Q. Which of the following statements with regard to the Palaeolithic tool cultures in the Indian subcontinent is/are correct?
1.Robert Bruce Foote identified the first Palaeolithic stone tool in India at Pallavaram in 1863.
2.Acheulian culture characterized by bifacial quartzite handaxes is uniformly distributed across all geographic zones.
3.Sohanian culture, named after the Soan River valley, is characterized primarily by choppers and chopping tools.
Select the answer using the code given below:
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation:
- Statement 1 is correct: British geologist Robert Bruce Foote discovered India’s first Palaeolithic tool (a quartzite handaxe) at Pallavaram near Chennai in 1863.
- Statement 2 is incorrect: The Acheulian culture is widely distributed in Central, Western, and Southern India, but it is conspicuously absent in the dense tropical forests of the Western Ghats, coastal stretches, and North-East India.
- Statement 3 is correct: The Sohanian tool tradition (mainly pebble-based choppers and chopping tools) developed primarily in the Soan River valley in present-day Pakistan.
