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Multiple choice social studies early human life pre-historic india beginning of human life early man: the stone age

Jadeite, found in Daojali Hading, may have been brought from China.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Daojali Hading is a site on the hills near the Brahmaputra Valley, close to routes leading into China and Myanmar. Here stone tools, including mortars and pestles, have been found. These indicate that people were probably growing grain and preparing food from it. Other finds include jadeite, a stone that may have been brought from China. 

Multiple choice social studies early human life pre-historic india beginning of human life early man: the stone age

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given.
A site in present-day Andhra Pradesh is ___________.

  1. Hallur

  2. Mahagara

  3. Kalibanga

  4. Burzahom
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hallur is an archaeological site located in the Haveri District, in the Indian state of Karnataka

Hallur, South india's earliest Iron Age site lies in a semi-arid region with scrub vegetation, located on the banks of the river Tungabhadra the site is a low mound about 6.4 m high.

The site was first discovered by Nagaraja Rao in 1962, and excavated in 1965.

Further sampling was carried out in the late 1990s for the recovery of archaeobotanical evidence and new high precision radiocarbon dates.

Multiple choice social studies early human life pre-historic india beginning of human life early man: the stone age

Choose the correct option to complete the statements given below:
Traces of ash in the Kumool caves indicate ____________.

  1. rearing of animals

  2. use of fire

  3. use of stone tools

  4. use of water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Traces of ash have been found in the Kumool caves.

This suggests that people in the past used fire. Answer: They used fire to make light, to cook meat and to frighten animals.

Multiple choice social studies early human life pre-historic india beginning of human life early man: the stone age

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
Man led a well-settled life by Paleolithic Age.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age. The Paleolithic Age began about 2.5 million years ago and lasted until around 8000 B.C. Remember, that is about 4,500 years earlier than recorded time, which starts about 5,500 years ago. Try to imagine what life was like during the Paleolithic Age.

Settled Life began only after man settled down and started practicing agriculture during the Neolithic age.