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From hunting -gathering to growing food-part 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Old stone age is also known as :

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

Chalcolithic Age

2.

The name of habitation site in Madhya Pradesh is -

a)

Hunsgi

b)

Kurnool

c)

Bhimbetka

d)

Inamgaon

3.

Which of the following materials was used to make tools by Paleolithic man?

a)

Wood

b)

Bone

c)

Stone

d)

All the above

4.

Why did the Hunter-Gatherers travel place to place?

a)

In search of food

b)

Search for water

c)

Difference in season

d)

All of these

5.

Why Hunter-Gatherers used fire?

a)

To cook their food

b)

To scare away animals

c)

As a source of light

d)

All of these

6.

Grasslands developed around................. years.

a)

10000

b)

12000

c)

15000

d)

20000

7.

.............. and........... were the earliest crops to be grown.

a)

Mustard, Cotton

b)

Rice and Potato

c)

Wheat, Barley

d)

Wheat, Chilly

8.

This is a time period of man's life between Paleolithic age and Neolithic age. It is also known as Middle stone age -

a)

Microliths

b)

Neolithic

c)

Pre Paleolithic

d)

Mesolithic

9.

Ashes were found in

a)

Kurnool

b)

Bhimbetka

10.

Earlier people used to travel before becoming farmers

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The climate change occurred around (a)   years ago.

12.

When did domestication started

a)

12000 years ago

b)

8,000 years ago

c)

6,000 years ago

d)

4,000 years ago

13.

The Stone Age got its name because

a)

People farmed rocky land

b)

people used stone tools

c)

people built stone houses

d)

people used stones as money

14.
The later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8,000 B.C.E. to 3,000 B.C.E.
a)
Iron Age
b)
Paleolithic Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Bronze Age
15.

Who were the earliest humans?

a)

Hunter gatherers

b)

Farmers

c)

Cobblers

d)

Bakers

16.

Stone tools can also be used for, _________ .

a)

Making wheels

b)

Growing crops

c)

Scrape bark

17.

Many of rock shelters are found in ________ valley.

a)

Kaveri

b)

Narmada

c)

Kodavari

18.

Bhimbetka is in present day________.

a)

Bihar

b)

Madhya Pradesh

c)

New Delhi

19.

What Age is this?

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

Paleolithic Age

20.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Paleolithic people?

a)

following animals they hunted

b)

being farmers who raised crops

c)

gathering plants from the forest

d)

traveling as nomads who search for food