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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
41	Microliths are most characteristic of which cultural period?	Anthropology Stone Age cultures	Easy
42	Who used the term "Neolithic Revolution" for the change to farming and settled life?	Anthropology Stone Age cultures	Easy
43	At a site, archaeologists find polished stone axes, pottery, remains of domesticated cattle and charred grain…	Anthropology Stone Age cultures	Medium
44	Which change in way of life best distinguishes the Neolithic from the Palaeolithic?	Anthropology Stone Age cultures	Medium
45	Why did microlithic tools become widespread at the end of the Ice Age?	Anthropology Stone Age cultures	Hard
46	A tool flaked on both faces to form a pear-shaped outline with a pointed tip is called a	Anthropology Tool typology and technology	Easy
47	A ground and polished stone axe of the Neolithic period is known as a	Anthropology Tool typology and technology	Easy
48	A pebble from which flakes have been removed from only one face to form a rough cutting edge is best describe…	Anthropology Tool typology and technology	Medium
49	A flake is 8 cm long and 3 cm wide with parallel sides. Under the usual definition, it is classed as a	Anthropology Tool typology and technology	Medium
50	Why is pottery especially useful to archaeologists for identifying and comparing cultures?	Anthropology Tool typology and technology	Hard
51	Bronze is an alloy of copper and	Anthropology Metal Age	Easy
52	Cultures that used copper together with stone tools are called	Anthropology Metal Age	Easy
53	Which Bronze Age civilisation of South Asia produced the bronze "dancing girl" figurine?	Anthropology Metal Age	Medium
54	Although bronze was used earlier, iron later became far more widespread. The main reason was that	Anthropology Metal Age	Medium
55	How did iron tools contribute to the spread of agriculture in the Ganga plain?	Anthropology Metal Age	Hard
56	According to the law of superposition, in undisturbed deposits the oldest layer is usually	Anthropology Stratigraphy and dating	Easy
57	Radiocarbon dating can be used directly on which of these finds?	Anthropology Stratigraphy and dating	Easy
58	A charcoal sample has one-eighth of the C-14 found in living wood. Taking the half-life as 5730 years, its ap…	Anthropology Stratigraphy and dating	Medium
59	Archaeologists want the age of a volcanic ash layer lying just above early hominin fossils thought to be abou…	Anthropology Stratigraphy and dating	Medium
60	Which statement correctly distinguishes relative from absolute dating?	Anthropology Stratigraphy and dating	Hard