History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2012 History
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
ARock shelter : Langhnaj
BMicrolith : Mahadaha
CRock paintings : Lekhahia
DStone tool workshop : Isampur ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Stone tool workshop : Isampur — The pair stone tool workshop and Isampur is correctly matched, so the answer is the Isampur pair.
Explanation
★The pair stone tool workshop and Isampur is correctly matched, so the answer is the Isampur pair.
★Isampur in Karnataka is a Lower Palaeolithic site famous as a stone tool making workshop.
★It shows how early humans quarried limestone and shaped hand axes and cleavers on the spot.
★Langhnaj in Gujarat is a Mesolithic site known for human burials, not chiefly as a rock shelter.
★Mahadaha in the Ganga plain is a Mesolithic site with burials and bone tools.
★Lekhahia in the Vindhyas is noted for Mesolithic burials and rock art.
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