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Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation
Social Science (2026-27) · CBSE Class 9 · English Medium · 18 questions and answers
Sample questions
- Q: What are the main periods of the Stone Age?
- A: The Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) and Neolithic (New Stone Age).
- Q: How did people live in the Palaeolithic Age?
- A: They were hunter-gatherers who hunted animals, gathered wild plants, used simple stone tools and moved from place to place.
- Q: What are microliths?
- A: Microliths are the very small, sharp stone tools typical of the Mesolithic Age, often fixed to handles to make tools and weapons.
- Q: What was the Neolithic Revolution?
- A: It was the shift from hunting and gathering to farming and settled village life, along with the domestication of animals — a major turning point in human history.
- Q: Which is regarded as the oldest Neolithic site in the subcontinent?
- A: Mehrgarh, on the Bolan River (in present-day Balochistan), dating to about 7000 BCE.
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