Stone Age

Question 1

What is the age of the Earth?

Answer 1

4000 million years (4 billion years)

Question 2

What is the current stage of the Earth’s crust evolution called?

Answer 2

Quaternary period

Question 3

What does the geological time scale divide Earth’s history into?

Answer 3

Eons, eras, periods, and epochs

Question 4

How long does the Quaternary period cover?

Answer 4

Approximately the last 2.6 million years

Question 5

What are the two epochs of the Quaternary period?

Answer 5

• Pleistocene (20,00,000 – 10,000 BC) * Holocene (10,000 BC – Present)

Question 6

What characterizes the Pleistocene epoch?

Answer 6

Repeated glacial cycles and large animals like mammoths

Question 7

What significant change occurred during the Holocene epoch?

Answer 7

The end of the last ice age and the rise of human civilizations

Question 8

What major agricultural development occurred during the Holocene?

Answer 8

The development of agriculture and permanent settlements

Question 9

What does the term ‘Inter-glaciation period’ refer to?

Answer 9

Periods between ice ages when the climate was relatively warmer

Question 10

What is the Stone Age known for?

Answer 10

The use of stone tools

Question 11

What are the three major periods of the Stone Age?

Answer 11

• Paleolithic Age * Mesolithic Age * Neolithic Age

Question 12

What does ‘Paleolithic’ mean?

Answer 12

Old Stone Age

Question 13

What was a key characteristic of the Paleolithic Age?

Answer 13

The gradual evolution of Homo sapiens and development of survival skills

Question 14

What are the three phases of the Paleolithic Age?

Answer 14

• Lower Paleolithic * Middle Paleolithic * Upper Paleolithic

Question 15

What marks the end of the Ice Age in the Upper Paleolithic?

Answer 15

The appearance of modern Homo sapiens

Question 16

What does ‘Mesolithic’ mean?

Answer 16

Middle Stone Age

Question 17

What lifestyle characterized the Mesolithic Age?

Answer 17

Semi-nomadic lifestyle reliant on fishing, hunting, and gathering

Question 18

What significant transition occurred in the Neolithic Age?

Answer 18

From hunting and gathering to settled agricultural communities

Question 19

What key agricultural developments occurred during the Neolithic Age?

Answer 19

• Development of agriculture * Domestication of animals * Permanent settlements

Question 20

What are megalithic monuments?

Answer 20

Large stone constructions used for burial or religious purposes

Question 21

What characterized the Holocene period?

Answer 21

Warmer and more stable climatic conditions

Question 22

What were the main occupations during the Mesolithic Age?

Answer 22

Hunting, food gathering, and fishing

Question 23

What tools did Mesolithic people use?

Answer 23

Microliths (small stone tools, about 1–5 cm)

Question 24

What significant change in tools occurred in the Neolithic Age?

Answer 24

Introduction of polished stone tools

Question 25

What was the significance of granaries in the Neolithic Age?

Answer 25

Used for storing grains

Question 26

What are some Neolithic sites in North-Western India?

Answer 26

* Mehrgarh * Burzahom * Gufkral * Chirand

Question 27

What type of evidence was found in Adamgarh and Bagor during the Mesolithic Age?

Answer 27

Earliest evidence of domestication of animals

Question 28

What is a significant archaeological find from the Mesolithic site of Mirzapur?

Answer 28

Introduction of pottery

Question 29

What climatic changes occurred at the end of the Ice Age?

Answer 29

Warmer conditions replacing cold, melting of ice, rising river water levels

Question 30

Fill in the blank: The Neolithic Age began around _______.

Answer 30

9000 BCE

Question 31

True or False: The Paleolithic Age is characterized by advanced agricultural practices.

Answer 31

False