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1.
What were the major agricultural produces at that time?
2.
How did the archaeologists know about the factories?
3.
What are the purposes, stone tools were used for?
4.
Why it was difficult for hunter-gatherers to collect food?
5.
List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire. Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?
6.
Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?
7.
What do you think the beads could have been used for?
8.
What do you think the term Neolithic means?
9.
What do we use fire for today?
10.
If you had to describe the place you live in, which of the terms would you choose?
Habitation
Factory
Habitation-cum-factory
Any other
11.
Stone tools found during Mesolithic period are called
microliths
spears
arrows
None of these
12.
Traces of ash gave the indication of
use of metal
use of match box
use of kerosene
use of fire
13.
Traces of ash have been found in
Hunsgi
Mumbai
Kurnool
Bhimbetka
14.
Most of the rock shelters were close to
Shivalik
Himalaya
River
Narmada valley
15.
Most of the sites were located near the
rivers
lakes
seas
All of these
16.
The evidences of hunter-gatherers have been collected from which of the following sites?
Kurnool caves
Hunsgi
Both 'a' and 'b'
None of these
17.
Which type of tools have survived best?
Stone tools
Wood tools
Bone tools
None of the above
18.
Edible plants are
poisonous
non-poisonous
tool making plants
used in making huts
19.
The hunter-gatherers lived in the subcontinent as early as
1 million years ago
2 million years ago
3 million years ago
4 million years ago
20.
Make a list of what these tools given below were used for and try and decide which of these tasks could be performed using a natural pebble. Give reasons for your answer.

21.
What were the major changes in the climate of the world, around 12,000 years ago?
1.
At that time, major agricultural produces were several grain bearing grasses including wheat, barley and rice grew naturally in different parts of the sub-continent. Men, women and children probably collected these grains as food and learnt where they grew and when they ripened.
2.
Archaeologists have found blocks of stone tools that were made and perhaps discarded because they were not perfect and chips of waste stone left behind at these sites.
So, from these evidences, the archaeologists knew about the factories.
3.
For various purposes, stone tools were used like:
(i) To cut meat and bone.
(ii) To scrape bark from trees.
(iii) To scrape hides (animal skins).
(iv) To chop fruit and roots.
(v) To make spears and arrows for hunting.
(vi) To chop wood for firewood and to make huts.
4.
It was difficult for hunter-gatherers to collect food as:
(i) As there were several animals that ran faster than human beings and they were stronger also.
(ii) People do not know about the edible part of the plant.
5.
The hunter-gatherers used fire for the purposes like:
(i) as a source of light.
(ii) to cook meat.
(iii) to scare wild animals Yes, fire is still in use as a source of light in villages and as well as in cooking food.
6.
(I) The hunter-gatherers travelled from one place to another in search of food.
(ii) Sometimes they followed the animals who were also moving from place to place in search of their foods. For example, smaller prey, grass and leaves etc.
(iii) The hunter-gatherers often moved from season to season in search of different seasonal plants.
(iv) Sometimes they moved in search of enough sources of water for their survival. The movement of hunter-gatherers were totally based on their basic needs, mainly food and water. This is quite different from the reasons for which we travel today. Now we generally travel for official responsibility, exploring the new lands or personal reasons. We are not travelling in search of food. But poor sections of our society are often migrating in search of their livelihood, which can be described as in search of food also.
7.
The beads could have been used for making ornaments and jewelleries.
8.
The term Neolithic means a New Stone Age, which was period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,000 years ago.
9.
Today, we use fire:
(i) to cook food.
(ii) as a source of light.
(iii) as a source of heat in winter season.
(iv) in industries, mills ere.
10.
(c)
Habitation-cum-factory
11.
(a)
microliths
12.
(d)
use of fire
13.
(c)
Kurnool
14.
(d)
Narmada valley
15.
(d)
All of these
16.
(c)
Both 'a' and 'b'
17.
(a)
Stone tools
18.
(b)
non-poisonous
19.
(b)
2 million years ago
20.
(i) The tools (A) were used for:
1.grinding the grains.
2.making of tools.
(ii) The tools (B) were used for:
1.cutting meat.
2.chopping fruits.
(iii) The tools (C) were used for:
1.digging soil.
(iv) The tools (D) were used for:
1.hunting animals.
(v) The tools (E) were natural pebbles which were also used for:
1. grinding grains.
21.
There were major changes in the climate of the world. Climate became relatively warm than the past. This warm condition led to some major changes:
(i) There was development of grasslands in many areas. As a result, the number of animals, which survived on grass, was increased. These animals were deer, antelope, goat, sheep and cattle.
(ii) This increasing number of animals helped people to start thinking about herding and rearing of these animals. Fishing became important.
(iii) At that time, several grains bearing grasses like wheat, barley, rice grew naturally and men became aware about where these grew and when they ripened. These grains were collected by men, women and children and they started thinking about growing these plants on their own.
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