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Which among the following is a feature of the old stone age ?

  1. The Old Stone Age humans were also known as quartzite humans

  2. This Age was characterised by the use of microliths or small stone tools

  3. It refers to the phase when humans started leading a settled life

  4. None of the above
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The Old Stone Age developed in the Pleistocene Age.  The Old Stone Age or the Palaeolithic humans were also known as quartzite humans because they used a hard stone called quartzite to make their tools. There are three categories of stone tools; Core tools, used for pounding and crushing , Flake tools, designed for scraping and slitting and Blade tools , used for slicing and engraving. The Old Stone humans used tools made of wood and bone also. But it is the stone tools which have survived.

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Which of the following were characteristics of Mesolithic age?

  1. Bow and arrows were used for hunting

  2. Beginning of settled life

  3. Beginning of domestication of animals

  4. All of the above
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Explanation

The Mesolithic Age was a transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. It had the characteristics of both the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. The people of this age lived on hunting, fishing, and food gathering while at a later stage they also domesticated animals. The bow and arrow, invented either late in the Paleolithic period or in the Mesolithic period, served hunters and fighters until the firearm took its place. Probably during Mesolithic times, wild dogs, such as jackals, attached themselves to human settlements.

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In Neolithic age man began to use polished stone tools.

  1. True

  2. False
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The Neolithic Age saw the man turning into food producer from food gatherer. It also witnessed the use of pottery for the first time. People used microlithic blades in addition to tools made of polished stone. The use of metal was unknown.

Hence, the above statement is true.

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In ________ man began to cultivate and settle down in the river valleys.

  1. Neolithic age

  2. Mesolithic age

  3. Palaeolithic age

  4. Upper Palaeolithic age
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The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age extending from 4000 BC to 2500 BC. Man began to cultivate which is suggested by archaeological evidence across Asia and Europe. Settled villages had been firmly achieved in the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys and spread towards Indus valley in India.

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Edakkal cave is a major Neolithic site. Where is it located?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Kerala
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Edakkal cave is situated at Ambukuthi Hills in Sulthan Bathery is in Wayanad district, Kerala. The rock engravings of Edakkal cave is 3000 to 6000 years old. It is the only known place for stone age carvings in South India. The contain drawings range over periods from the Neolithic as early as 5,000 BC to 1,000 BCE.

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Many animals became extinct in mesolithic age. Mammoth is an example for such a species.

  1. True

  2. False
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Humans hunted mammoths for their meat, bones and skin. Some scientists believe that a poor habitat as a result of climate change, combined with increased contact and hunting by humans as they increasingly entered their areas of habitat led to their eventual extinction.
Hence, the above statement is true.
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In which age human started producing food?

  1. Palaeolithic age

  2. Mesolithic age

  3. Neolithic age

  4. Upper Palaeolithic age
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Explanation

The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age extending from 4000 BC to 2500 BC. Archaeological evidence indicates that the transition from food-collecting cultures to food-producing ones. Man began to cultivate which is suggested by archaeological evidences across Asia and Europe.

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In Hunsgi, tools were made of _______.

  1. Bronze

  2. Silver

  3. Copper

  4. Limestone
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Hunsgi is a town in the Shorapur taluk of Yadgir district in Karnataka. A number of early Palaeolithic sites were found here. At some sites, a large number of tools, used for all sorts of activities, were found. These were probably habitation-cum factory sites. In some of the other, smaller sites, there is evidence to suggest that tools were made. Some of the sites were close to springs. Most tools were made from limestone, which was locally available.