favourite colours.
The correct statement(s) is/are: