RBSE Class 6 Social Science Important Questions History Chapter 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 6 Social Science Important Questions History Chapter 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food Important Questions and Answers. 

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Important Questions History Chapter 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. 
The old stone age is also known as:
(a) Neolithic Age
(b) Mesolithic Age
(c) Palaeolithic Age
(d) Chalcolithic Age.
Answer:
(c) Palaeolithic Age

 

Question 2. 
Change in environment took place around:
(a) 15,000 years ago
(b) 1500 years ago
(c) 12,000 years ago
(d) 1200 years ago.
Answer:
(c) 12,000 years ago

Question 3. 
Which site is located near the Bolan Pass?
(a) Daojali Hading
(b) Burzahom
(c) Mehrgarh 
(d) Kurnool cave.
Answer:
(c) Mehrgarh 

Question 4. 
Which was the first animal to be tamed by early man?
(a) Cow 
(b) Goat
(c) Dog 
(d) Ox.
Answer:
(c) Dog 

Question 5. 
Burzahom is located in 
(a) Punjab 
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Rajasthan 
(d) Kashmir.
Answer:
(d) Kashmir.

Fill in the blanks

Question 1   
and were the first cereals which grew naturally.
Answer:
Wheat, Barley

Question 2. 
The rivers and lakes which bear water throughout the year are called 
Answer:
perennial

Question 3. 
Wood was also used to make and
Answer:
huts and tools

Question 4. 
The dead person was buried with goats in 
Answer:
Mehrgarh

Question 5.  
In Burzahom people built to have shelter in weather.
Answer:
pit- houses cold.

True/False

Question 1. 
Hunter-gatherers moved from place to place.
Answer:
True

Question 2. 
Traces of ash have been found in Bhimbetka.
Answer:
False

Question 3. 
The Palaeolithic period extends from 2 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago.
Answer:
False

Question 4. 
People had to think of ways of storing grains.
Answer:
True

Question 5. 
In Mehrgarh, the dead person was buried with horse.
Answer:
False

 

Match the column

I	II
(i) Bhimbetka	(a) present-day Kashmir
(ii) Burzahom	(b) about 12,000 ' years ago
(iii) Settlement at Mehrgarh	(c) 12,000-10,000 years ago
(iv) Beginning of domestication	(d) in present-day Madhya Pradesh
(v) The Mesolithic period	(e) about 8000 years ago

Answer:

I	II
(i) Bhimbetka	(d) in present-day Madhya Pradesh
(ii) Burzahom	(a) present-day Kashmir
(iii) Settlement at Mehrgarh	(e) about 8000 years ago
(iv) Beginning of domestication	(b) about 12,000 ' years ago
(v) The Mesolithic period	(c) 12,000-10,000 years ago

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
Why are people living in the Palaeolithic period called as hunter-gatherers?
Answer:
They are called by this name based on the method of arranging food. 

Question 2. 
What items did the hunter-gatherers make for their work?
Answer:
They made tools of stone, wood and bone for their work.

Question 3. 
What was the wood used for?
Answer:

1. For fuel
2. To make huts 
3. To make tools.

Question 4. 
What place did people keep searching in the stone age?
Answer:
In the stone age, people tried to find places where a good quality stone was easily available.

Question 5. 
What is depicted in cave paintings?
Answer:
Cave painting shows wild animals, drawn with great accuracy and skill.

Question 6. 
What are sites?
Answer:
Sites are places where the remains of tools, pots, buildings etc. were found. 

Question 7. 
The stone age is divided into how many parts?
Answer:
In three parts:

1. Palaeolithic
2. Mesolithic
3. N eolithic.

Question 8. 
What is the Mesolithic period?
Answer:
The period when we find environmental changes is known as the Mesolithic period.

Question 9. 
Which are the oldest crops adopted for agriculture?
Answer:
The oldest crops adopted for agriculture are wheat and barley.

Question 10. 
What did people do to store grains?
Answer:
People began making large day pots, or wove baskets, or dug pits into the ground to store grains.

Question 11. 
What are the uses of mortars and pestles?
Answer:
Mortars and pestles are used for grinding grain and other plant produce.

 

Question 12. 
Where is Bhimbetka located?
Answer:
Bhimbetka is located in present-day Madhya Pradesh.

Question 13. 
Define ‘domestication’?
Answer:
Domestication is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look after animals.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What did the early humans do for food?
Or
What was the food of the hunter-gatherers? 
Answer:
Early humans or hunter-gatherers generally, hunted wild animals, caught fish and birds and gathered fruits, roots, nuts, seeds, leaves, stalks and eggs.

Question 2. 
How did the early humans use the tools they made?
Or
Explain the use of tools made in the stone age.
Answer:
Use of tools made in the stone age

1. Some stone tools were used to cut meat and bone, scrape bark (from trees) and hide animal skins), and chop fruit and roots.
2. Some may have been attached to handles of bone or wood, to make spears and arrows for hunting.
3. Some tools were used to chop wood.
4. Digging the ground to collect edible roots.
5. Stitching clothes made out of animal skin.

Question 3. 
What is found at the site? Explain.
Answer:
Sites are places where the remains' of things (tools, pots, buildings etc.) were found. These were made, used and left behind by people. These may be found on the surface of the earth, buried under the earth, or sometimes even under water.

Question 4. 
What were the results of changes in the world’s climate 12,000 years ago?
Answer:
Around 12,000 years ago, there were major changes in the climate of the world, with a shift to relatively warm conditions. In many areas, this led to the development of grasslands. This in turn led to an increase in the number of deer, antelope, goat, sheep and cattle, i.e. animals that survived on grass. Those who hunted these animals now followed them, learning about their food habits and their breeding seasons. It is likely that this helped people to start thinking about herding and rearing these animals themselves. Fishing also became important.

Question 5. 
How did the people of the subcontinent become farmers?
Or
How did farming begin?
Answer:

1. When the climate of the world changes several grain-bearing grasses, including wheat, barley and rice grew naturally in different parts of the subcontinent.
2. Men, women and children probably collected these grains as food.
3. Slowly people learnt where these grains grew and when they ripened.
4. Over time people must have learnt to cultivate these grains themselves. In this way, farming began and people became farmers.

Question 6. 
How were animals domesticated?
Answer: 

1. People attracted and tamed animals by leaving food for them near their shelters.
2. The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the dog.
3.  Later, people encouraged animals such as sheep, goat, cattle and also the pig to come near the camps where they lived.
4. Often, people protected these animals from attacks by other wild animals. This is how they became herders.

Question 7. 
At which places in the subcontinent, the evidence of early farming and cattle rearing have been found?
Answer:
Across the subcontinent, evidence of early farmers and herders have found. Some of the most important ones are in the northwest, in present-day Kashmir, and in east and south India.

Question 8. 
What is ‘pit-house’? Describe.
Answer:
In the stone age, people built houses, which were dug into the ground known as pit houses. Such houses (pit-house) have been found in Burzahom (in present-day Kashmir). They have steps leading to them. They may have provided shelter in cold weather.

 

Question 9. 
Briefly describe the painting found in the cave in France.
Answer:

1. Paintings in France were made between 20,000 and 10,000 years ago.
2. Of these, wild horses, aurochs, bison, woolly rhinoceros, reindeer and bear, painted in bright colours.
3. It is possible that these paintings were done on ceremonial occasions or perhaps they were made for special rituals, performed by hunters before they went in search of prey.

Question 10. 
What items were brought from great distances in Catal Huyuk (Turkey)?
Answer:
In Catal Huyuk (Turkey), several things were brought from great distances and used in the settlement such as flint from Syria, cowries from the Red sea, and shells from the Mediterranean Sea.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
In how many parts can the stone age be divided? Describe.
Answer:
The stone age is divided into three stages
(1) Palaeolithic period-The earliest period of human history is known as the Palaeolithic period. The Palaeolithic period extends from 2 million years ago to about 12.0 years ago. This period is divided into the 

• ‘Lower’ 
• ‘Middle’ and 
• ‘Upper’ Palaeolithic age. This long span of time covers 99% of human history.

(2) Mesolithic period-The period when we find environmental changes, beginning about 12,000 years ago till about
10.0 years ago is called the Mesolithic (middle stone). Stone tools found during this period are generally tiny and are called microliths. Microliths were probably stuck onto handles of bone or wood to make tools such as saws and sickles.

(3) Neolithic period next stage, from about 10,000 years ago, is known as the Neolithic period. In the Neolithic period tools were being refined.

Question 2. 
Describe the changes in human life in the Neolithic period.
Answer:
In the Neolithic period, there were many changes in human life as

1. People started moving toward sustainable life.
2. In the Neolithic period tools were polished to give a fine cutting edge, and mortars and pestles used for grinding grain and other plant products. Some tools were also made of bone.
3. Many kinds of earthen pots have also been found. These were sometimes decorated and were used for storing things and for cooking food. ,
4. Grains like rice, wheat and lentils now become an important part of the diet.
5. Besides, people began weaving cloth. For this plants like cotton, could now be grown.
6. In many areas, men and women still continued to hunt and gather food, and elsewhere people adopted farming and herding slowly, Over several thousand years. In some cases people tried to combine these activities, doing different things during different.

 

Question 3. 
What do you know about the place ‘Mehrgarh’? Describe.
Answer:

1. Mehrgarh is on a fertile plain, near the Bolan Pass, which is one of the most important routes into Iran.
2. People learnt to grow barley and wheat, and rear sheep and goats for the first time in this area.
3. At this site, many animal bones were found. Bones of wild animals such as deer and pigs, and also bones of sheep and goats were found.
4. Other finds at Mehrgarh include remains of square or rectangular houses. Each house had four or more compartments, some of which may have been used for storage.
5. There are many such burial sites in Mehrgarh, in which some belongings have also been kept with the dead. In one instance, the dead person was buried with goats.