Ch 1 Paleolithic

Question 1

What is the time period of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age in India?

Answer 1

5,00,000 B.C. - 10,000 B.C.

The Paleolithic or Old Stone Age in India lasted from 5,00,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C.

Question 2

What were the main occupations of people during the Paleolithic Age?

Answer 2

Food gathering and hunting

Food gathering and hunting were the main occupations of people during the Paleolithic Age.

Question 3

What were the tools used by Paleolithic men?

Answer 3

Hand axes, cleavers, choppers, blades, scrapers, and burin

Paleolithic men used tools such as hand axes, cleavers, choppers, blades, scrapers, and burin.

Question 4

What kind of rock were the tools of Paleolithic men made from?

Answer 4

Quartzite

The tools of Paleolithic men were made of hard rock called ‘quartzite’.

Question 5

When did Homo sapiens first appear in the Paleolithic Age?

Answer 5

In the last phase of the Paleolithic age

Homo sapiens first appeared in the last phase of the Paleolithic age.

Question 6

How many phases was the Paleolithic Age in India divided into?

Answer 6

Three phases

The Paleolithic Age in India was divided into three phases based on the nature of stone tools used and the climate changes.

Question 7

What characterized the Middle Paleolithic Phase?

Answer 7

Use of stone tools made of flakes mainly scrapers, borers, and blade-like tools

The Middle Paleolithic Phase was characterized by the use of stone tools made of flakes, mainly scrapers, borers, and blade-like tools.

Question 8

What were the Old Stone Age people called due to their way of obtaining food?

Answer 8

Hunter-gatherers

The Old Stone Age people were called hunter-gatherers because they obtained food by hunting animals and gathering edible plants and tubers.

Question 9

Where have some Old Stone Age paintings been found in India?

Answer 9

Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh and other places

Some Old Stone Age paintings have been found on rocks at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh and other places.

Question 10

What is an important site where fossil animal bones have been found in India?

Answer 10

Chopani-Mando in the Belan valley of the Vindhyas

Chopani-Mando in the Belan valley of the Vindhyas is an important site where fossil animal bones have been found.