History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2024 History
Which of the following is an early Neolithic site?
AKholvi
BMasaulipattnam
CMehrgarh ✓ Correct
DKalibangan
Correct answer: (C) Mehrgarh — The answer is Mehrgarh.
Explanation
★The answer is Mehrgarh.
★The Mehrgarh site lies near the Bolan Pass in Balochistan, Pakistan.
★It is one of the earliest Neolithic sites.
★The earliest agriculture in the subcontinent is found at Mehrgarh, Lahuradeva and Koldihwa.
★The Kholvi caves in Rajasthan are Buddhist and later, and Masulipatnam is a seventeenth-century port.
★Kalibangan is an Indus Valley site, so the odd choice among these is Mehrgarh as the Neolithic one.
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