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Chapter 2 History, From Hunting Gathering To Growing Food

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(i) The first animal to be tamed was ………………..

a)

the goat as we know today

b)

the dog as we know today

c)

the dog’s wild ancestor

d)

the goat’s wild ancestor.

2.

Which of these Is the correct order of what early man did?

a)

hunter—>gatherers skilled—>gatherers -> herders

b)

herders —> skilled—>gatherers —> hunter—>gatherers

c)

skilled-gatherers —> herders —> hunter—>gatherers

d)

skilled-gatherers —> hunter—>gatherers —> herders.

3.

Which was not a way of storing grains in the early days?

a)

boxes

b)

woven baskets

c)

clay pots

d)

pits in the ground.

4.

Grains like wheat and barley have been found in ……………………

a)

Koldihwa

b)

Mahagara

c)

Mehrgarh

d)

Hallur

5.

A site in present-day Andhra Pradesh is …………………

a)

Hallur

b)

Mahagara

c)

Mehrgarh

d)

Burzahom

6.

Remains of square or rectangular houses have been found in … (a)  

7.

(a)   rear animals.

8.

(a)   collect plant produces from nearby forest.

9.

Who hunts animals and birds known as (a)  

10.

Animals were a source of……………. and meat.

(a)  

11.

Hunter-gatherers (a)   from place to place.

12.

people made and used tools of ........,

......... and ........,

(a)  

13.

(a)   are places where the remains of things (tools, pots,

buildings etc.) were found.

14.

Greek word, ‘palaeo’ means (a)  

15.

Stone tools found during mesolithic period are generally tiny, and are called (a)  

16.

Animals that are reared can be used as a (a)   of food.

17.

Mehrgarh include remains of (a)   or rectangular houses.

18.

In (a)   the dead person was buried with goats, which were probably meant to serve as food in the next world.

19.

Many of the caves in which these early people

lived have paintings on the walls. these paintings called (a)  

20.

The period about 12,000 years ago till about 10,000 years ago is called the (a)   (middle stone).