Test: The Early Humans - 1 - Class 6 MCQ

Statements a and c are supported by the information in the passage.

Mehrgarh is considered to be one of the most important Neolithic sites in archaeology.

• Mehrgarh is of the Neolithic Site, lies on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan, Pakistan.
• It is located near Balon Pass in Pakistan, which is a fertile plain.
• The site is located on the principal route between what is now Afghanistan and the Indus Valley.
• It is discovered in 1974 by an archaeological team.
• Evidence of farming and herding is found in Mehrgarh.
• Mehrgarh was a small farming and pastoralist village between 7000-5500 BC, with mud-brick houses and granaries. 
• Mehrgarh is probably the earliest known center of agriculture and herding in South Asia. 
• They cultivated six-row barley, einkorn and emmer wheat, jujubes, and dates.

Palaeolithic tools belong to an earlier period than the Neolithic.

Domestication began around 12,000 years ago, not 2 million years ago.

Mehrgarh was one of the earliest villages for barley and wheat cultivation.

Neolithic is associated with the beginning of domestication, and Mesolithic is associated with a transitional phase, often characterized by nomadic lifestyles.

Pottery is typically associated with later periods, such as the Neolithic, not the Palaeolithic.

The Neolithic period is associated with the beginning of farming and herding.