Prehistoric Rock Paintings

Question 1

In India the earliest paintings have been reported from?

Answer 1

Upper Palaeolithic times

Question 2

The first discovery of rock paintings was made in India in

Answer 2

1867-68 by Archibold Carlleyle

Question 3

Lakhudiyar is located on the banks of

Answer 3

River Suyal

Question 4

Lakhudiyar is in

Answer 4

Kumaon Hills in Uttarakhand

Question 5

Lakhudiyar literally means

Answer 5

one lakh caves

Question 6

Humans are represented in which form at Lakhudiyar?

Answer 6

Stick like form

Question 7

List the main animal motifs depicted in Lakhudiyar.

Answer 7

Long snouted animal, a fox, multiple legged lizard

Question 8

List the kinds of geometric patterns depicted in Lakhudiyar.

Answer 8

Wavy lines, rectangle filled geometric designs, groups of dots.

Question 9

An interesting scene depicted in Lakhudiyar is?

Answer 9

Handlinked dancing human figures

Question 10

Earliest paintings at Lakhudiyar are in

Answer 10

Black

Question 11

Over the black paintings at Lakhudiyar, paintings in which colour were superimposed

Answer 11

Red ochre

Question 12

The latest group of paintings at Lakhudiyar are

Answer 12

white paintings

Question 13

List the three categories into which paintings at Lakhudiyar can be classified.

Answer 13

Man, Animals and Geometric patterns

Question 14

Neolithic paintings are found in

Answer 14

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

Question 15

Neolithic man used _____ in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh as his canvas.

Answer 15

granitic rocks

Question 16

Some sites in Karnataka and Andhra where Neolithic paintings are found are

Answer 16

Kupgallu, Piklihal and Tekkalakota

Question 17

List the three types of paintings found in Karnataka and Andhra.

Answer 17

Paintings in 1. white 2. red ochre over white background 3. red ochre

Question 18

The subjects of paintings in Karnataka and Andhra are

Answer 18

bulls, elephants, gazelles, goats, horses, sambhars, sheep, stylised humans and tridents

Question 19

Bhimbetka is located in

Answer 19

45 Kms south of Bhopal

Question 20

Caves of Bhimbetka are discovered by

Answer 20

VS Wakankar in 1957-58

Question 21

List the themes in Bhimbetka paintings.

Answer 21

mundane events of daily life, sacred and royal images, hunting, dancing, music, horse and elephant riders, animal fighting, honey collection and decoration of bodies

Question 22

The Bhimbetka paintings of Upper Palaeolithic phase are

Answer 22

linear representations in green and dark red of huge animal figures such as bison, elephants, Tigers, rhinos and boars

Question 23

At Bhimbetka, in paintings from Upper Palaeolithic phase, Green paintings are of

Answer 23

dancers

Question 24

At Bhimbetka, red paintings from the upper Palaeolithic phase are of

Answer 24

hunters

Question 25

The largest number of paintings at Bhimbetka belong to

Answer 25

Mesolithic period

Question 26

The Mesolithic paintings at Bhimbetka, themes _____ but are ______ .

Answer 26

multiply; smaller in size.

Question 27

The hunting scenes from Mesolithic paintings at Bhimbetka depict

Answer 27

people hunting in groups, armed with barbed spears, pointed sticks, arrows and bars.

Question 28

In some paintings at Bhimbetka, primitive men are shown with ____, probably to catch animals.

Answer 28

traps and snares

Question 29

The Mesolithic animal paintings at Bhimbetka show

Answer 29

a feeling of tenderness and love for the animals.

Question 30

The Mesolithic paintings at Bhimbetka depict animals in

Answer 30

naturalistic style

Question 31

the Mesolithic paintings at Bhimbetka depict humans in

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a stylistic manner

Question 32

The Mesolithic paintings at Bhimbetka depict women

Answer 32

both in nude and clothed

Question 33

______ are a common theme of the Mesolithic paintings at Bhimbetka

Answer 33

Community dances

Question 34

_______ and rock paintings bear common motifs.

Answer 34

Chalcolithic ceramics

Question 35

What are the common motifs on rock paintings and Chalcolithic ceramics

Answer 35

cross hatched squares, lattices

Question 36

The vividness and vitality of the earlier paintings is lost in the

Answer 36

Chalcolithic paintings

Question 37

The favourite colours of the artists at Bhimbetka are

Answer 37

White and Red

Question 38

Red colour was obtained from

Answer 38

haematite

Question 39

Haematite is also known as ____ in India.

Answer 39

geru

Question 40

The color green is obtained from

Answer 40

chalcedony

Question 41

the color white may have been obtained from

Answer 41

limestone

Question 42

Brushes were made out of

Answer 42

plant fibre

Question 43

The colors in the prehistoric paintings have remained intact because

Answer 43

of the chemical reaction of the oxide present on the surface of the rocks.

Question 44

The artists made their paintings on the ____ of the rock shelters.

Answer 44

walls and ceilings.

Question 45

Paintings were made on the ceilings because

Answer 45

people could notice them from a distance

Question 46

The primitive artists seem to possess an intrinsic passion for

Answer 46

story telling

Question 47

The paintings of ____ show the mastery of skill of the primitive artist.

Answer 47

individual animals

Question 48

Both ____ and ____ have been realistically maintained in the paintings by the primitive artists.

Answer 48

proportion and tonal effect

Question 49

At Bhimbetka, there are as many as ____ layers of paintings.

Answer 49

20

Question 50

Paintings were superimposed because

Answer 50

artist may not have liked his painting and painted another over it; some paintings and places may have been considered sacred or special; the area may have been used by different generations of people at different times.