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During which age did humans started producing food grains?

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  1. New stone age

  2. Middle stone age

  3. Old stone age

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Humans started producing foodgrains in the Neolithic age i.e. New Stone Age. 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.

Of the following who has been considered as a grammarian?

social studies from stone to metal progress in history prehistoric age indus valley civilization

  1. Kautilya

  2. Megasthanes

  3. Patanjali

  4. Kanishka

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Correct Option: C

According to tradition, a mighty king In India in the fourth century BC had been raised to power by a Taxila brahmin, named

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  1. Chanakya

  2. Patanjali

  3. Pushyamitra

  4. Manu

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Correct Option: A

State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Palaeolithic tools were still made and used in Neolithic Age.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During the Paleolithic Age, hominins grouped together in small societies such as bands, and subsisted by gathering plants and fishing, hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic Age is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools.

Toward the end of the Neolithic Era, people began to use tools made from metal. Copper was the first metal used for tools. Eventually copper replaced the stone, leading to the Copper Age.

State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Paiyampalli is a Neolithic site in Madhya Pradesh.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Paiyampalli. Paiyampalli is a village in Tirupattur taluka of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 5 km east of Barugur and 8 km west of Natrampalli. It is known for the excavation site in the region which has remains of neolithic and megalithic periods.

Chirand is a site in Kashmir.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chirand is in present-day Bihar. Here archaeologists found bones of buffalo and ox. They also found burnt remains of grains such as wheat, green gram and barley at Chirand.

State whether the sentence is true(T) or false(F).
Arretine Ware was named after a city in Germany.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
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Arretine ware, in spite of its very distinctive appearance, was an integral part of the wider picture of fine ceramic tableware in the Graeco-Roman world.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Sons automatically succeeded fathers as 'rajas'.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Battles were fought for land, water and to capture people.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Which statement is best describes the primary reason that historians know less about the early civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa than they do about those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia, and Mesoamerica?

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  1. A plague decimated the Bantu population around 1000 B.C.E.

  2. The early sub-Saharan African civilizations did not develop a system of writing.

  3. The destruction that followed a series of barbarian invasions wiped out most of the historical record of the Kush empire.

  4. The sub-Saharan African climate is not conducive to the preservation of historical artifacts.

  5. Linguists have not been able to decipher the system of writing used during sub-Saharan Africa's early history.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The early sub-Saharan African civilizations did not develop a system of writing is best describes the primary reason that historians know less about the early civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa than they do about those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia and Mesoamerica.