CBSE History Class 6
On the Trail of the Earliest People
On the Trail of the Earliest People - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: The inscription found in Kandahar gives us an important message, what is that?
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It gives us the evidence that the Mauryan Empire was extended upto Afghanistan
Q2: The Mesolithic age witnessed ___________ changes
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Q3: Mesolithic age is also known as middle stone age. True/False
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Q4: Name the place where Natural caves and rock shelters were found.
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Vindhyas and Deccan plateau
Q5: What material was used to make Huts in Palaeolithic Age?
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Q6: On what surface People of the Stone Age made rock paintings?
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Q7: Name the shelter of early men
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Q8: Natural caves in the Vindhyas region are found in the ________ valley.
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Q9: What is the full form of CE?
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Q10: Early man who lived on the banks of the rivers went in search of water during the dry season. True/False
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Q11: How can we say that the people of Kurnool caves were familiar with fire?
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as we have found traces of ashes at various sites
Q12: Name the tool used by early men to stitch their clothes.
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Q13: Name the material used to make clothes of early men.
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Q14: What was the advantage of clothes made from animal skin?
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it protect and kept the body at a suitable temperature during the winter and summer season.
Q15: Perennial lakes and rivers have water____________ the year.
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Q16: What was the mode of transport for the people of Palaeolithic Age?
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Foot, there was no other mode of transport
Q17: Name the place where Ostrich egg shells were found in India in the Palaeolithic Age.
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Patne in Maharashtra
Q18: At which place Hunsgi is located in the present day?
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Q19: Why is Hunsgi famous in the history?
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A number of early Palaeolithic sites were found here
Q20: What does the rock paintings of Madhya Pradesh and Southern Uttar Pradesh depicts?
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animals and hunting scenes
Q21: Give some examples of Habitation Sites.
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Caves and Rock shelters
Q22: Scraping the bark off trees by early man was done by ____________.
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Q23: State reason why early man had to be alert and quick on his feet.
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Animals were fast and alert and in order to catch them the early man had to be alert and quick on his feet.
Q24: Name the place in Madhya Pradesh where a natural shelter of early man is located.
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Q25: Name the earliest stage of human civilization.
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Q26: What percentage of human history does the Palaeolithic period covers?
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Q27: To catch fish and birds for food, the hunter-gatherers needed to be very ________ and __________.
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Q28: Name the material used to make Handles of spears and arrows.
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Q29: Majority of the rivers that flow in southern India are seasonal. True/False
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Q30: Why Majority of the rivers that flow in southern India are seasonal in nature?
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because they depend upon monsoon for water and do not have glaciers as a source of water
Q31: What do you mean by Stone on stone?
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tool making technique
Q32: What was the name of place where tools were made?
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Q33: List One important change that the Mesolithic age witnessed.
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Making of small tools
Q34: Name the place where We have found large amounts of limestone tools in India.
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Q35: Name the Neolithic sites in India.
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Chirand ,Burzahom, Mahagara and Hallur
Q36: What was the use of stone tools by Early man?
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for making handles of bone and wood weapons.
Q37: What was the Pressure flaking technique?
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Pressure flaking technique was one of the methods adopted by the early man to make tools apart from the stone on stone method.
Q38: Places where remains of things that were used, made and left by the early man are called ____________.
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Q39: Define Factory sites.
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Places where stones were found and tools were made.
Q40: List the most important means of obtaining food for the earlier people.
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Gathering plant produce
Q41: What was the important method adopted by the early man to make tools?
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Q42: The creative talent of the early man can be seen by the drawings painted with skill and _________.
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Q43: Hunter gatherers collected plants that were ______.
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Q44: Gathering plant produce was an extremely important means of obtaining food. True/False
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Q45: Into how many parts The Palaeolithic Age is sub divided?
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Q46: Name the three parts into which the Palaeolithic Age is sub divided.
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Lower Paleolithic Middle Paleolithic Upper Paleolithic
Q47: In which period, Microliths were used by early man?
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Q48: People moved to different parts in search of different kinds of ____________.
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Q49: Name the cave, which shows the evidence of the use of fire.
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Q50: What was the source of colours used in the cave paintings?
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Iron ore and charcoal
