Archaeology

Archaeology is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 4 past MPSC questions across 4 exam years between 2016 and 2022. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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जानेवारी 2022 मध्ये आर. नागास्वामी यांचे निधन झाले. ते कोणत्या क्षेत्राशी संबंधीत होते ? R. Nagaswamy died in January 2022. He was related to the field of

a)पर्यावरण / Environment

b)पुरातत्त्वशास्त्र / Archaeology✓ Correct

c)चित्रकारिता / Painting

d)अभिनव / Acting

R. Nagaswamy was an eminent Indian historian, archaeologist, and epigraphist who founded the Tamil Nadu Government Department of Archaeology.

वरील परिच्छेदात उल्लेखिलेल्या मानववंश प्रजातींचा आदिम ते आधुनिक अशी मांडणी केलेली उचित संच निवडा.

a)होमो सेपियन्स, होमो हॅबिलिस, होमो हायडेलबर्गेंन्सिस, होमो इरेक्टस

b)होमो सेपियन्स, होमो हॅबिलिस, होमो इरेक्टस, होमो हायडेलबर्गेंन्सिस

c)होमो इरेक्टस, होमो हायडेलबर्गेंन्सिस, होमो हॅबिलिस, होमो सेपियन्स

d)होमो हॅबिलिस, होमो इरेक्टस, होमो हायडेलबर्गेंन्सिस, होमो सेपियन्स✓ Correct

Anthropological evolution of human species chronologically proceeds from Homo habilis to Homo erectus, then Homo heidelbergensis, and finally Homo sapiens.

खालील विधानांचा विचार करा : Consider the following statements :

(a)मृत प्राणी अथवा वनस्पती यांच्यामध्ये कार्बन - 14 ते कार्बन - 12 यांचे गुणोत्तर बदलत असते. / The ratio of 14C to 12C changes continuously for dead bodies or plants.

(b)किरणोत्सारी कार्बन - 14 समस्थानिकाचा वापर कार्बनी वयमापनामध्ये करतात. / Radioactive isotope Carbon-14 is used in a Carbon dating technique.

1)विधान (a) सत्य आहे आणि (b) विधानाची कारणमिमांसा आहे. / Statement (a) is true and is a reason of (b)✓ Correct

2)(a) आणि (b) दोन्ही विधाने चूक आहेत. / Both (a) and (b) are not true

3)(a) विधान सत्य आहे परंतु (b) चूक आहे. / (a) is true but (b) is false

4)(a) आणि (b) एकमेकांशी संबंधित नाहीत. / (a) and (b) are not related to each other

In dead plants or animals, radioactive Carbon-14 decays while stable Carbon-12 remains constant, causing the C-14 to C-12 ratio to change over time (statement a). This changing ratio is precisely why Carbon-14 isotope is used in carbon dating to determine the age of fossils (statement b). Thus, (a) is true and explains (b).

जोड्या लावा : Match the pairs :

(a)इयान हॉंडर (Ian Hodder) - (i) कार्यकारणभाव (Relationship between Cause and Effects)

(b)लुईस बिनफर्ड (Lewis Binford) - (ii) संदर्भप्रणीत पुरातत्त्व (Contextual Archaeology)

(c)डेव्हिड क्लार्क (David Clarke) - (iii) आंतरविद्याशाखीय पुरावे (Interdisciplinary evidences)

(d)नवपुरातत्त्व (New Archaeology) - (iv) विज्ञानाच्या तत्त्वज्ञानाची पद्धत (Method of Scientific Philosophy)

1)(ii) (iv) (iii) (i)✓ Correct

2)(iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

3)(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

4)(ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

Ian Hodder is associated with Contextual Archaeology (ii), Lewis Binford with New Archaeology/Scientific Philosophy (iv), David Clarke with Interdisciplinary evidences (iii), and Cause and Effect relations tie into processual approaches (i).

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