HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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The Neolithic age marks the concluding phase of the stone tools culture
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The evidence of productive economy or food producing culture is an essential prerequisite for the attestation of this age
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The presence of pottery is taken to be more conclusive diagnostic speciality of this age
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Neolithic sites found on North spurs of Vindhyas are considered as old as 5000 B.C but Neolithic settlements found in South India are not older than 2500 B.C and in some parts of southern and eastern India they are of as late as 1000 B.C. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was characterized by stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, dependence on domesticated plants or animals, settlement in permanent villages, and the appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving.
Detailed explanation-3: -The people of Neolithic Age cultivated ragi, horse gram, pea, cotton, rice, wheat, and barley and hence were termed as food producers. Agriculture was the main activity and they cultivated different crops.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is characterized by the beginning of a settled human lifestyle. People learned to cultivate plants and domesticate animals for food, rather than rely solely on hunting and gathering.