EARLIEST PEOPLE

Question 1

WHY HUNTER GATHERERS MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE?

Answer 1

1 ATE ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES.
2 ANIMALS MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
3 TREES BEAR FRUIT IN DIFFERENT SEASONS.
4 SOME RIVERS WERE SEASONAL.

Question 2

ENUMERATE PALEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE) SITES?
PRESENT DAY LOCATION?

Answer 2

BHK AASS
1 BHIMBETKA (MADHYA PRADESH)
2 HUNSGI (KARNATAKA)
3 KURNOOL CAVES (ANDHRA PRADESH)
4. ADAMGARH HILL IN NARMADA VALLEY
5. ATTIRAMPAKKAM NEAR CHENNAI
6. SOAN VALLEY AND POTWAR PLATEAU (NORTHWEST INDIA)
7. SHIWALIK HILLS (NORTH INDIA).

Question 3

ENUMERATE NEOLITHIC SITES?
AND PRESENT LOCATION?

Answer 3

MMC Delhi High BP & Koch’s. KUMB
1. MEHRGARH (PAKISTAN)
2. MAHAGARA (UTTAR PRADESH)
3. CHIRAND (BIHAR)
4. DAOJALI HADING (ASSAM)
5. HALLUR (KARNATAKA)
6. BURZAHOM (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
7. PAIYAMPALLI (TAMIL NADU)
8. KOLDIHWA (UTTAR PRADESH)
9. KODEKAL (KARNATAKA)
10. UTNUR (ANDHRA PRADESH)
11. MASKI (KARNATAKA)
12. BELAN VALLEY IN UTTAR PRADESH.

Question 4

ENUMERATE MEGALITHIC SITE?
PRESENT LOCATION?

Answer 4

BAN
1. BRAHMAGIRI (KARNATAKA)
2. ADICHANALLUR (TAMIL NADU).
3. NAGARJUNAKONDA (ANDHRA PRADESH).
4. HALLUR AND MASKI IN KARNATAKA.

Question 5

EARLY VILLAGE IN ANCIENT INDIA?

Answer 5

INAMGAON (MAHARASHTRA).

Question 6

THINGS FOUND AT BURZAHOM?

Answer 6

1 PIT HOUSES WITH STEPS.
2 COOKING HEARTHS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
3 LENTILS.
4 BODIES BURIED WITH DOG.

Question 7

THINGS FOUND FROM MEHRGARH?

Answer 7

1 FERTILE PLAINS NEAR BOLAN PASS.
2 COTTON AND SPINDLE WHORLS.
3 SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR HOUSES (FOUR OR MORE COMPARTMENTS).
4 WHEAT AND BARLEY.
5 SHEEP AND GOAT.
6 BURIAL SITES (DEAD PERSON BURRIED WITH GOATS).
WOMEN AND MEN LEARNT TO GROW WHEAT AND BARLEY AND REAR SHEEP AND GOAT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Question 8

THINGS FOUND IN DAOJALI HADING?

Answer 8

1 MORTARS AND PESTLES.
2 JADEITE (STONE FROM CHINA).
3 FOSSIL WOOD (WOOD THAT HAS HARDENED INTO STONE).
4 POTTERY.
DAOJALI HADING IS NEAR BRAHMPUTRA VALLEY.

Question 9

HOOF MARKS ON CLAY SURFACES WAS FOUND IN?

Answer 9

MAHAGARA.

Question 10

GRAINS AND BONES FOUND FROM CHIRAND?

Answer 10

1 GREEN GRAM
2 OX etc

Question 11

GRAINS FOUND IN KOLDIHWA?

Answer 11

RICE ETC

Question 12

GRAINS AND BONES FOUND IN HALLUR AND PAIYAMPALLI?

Answer 12

MILLET AND PIG ETC.

Question 13

PLACES WHERE STONE WAS FOUND AND PEOPLE MADE TOOLS WERE KNOWNS AS?

Answer 13

FACTORY SITES.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIVED HERE FOR LONGER SPELLS OF TIME SO CALLED HABITATION CUM FACTORY SITES.

Question 14

THINGS FOUND IN BHIMBETKA?

Answer 14

CAVES AND ROCK SHELTERS.
IT WAS A HABITATION SITE.

Question 15

TECHNIQUES OF STONE MAKING IN ANCIENT INDIA?

Answer 15

1 STONE ON STONE- CORE STONE (FROM WHICH WEAPON WAS MADE)
HAMMER STONE
2 PRESSURE FLAKING- CORE STONE PLACED ON A FIRM SURFACE. HAMMER STONE USED ON A PIECE OF BONE OR STONE TO REMOVE FLAKES.

Question 16

KURNOOL CAVES FINDINGS?

Answer 16

TRACES OF ASH HAS BEEN FOUND MEANS FIRE WAS USED.

Question 17

MAJOR CHANGE IN CLIMATE IN ANCIENT TIMES OCCURRED AROUND?

Answer 17

12000 YEARS AGO.
LED TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
SEVERAL GRAIN BEARING GRASSES INCLUDING WHEAT, BARLEY AND RICE GREW NATURALLY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SUBCONTINENT.

Question 18

EXTENT OF PALEOLITHIC PERIOD?

Answer 18

1 IT EXTENDS FROM 2 MILLION YEARS AGO TO ABOUT 12000 YEARS AGO.
2 DIVIDED INTO LOWER, MIDDLE AND UPPER PALEOLITHIC.
3 COVERS 99% OF HUMAN HISTORY.

Question 19

EXTENT OF MESOLITHIC PERIOD?

Answer 19

12000 YEARS AGO TILL 10000 YEARS AGO.
ALSO CALLED MIDDLE STONE PERIOD.
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES OCCURRED IN THIS PERIOD.
SMALL STONE CALLED MICROLITHS FOUND DURING THIS PERIOD.

Question 20

EXTENT OF NEOLITHIC PERIOD?

Answer 20

FROM ABOUT 10000 YEARS AGO.

Question 21

OSTRICHES WERE FOUND IN INDIA DURING WHICH PERIOD?

Answer 21

PALEOLITHIC PERIOD.
OSTRICH EGG SHELLS WERE FOUND AT PATNE MAHARASHTRA. DESIGNS WERE ENGRAVED ON SOME PIECIES WHILE BEADS WERE ALSO MADE OUT OF THEM.

Question 22

HUNSGI FINDINGS?

Answer 22

1 HABITATION CUM FACTORY SITE.
2 MOST TOOLS WERE MADE FROM LIMESTONE WHICH WAS LOCALLY AVAILABLE.

Question 23

WHAT IS AUROCHS IN ANCIENT TERMS?

Answer 23

AN OLDER WILD FROM OF CATTLE.
WAS COMMON TO EUROPE.
NOW EXTINCT.