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Early Human and Prehistoric Cultures

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Early human and prehistoric cultures focus on the lifestyle and evolution of humans before written records. This includes the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras, focusing on inventions, agriculture, and migration patterns. These questions are a core part of ancient history in civil services exams.

Paleolithic eraNeolithic revolutionEarly human migrationInvention of agriculturePrehistoric social structuresMesolithic societies

Early Human and Prehistoric Cultures Questions

Multiple choice social studies from gathering food to growing food - the earliest people tribal societies the earliest people tribes, nomad and settled societies

Name the developed stone tool needed to clear forests by cutting trees and branches by the early farmers.

  1. Axe

  2. Neolith

  3. Microlith

  4. Dagger
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The early farmers needed to clear forests by cutting trees and branches. They developed a new kind of stone tool which is called neolith by archeologists. It is after this new kind of stone tool that this period of early agriculture is called Neolithic Period.

Multiple choice social studies from gathering food to growing food - the earliest people tribal societies the earliest people tribes, nomad and settled societies

What were the tools of earliest people made of?

  1. Steel

  2. Stones

  3. Iron

  4. Copper
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Today we use machines, tractors and tools made of steel etc. The earliest people also used tools; but these were made of stones, bones and wood. Initially, large stones were given sharp edges by very careful breaking with another stone. This gave the people a tool which enabled them to cut flesh, dig the earth for tubers and hunt animals.

Multiple choice social studies from gathering food to growing food - the earliest people tribal societies the earliest people tribes, nomad and settled societies

__________ were fine, small pieces of hard stone made by the earlier people.

  1. Neolith

  2. Axe

  3. Dagger

  4. Microliths
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The earliest people made fine, small pieces from hard stone. These pieces were called Microliths. They were fixed to wooden or bone handles which then served as knives, arrows, sickles etc. These weapons were used to dig soil, chop the trees for the bark, remove the skins of animals, clean the skins, stitch clothes out of the skin, cut meat and bone, chop fruit and roots and hunt the animals easily.

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

The word 'Maasai' is derived from the word Maa. Maa-sai which means ______.

  1. My people

  2. Mother and people

  3. Their people

  4. Tribal people
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The term 'Maasai' comes from 'Maa', which refers to the language, and 'sai', which translates to 'my people' in their cultural context.

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

Which of the following statements best explains pastoralist nomads?

  1. The villagers who move from one place to another.

  2. The people who do not have a permanent place to live in.

  3. The herdsmen who move from one place to another looking for pasture for their herd.

  4. The people who visit many places for enjoyment.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Nomads are people who do not live in one place but move from one area to another to earn their living. In many parts of India, we can see nomadic pastoralists on the move with their herds of goats and sheep, or camels and cattle. 

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

The social changes in Maasai society are that ___________________________.

  1. The traditional difference based on age between the elders and warriors has been disturbed, but it has not broken down.

  2. a new distinction between the wealthy and the poor pastoralists has developed.

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Pastoral communities in different parts of the world are affected in a variety of different ways by changes in the modern world. New laws and new borders affect the patterns of their movement.  Pastoralists are not relics of the past. They are not people who have no place in the modern world. Environmentalists and economists have increasingly come to recognise that pastoral nomadism is a form of life that is perfectly suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world.

Multiple choice history greek, roman and american civilisations roman civilisation the roman empire medieval world: centres of power

The first settlers in Rome chose the site because _______.

  1. the valley surrounded by steep mountains provided protection from invaders

  2. settlers could see invaders from the site on the open plains

  3. it was located on a bay

  4. the soil was fertile
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The First settlers on Rome's seven hills were not thinking about building a great empire, they chose the site because it seemed to be a good place to live. The hills made it easy to defend. The soil was fertile. There was a river. But centuries passed, the people of Rome discovered that the location gave them many other advantages. Rome was at the center of a long narrow peninsula we now all Italy. 

Multiple choice zoology living and non living characteristics of life attributes of living organisms signs of life biology : an introduction living world and classification

What is Gilotin?

  1. Mine of Coal

  2. Human Settlement

  3. Death Machine

  4. Shifting Agriculture
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The guillotine is a device designed for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. The condemned person is secured at the bottom of the frame, with his or her neck held directly below the blade. The blade is then released, to fall swiftly and sever the head from the body.

Multiple choice social studies from gathering food to growing food - the earliest people tribal societies the earliest people tribes, nomad and settled societies

Which of the following occupations are followed by members of tribe?

  1. Hunting

  2. Gathering

  3. Farming

  4. All of above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Members of  a tribe follow occupations such as hunting, gathering, farming, herding and fishing. Usually, women do most of the agricultural work, including preparing the ground, sowing seeds, looking after the growing plants and harvesting grain.

Multiple choice history from gathering food to growing food - the earliest people tribal societies the earliest people tribes, nomad and settled societies

Nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another because of _______.

  1. seasonal changes

  2. their mobile nature

  3. their poor background

  4. all of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Nomadic tribes move to find resources like water and pasture for their livestock, which are subject to seasonal changes. Their mobile lifestyle and socio-economic background are also contributing factors.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Which tribal group belongs to East Africa?

  1. Bushmen

  2. Masais

  3. Tutsis

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Perhaps the most recognisable of East Africa’s tribes, the Maasai (or Masai or Masaai) are a semi-nomadic tribe in southern Kenya & Tanzania. Although they have their own language, Maa, most can speak both English and Swahili as well. With their pierced, stretched earlobes, ornamental bead-work & vivid, brightly coloured attire, the image of the Maasai warrior watching over his herd is a postcard memory of East Africa.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

The tribal people of the Congo basin are called ______________.

  1. Bushmen

  2. Masais

  3. Pygmies

  4. Tutsis
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The basin was the watershed of the Congo River populated by pygmy peoples, and eventually Bantu peoples migrated there and founded the Kingdom of Kongo. Belgium, France, and Portugal later established colonial control over the entire region by the late 19th century. The General Act of the Berlin Conference of 1885 gave a precise definition to the "conventional basin" of the Congo, which included the entire actual basin plus some other areas. The General Act bound its signatories to neutrality within the conventional basin, but this was not respected during the First World War.