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Stone Age Overview: Key Ages Explained

The document provides an overview of the Stone Age in India, divided into three periods: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic, highlighting their timeframes and key features. The Palaeolithic Age is characterized by crude tools and a nomadic lifestyle, the Mesolithic Age features microliths and semi-nomadic living, while the Neolithic Age marks the advent of agriculture and settled life. Additionally, it includes multiple-choice questions for practice related to these periods.

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Stone Age Overview: Key Ages Explained

The document provides an overview of the Stone Age in India, divided into three periods: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic, highlighting their timeframes and key features. The Palaeolithic Age is characterized by crude tools and a nomadic lifestyle, the Mesolithic Age features microliths and semi-nomadic living, while the Neolithic Age marks the advent of agriculture and settled life. Additionally, it includes multiple-choice questions for practice related to these periods.

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Stone Age Summary: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic

1. Timeline Overview

| Age | Time Period (India) | Key Features |

|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

| Palaeolithic | 2.5 million - 10,000 BCE | Crude tools, nomadic, cave dwellers |

| Mesolithic | 9,000 - 4,000 BCE | Microliths, semi-nomadic, early domestication |

| Neolithic | 7,000 - 1,000 BCE | Agriculture, polished tools, settled life |

2. Palaeolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

- Tools: Crude stone tools (hand axes, scrapers)

- Lifestyle: Nomadic, hunter-gatherers

- Shelter: Caves and rock shelters

- Sites: Bhimbetka (MP), Hunsgi (Karnataka), Attirampakkam (TN)

3. Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age)

- Tools: Microliths (small, sharp tools)

- Lifestyle: Semi-nomadic, beginning of fishing and domestication

- Art: Rock paintings (Bhimbetka)

- Sites: Bagor (Rajasthan), Langhnaj (Gujarat), Adamgarh (MP)

4. Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)

- Tools: Polished stone tools, sickles and axes

- Lifestyle: Settled village life, agriculture, domestication

- Housing: Mud huts, pit dwellings

- Pottery: Handmade and decorated pottery

- Sites: Mehrgarh (Pakistan), Burzahom (J&K), Koldihwa (UP), Hallur (Karnataka)


Stone Age Summary: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic

5. Key MCQs for Practice

1. Which site shows early rice cultivation in India?

a) Burzahom b) Koldihwa (correct) c) Maski d) Langhnaj

2. The use of microlith tools is associated with which age?

a) Neolithic b) Chalcolithic c) Mesolithic (correct) d) Palaeolithic

3. Which of the following is a Neolithic site in Kashmir?

a) Chirand b) Burzahom (correct) c) Hallur d) Hunsgi

4. Mehrgarh is known for the evidence of:

a) Cave paintings b) Iron tools c) Farming and herding (correct) d) Buddhist stupas

5. Neolithic people primarily lived in:

a) Rock shelters b) Caves c) Pit houses and mud huts (correct) d) Stone fortresses

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