Answer: Fossils are the remains or impressions of prehistoric plants or animals that are embedded in rocks and preserved in solid form for millions of years.
Question 2: What do you mean by habitation-cum-factory sites?
Answer: Habitation-cum-factory sites are places where early humans lived and also made their tools using stones, bones, and pebbles.
Question 3: Write down the techniques of tool making that primitive people followed.
Answer:Primitive people made tools by two main techniques: 1.Striking two pebbles together.
2.Using one stone as a hammer to break another stone and remove flakes.
Question 4: What are microliths?
Answer: Microliths are very small stone tools, usually geometric in shape, used during the Mesolithic period.
Question 5: Name two important sites of Mesolithic and Neolithic Period.
Question 1. The earliest traces of human life have been found in ............ Madhya Pradesh.
Answer: Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
Question 2: They noticed fire when forest fire used to occur due to ..................
Answer: lightning
Question 3: The last phase of................ Mesolithic period saw plain cultivation.
Answer: Mesolithic
Question 4: Potters started to use wheel in making earthen pots in ........... period.
Answer: Neolithic
Question 5: Natural caves and rock shelters are found near the ............. Valley.
Answer: Narmada
[C] Write whether the following statements are true or false.
Question 1. Primitive people knew the utilization of metals.
Answer: False
Question 2: The climate was very hot in lower Palaeolithic Period.
Answer: False
Question 3: Domestication of cattle was started in Neolithic Period.
Answer: True
Question 4: Maski is a habitation-cum-factory site
Answer: True
Question 5: Generally Red, Blue, Green and Yellow colours were used in rock paintings.
Answer: False
[d] Write down the answers in brief.
Question 1. Write a short note on the Palaeolithic Period.
Answer: The Palaeolithic Period is also known as the Old Stone Age. It lasted from about 2 million years ago to around 12,000 years ago. Early humans used rough stone tools like hand axes, choppers, and cleavers. They lived by hunting animals and gathering fruits and roots.
Question 2: Discuss briefly about the sources that provide information about the Primitive people.
Answer: Information about primitive people comes from sources like fossils, rock paintings, and stone tools. Fossils tell us about ancient plants and animals. Rock paintings show scenes of hunting, dancing, and daily life. Stone tools help historians understand how early humans lived and worked.
Question 3: Write a short note on the Neolithic Period.
Answer: The Neolithic Period is also called the New Stone Age and began around 8000 B.C. During this time people started farming and domesticating animals like cattle, sheep, and goats. They used polished stone tools, made pottery, built villages, and learned weaving.
