The period called_______ marks the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication.

(a)

Palaeolithic

(b)

Mesolithic

(c)

Neolithic

(d)

Megalithic

Assertion (A): The Ashokan inscriptions datable to third century BCE refer to the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras outside his empire in Tamilagam.
Reason (R): Ancient kings of Tamilagam commenced their political rule in the Iron Age.
(a) A and R are correct and R explains A
(b) A and R are correct but R doesn’t explain A
(c) A is correct but R is incorrect
(d) A and R both are incorrect

(a)

A and R are correct and R explains A

(b)

A and R are correct but R doesn’t explain A

(c)

A is correct but R is incorrect

(d)

A and R both are incorrect

The ______was a formative period and the foundation for the Sangam Age.

(a)

Iron Age

(b)

Bronze Age

(c)

Stone Age

(d)

Age of Information Technology

______ are tools used for scraping the surfaces

(a)

Lunates

(b)

Triangles

(c)

Scrapers

(d)

Cists

______ are pottery jars and were used for burying the dead

(a)

Urns

(b)

Cists

(c)

Dolmens

(d)

Menheirs

Discuss how the age of speculation made humans become conscious and knowledgeable.

Write a note on the impact of pastoralism on the prehistoric people in Tamil Nadu.

Enumerate the distinctive characteristics of Neanderthals.

List out the features of Megalithic Burial types.

Examine the tool making technical skills of lower Palaeolithic people.

Who proposed the idea of the Three Age system?

Write a short note on "Prehistoric cultures"

Why were the Levalloisian tools called so?

What was the main factor for the development of early civilisations?

Describe the burials in the Sangam Age

The developments in the fields of agriculture, pottery and metal tools are considered a landmark in the life of Megalithic period-Substantiate.

The history of humans is closely related to the history of the earth. Elucidate.

Domestication of Animals and plants. A milestone in Human History. Explain