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What is a Microlith?

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  1. Microliths were small , polished , sharp stone tools

  2. Rock painting

  3. Large stone tools

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Microliths were small , polished and sharp stone tools. They were marked for their fine edge. They were too small to be used by themselves and would have been set into wooden or bone handles to make composite tools. Microliths were formed from prismatic blades, using the sharp unmodified lateral edges as the cutting edge.

The Neolithic age is also called new stone age.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Neolithic age means new stone  age. Neo is a root we use in the English language, it comes from the Greek word "neos", which means new or recent.

Hence, the above statement is true.

Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because ________.

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  1. They wanted to draw paintings in caves.

  2. They wanted to explore the caves.

  3. They wanted to protect themselves from wild animals and bad weather.

  4. They did not like to live in the forests.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

They wanted to protect themselves from wild animals and bad weather.

Early people painted on the walls of caves.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The earliest people hunted, gathered plant produce, made stone tools, and painted on cave walls. Some of them lived in the open air sites while some of them took shelter in the caves. In these caves we find the remains of their life in the forms of paintings on the cave walls they left behind.

Which is not related to prehistoric culture?

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  1. Chopper and Chopping tools

  2. Razor

  3. Borer

  4. Point

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Correct Option: B

Apart from the knowledge of Metallurgy, what else did the Megalithic people knew?

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  1. pottery

  2. Ornaments

  3. Axes

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D

_______ was a formative period and the foundation for the Sangam Age.

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  1. Copper Age

  2. Bronze Age

  3. Stone Age

  4. Iron Age

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Sangam era corresponds roughly to the late Iron Age-Early Historic period (c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 300), which represents a key stage in the development of South Indian material culture.