Evolution of Humans and Society - Prehistoric Period Book Back Questions

9th Standard

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Social Science

Time : 00:45:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 30
    7 x 1 = 7
  1. The period called_______ marks the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication.

    (a)

    Palaeolithic

    (b)

    Mesolithic

    (c)

    Neolithic

    (d)

    Megalithic

  2. ______ refers to the area covering Egypt, Israel-Palestine and Iraq.

    (a)

    Great Rift Valley

    (b)

    Fertile Crescent

    (c)

    Solo river

    (d)

    Neander Valley

  3. Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geologist from England first discovered the ______ tools at Pallavaram near Chennai.

    (a)

    Stone Age

    (b)

    Palaeolithic

    (c)

    Mesolithic

    (d)

    Neolithic

  4. Assertion (A): Many of the Mesolithic sites are found nearby rivers and tanks.
    Reason (R): Irrigation management developed during Mesolithic period.
    (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

  5. 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

  6. 5 x 1 = 5
  7. ______ is an object or tool made or modified by humans

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    Artefact

  8. The primitive multi - cellular life first appeared in the age of ______.

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    Proterozoicera

  9. Hand axes and cleavers are the important tool types of the ______ culture.

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    Middle Palaeolithic

  10. The methods and techniques involved in the production of stone tools are called ________ technology

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    lithic

  11. _____ is known as the Middle Stone Age, as it is placed between the Palaeolithic and Neolithic.

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    Mesolithic period

  12. 5 x 1 = 5
  13. Palaeo anthropology

  14. (1)

    Teris

  15. Hand axe tools

  16. (2)

    The study of the human ancestors

  17. Images on stone and bone

  18. (3)

    Micorliths

  19. Red sand dunes

  20. (4)

    Venus

  21. Stone artefacts of small size

  22. (5)

    Acheulian

    4 x 2 = 8
  23. Enumerate the distinctive characteristics of Neanderthals.

  24. List out the features of Megalithic Burial types.

  25. Domestication of animals is a milestone in Human history. Explain.

  26. Examine the tool making technical skills of lower Palaeolithic people.

  27. 1 x 5 = 5
  28. The history of humans is closely related to the history of the earth. Elucidate.

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