Class 6 History Chapter 2 Question Answers - From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food

Q1: Name the place where the site of Burzahom is situated.

Ans : Kashmir

Q2: What archaeological evidence has been found in Burzahom?

Ans : The archaeological evidence that have been found from this site include wheat, lentil, goat, buffalo, sheep and dogs.

Q3: The evidence of pit-house has been found from __________.

Ans : Burzahom

Burzahom Pit-House

Q4: Pit-houses have been constructed to get protection from the cold temperatures. True/False

Ans : True

Q5: Name One of the important occupations taken up by the tribes of the Middle Stone Age.

Ans : Herding

Q6: Burial is an arrangement for ________________.

Ans : Weak people

Q7: Name the place where several burial sites had been found.

Ans : Mehrgarh

Q8: The most common animal, generally kept by the people in Mehrgarh.

Ans : Cattle

Q9: Name one of the earliest villages to be discovered and excavated.

Ans : Mehrgarh

Q10: In the present day, Paiyampalli is located in Uttar Pradesh. True/False.

Ans : False

Q11: What did the Findings at Mehrgarh include?

Ans : 4 or more compartmented houses in the shape of a square

Q12: According to archaeologists, what is the reason behind burying goats along with the dead bodies?

Ans : To serve as food in the next world after death

Q13: People at Mehrgarh believed that there is some form of life after _________.

Ans : Death

Q14: Name the place where Cattle hoof marks were found on a clay surface.

Ans : Mahagara site

Q15: What was the purpose of making large clay pots?

Ans : to store food

Q16: The site of Koldihwa is located in______________.

Ans : Uttar Pradesh

Q17: Mention one of the reasons why people of that age stored grains.

Ans : For food

Q18: Name the place where Millet was grown in the Neolithic Age.

Ans : Paiyampalli and Hallur

Q19: According to archaeologists, people built pit houses which were dug into the ground with steps leading to them. True/False

Ans : True

Q20: What were the cooking platforms found in Burzahom?

Ans : Hearths

Q21: Name the first animal to be tamed by the early people.

Ans : wild ancestor of dog

Q22: How did early men use to tame animals?

Ans : Early men used to tame animals by leaving food for them near their shelters

Q23: For hunter-gatherers, 'store of food' was available in the form of _______________.

Ans : Animals

Q24: Grains also served one special purpose for the hunter-gatherers; what was that?

Ans : Gifts

Q25: Name the site that provides the evidence of tools made from ' fossil wood'.

Ans : Daojali Hading

Q26: List of the most distinctive features of a villager.

Ans : Being a Food producer

Q27: We find tools made of fossil wood at ____________.

Ans : Daojali, near Brahmaputra valley

Q28: Name the material used to make Handles of spears and arrows.

Ans : Daojali Hading

Q29: Materials that have been found at Gufkral site include_____________________.

Ans : Wheat and lentil

Q30: Name the site where we find the proof that the people had learnt to produce food.

Ans : Gufkral site

Q31: What do you mean by the Neolithic?

Ans : New Stone Age

Q32: Name the site from where polished stone tools had been found.

Ans : Chirand and Gufkral

Q33: The discovery of crops grown by early man is linked to the _____________.

Ans : Finding burnt grain

Q34: How did Scientists have identified that animals existed during the pre-historic period?

Ans : Through bones of animals

Q35: Why do we call Stone tools found in some regions as Neolithic?

Ans : They are not similar to the normal tools of the Paleolithic.

Q36: What was the major difference between the tribal and normal society people?

Ans : The commonwealth is divided amongst the members.

Q37: Name all the places where examples of early farming and herding can be found.

Ans : North-west, East and South India and Kashmir

Q38: The need for domestication of animals was for ___________________.

Ans : Milk and meat

Q39: The people of Burzahom are associated with the period named as _________________.

Ans : Neolithic

Q40: Name the period in which people learned to make food.

Ans : Neolithic

Q41: Name the earliest crops that were planted.

Ans : Wheat and Barley

Q42: Name the place where the famous site of Burzahom is situated.

Ans : Kashmir

Q43: Mehrgarh is considered to be the place where men and women learnt to grow ___________ and wheat.

Ans : Grow barley 

Q44: What is the name of the Neolithic age?

Ans : New Stone Age

Q45: Name the site where hoof marks on the clay surface have been found.

Ans : Mahagarh

Q46: The Neolithic site “Paiyampalli” is located in ______________.

Ans : Andhra Pradesh

Q47: Name the most important pass which links India with Iran.

Ans : Bolan Pass

Q48: Name the site from where the bones of the pig were discovered.

Ans : Paiyampalli

Q49: Name the site that provides evidence of black gram.

Ans : Paiyampalli

Q50: “Daojali Hading” is located near the Ganga valley. True/False

Ans : False