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4. Mehragarh is located in ____________ .
(a) Baluchistan, Pakistan (b) Dhaka, Bangladesh (c) Odisha, India

5. Pit-dwellings have been excavated in ____________ .
(a) Burzahom (b) Sarutaru (c) both of these
6. The people in north-east wore ____________ .
(a) only clothes (b) ornaments (c) both clothes and ornaments
7. Man started leading a settled life after becoming a ____________ .
(a) food producer (b) tool maker (c) potter

8. The most important discovery which greatly improved the art of pottery was ____________ .
(a) fire (b) wheel (c) metal

B. Match the following :
1. Neolithic age u u Living in pits after digging them.
2. Farming/Agriculture u u The burning of a dead body.
3. Herding u u The New Stone Age (circa 8000 BC to 4000 BC).
4. Tradition u u The practice of producing food.
5. Cremation u u Rearing animals for farming, food and meat.

6. Pit-dwelling u u A belief, custom or way of doing something over a long time.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false :
1. Man started farming during the Mesolithic Age.
2. Man started to lead a settled life as he could grow his food himself.

3. Man during the Neolithic Age used animals only for meat, milk and skin.
4. Man experimented with several types of pottery.
5. People in all places liked to live in pits.
6. Burzahom is located in Uttar Pradesh.

D. Answer the questions in one word/phrase :
1. Which age followed the Mesolithic Age?
2. Why did man domesticate animals?

3. Who became the leader of the community?
4. What was the greatest invention of this age?
5. Where did people live in pit-dwellings?
6. How long back did pottery come into use?

E. Answer the questions in brief :
1. What did man observe towards the end of the Mesolithic Age?
2. Why did man no more need to wander in search of food?
3. What did man start to domesticate animals for?

4. What change occurred in the tools, weapons and pottery during the Neolithic Age?
5. How did man make huts?
6. Why did man start to worship natural forces?

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