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Subject: Current Affairs Chapter: Science & Technology

2019 PYQ

Question 29

The word 'Denisovan' is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to

Choose one answer Afossils of a kind of dinosaurs Ban early human species Ca cave system found in North-East India Da geological period in the history of Indian subcontinent

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Correct answer: B

Correct Option: B Explanation: Denisovans are an extinct archaic human lineage identified partly from DNA and fossils found at Denisova Cave in Siberia, related to Neanderthals and modern humans. Option-wise Analysis: A (Incorrect): Denisovans are hominins, not dinosaurs. B (Correct): Denisovans are an early human lineage. C (Incorrect): Their name comes from a Siberian cave, not a cave system in northeastern India. D (Incorrect): Denisovan is not the name of a geological time period.

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