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Stone age tools - class-VIII

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In some of the caves of Stone Age _______ of hunting and wild animals are found.

  1. Drawings

  2. Stone art

  3. Sculptures

  4. Pictures


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Such Paintings are found in the Bhimbhetka Caves in Madhya Pradesh and many other caves around the world. These paintings reflect the life of the Stone Age people and tells us about the variety of animals they hunted for their their survival.

In which age were bright and sharp stone tools used?

  1. Old Stone Age

  2. Middle Stone Age

  3. New Stone Age

  4. Chalcolithic Age


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The New Stone Age began after 10,000 years. The stone weapons of this period are different from those of the earlier periods. These weapons were bright and had sharp blades.

Paleolithic stone age can be divided into _____ phases.

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 6


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Paleolithic lasted from 2.6 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago. The word Palaeolithic derives from the Greek: palaios (old) and lithikos (relating to or composed of stone), means 'old age of the stone'. It can be divided into three stages: Early (lower) Paleolithic age, Middle Paleolithic age and Late ( upper) Paleolithic age.

What are the different phases of Stone Age ?

  1. Palaeolithic Age

  2. Mesolithic Age

  3. Neolithic Age

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Palaeolithic stone age is also called the old stone age.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic or Palæolithic  also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone toold that covers 99% of the time period of human technological prehistory. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago, to the end of the pleistocene.

Hence, the above statement is true.

The stone implement of the Middle Stone Age are called ___________.

  1. Big stone implements ( Core tools )

  2. Delicate stone implements (Microliths)

  3. Decorated implements

  4. Sharp stone implements


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The period from 12,000 years to around 10,000 years is called the Middle Stone Age. The implements of this period are generally very small and hence they are called delicate stone implements. Man used to fashion handles from delicate stone for weapons made from bone and wood. He used those implements as axes and saws. These types of tools are also known as micro wears. 

Which of the following are three stages of paleolithic stone age?

  1. Early (lower) Paleolithic age

  2. Middle Paleolithic age

  3. Late ( upper) Paleolithic age

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Paleolithic lasted from 2.6 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago. The word Palaeolithic derives from the Greek: palaios (old) and lithikos (relating to or composed of stone), means 'old age of the stone'. It can be divided into three stages: Early (lower) Paleolithic age, Middle Paleolithic age and Late ( upper) Paleolithic age.

Which of the following is the longest phase of stone age?

  1. Paleolithic age

  2. Mesolithic age

  3. Neolithic age

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Paleolithic lasted from 2.6 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago. The word Palaeolithic derives from the Greek: palaios (old) and lithikos (relating to or composed of stone), means 'old age of the stone'. It is also more generally associated with the cultures and lifestyles of the hunter-gatherers who produced stone tools.

Why is the Mesolithic age called Microlithic age?

  1. In this age humans used very large stone tools

  2. In this age humans used small stone tools

  3. In this age humans used copper tools

  4. In this age humans used iron tools


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mesolithic Age was a ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic Period with its chipped stone tools, and the Neolithic Period with its polished stone tools. It is also called Microlithic age as the tools used were chipped stone tools also known as microliths.

Hunting became _______ in the Mesolithic age.

  1. intensive

  2. extensive

  3. subsistence

  4. commercial


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mesolithic Age was a ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic Period with its chipped stone tools, and the Neolithic Period with its polished stone tools. The Mesolithic hunter was able to exploit a wider range of animal and vegetable food sources as compared to Palaeolithic one. It was also the final period of hunter-gatherer cultures in Europe.

Which among the following is a feature of the old stone age ?

  1. The Old Stone Age humans were also known as quartzite humans

  2. This Age was characterised by the use of microliths or small stone tools

  3. It refers to the phase when humans started leading a settled life

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Old Stone Age developed in the Pleistocene Age.  The Old Stone Age or the Palaeolithic humans were also known as quartzite humans because they used a hard stone called quartzite to make their tools. There are three categories of stone tools; Core tools, used for pounding and crushing , Flake tools, designed for scraping and slitting and Blade tools , used for slicing and engraving. The Old Stone humans used tools made of wood and bone also. But it is the stone tools which have survived.

Which of the following were characteristics of Mesolithic age?

  1. Bow and arrows were used for hunting

  2. Beginning of settled life

  3. Beginning of domestication of animals

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Mesolithic Age was a transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. It had the characteristics of both the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. The people of this age lived on hunting, fishing, and food gathering while at a later stage they also domesticated animals. The bow and arrow, invented either late in the Paleolithic period or in the Mesolithic period, served hunters and fighters until the firearm took its place. Probably during Mesolithic times, wild dogs, such as jackals, attached themselves to human settlements.

In Neolithic age man began to use polished stone tools.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Neolithic Age saw the man turning into food producer from food gatherer. It also witnessed the use of pottery for the first time. People used microlithic blades in addition to tools made of polished stone. The use of metal was unknown.

Hence, the above statement is true.

In ________ man began to cultivate and settle down in the river valleys.

  1. Neolithic age

  2. Mesolithic age

  3. Palaeolithic age

  4. Upper Palaeolithic age


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age extending from 4000 BC to 2500 BC. Man began to cultivate which is suggested by archaeological evidence across Asia and Europe. Settled villages had been firmly achieved in the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys and spread towards Indus valley in India.

Which of the following is true regarding Neolithic age?

  1. Wooden wheels were used for making pottery

  2. Wooden handled stone axes and sickles were used

  3. Sharpened and polished stone tools were used

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Edakkal cave is a major Neolithic site. Where is it located?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Kerala


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Edakkal cave is situated at Ambukuthi Hills in Sulthan Bathery is in Wayanad district, Kerala. The rock engravings of Edakkal cave is 3000 to 6000 years old. It is the only known place for stone age carvings in South India. The contain drawings range over periods from the Neolithic as early as 5,000 BC to 1,000 BCE.

Many animals became extinct in mesolithic age. Mammoth is an example for such a species.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Humans hunted mammoths for their meat, bones and skin. Some scientists believe that a poor habitat as a result of climate change, combined with increased contact and hunting by humans as they increasingly entered their areas of habitat led to their eventual extinction.
Hence, the above statement is true.

In which age human started producing food?

  1. Palaeolithic age

  2. Mesolithic age

  3. Neolithic age

  4. Upper Palaeolithic age


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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.

In Hunsgi, tools were made of _______.

  1. Bronze

  2. Silver

  3. Copper

  4. Limestone


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hunsgi is a town in the Shorapur taluk of Yadgir district in Karnataka. A number of early Palaeolithic sites were found here. At some sites, a large number of tools, used for all sorts of activities, were found. These were probably habitation-cum factory sites. In some of the other, smaller sites, there is evidence to suggest that tools were made. Some of the sites were close to springs. Most tools were made from limestone, which was locally available.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
Tools of wood have survived better than tools of stone.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The stone tools are more durable than tools made of wood and bones.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
Hungsi was located in the present-day Madhya Pradesh

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bhimbetka is located in Madhya Pradesh state. Hunsgi is located in Kamataka state. Kurnool is located in Andhra Pradesh state. Tushar's train will pass nearby of Hunsgi and Kurnool.

The early paleolithic age (lower paleolithic age) extends from _________.

  1. 500000 BC to 50000 BC

  2. 50000 BC to 40000 BC

  3. 40000 BC to 10000 BC

  4. 10000 BC to 4000 BC


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Lower Paleolithic Period is the earliest of the Stone Age and is identified by the first usage of stone tools. It extends from 500000 BC to 50000 BC. The Lower Paleolithic Period was probably the time when humans first discovered and used fire.

The Stone Age people had first domesticated ________.

  1. asses

  2. dogs

  3. horses

  4. sheeps


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is believed that the first dogs were wolves that were domesticated by humans at some point during the stone age.

In which country Lascaux cave is located?

  1. India

  2. France

  3. Russia

  4. England


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Lascaux is famous for its Palaeolithic cave paintings, found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of Southwestern France because of their exceptional quality, size, sophistication and antiquity.
Hence, B is the correct answer.

The Neolithic age extends from _________.

  1. 20000 BC to 10000 BC

  2. 9000 BC to 4000 BC

  3. 4000 BC to 2500 BC

  4. 2500 BC to 1 AD


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age extending from 4000 BC to 2500 BC. 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.

The Mesolithic age extends from _________.

  1. 500000 BC to 400000 BC

  2. 40000 BC to 10000 BC

  3. 20000 BC to 8000 BC

  4. 4000 BC to 2500 BC


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mesolithic Age was a ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic Period with its chipped stone tools, and the Neolithic Period with its polished stone tools. It extends from 20,000 BC to 8000 BC.  The word Mesolithic derives from the Greek: Mesos (middle) and Litho (stone).

In which age domestication of animals started?

  1. Neolithic age

  2. Mesolithic age

  3. Palaeolithic age

  4. Upper Palaeolithic age


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The first attempts at domestication of animals and plants  were made during the Mesolithic Period. The first animal to be domesticated was the dog which started in Central Asia . The earliest evidence of domestication of animals comes from Adamgarh (M.P.) and Bagor in Rajasthan dated 5500 B.C. and 4500 B.C. respectively.

The Middle Paleolithic age extends from _________.

  1. 500000 BC to 50000 BC

  2. 50000 BC to 40000 BC

  3. 40000 BC to 10000 BC

  4. 10000 BC to 4000 BC


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Paleolithic age can be divided into three stages: Early (lower) Paleolithic age, Middle Paleolithic age and Late ( upper) Paleolithic age. The Middle Paleolithic age extends from 50000 BC to 40000 BC. It marked a transition from the scavenging times of the prior period to the introduction of hunting and gathering for food.

Late Paleolithic (upper paleolithic) age extends from ___________.

  1. 500000 BC to 50000 BC

  2. 50000 BC to 40000 BC

  3. 40000 BC to 10000 BC

  4. 10000 BC to 4000 BC


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Paleolithic age can be divided into three stages: Early (lower) Paleolithic age, Middle Paleolithic age and Late ( upper) Paleolithic age. The Late Paleolithic age extends from 40000 BC to 10000 BC. It was characterized by the emergence of regional stone tool industries.

Walls and houses built of stone in the Neolithic age were discovered from Jericho in ________.

  1. Egypt

  2. Iraq

  3. Palestine

  4. Saudi Arabia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Jericho is one of the earliest continuous settlements in the world, dating perhaps from about 9000 BCE.  It  is a city in the Palestinian Territories and is located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. Archaeologists have found remains of a very large settlement of circular homes made with mud brick and topped with domed roofs.

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