1.
Option A
2.
Option C
3.
Option A
4.
It is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look
after animals.
5.
1. This is a site on the hills near the Brahmaputra Valley, close to routes leading into China and Myanmar.
2. Here stone tools, including mortars and pestles, have been found. These indicate that people were probably growing grain and preparing food from it.
3. Other finds include jadeite, a stone that may have been brought from China. Also common are finds of tools made of fossil wood (ancient wood that has hardened into stone), and pottery.
6.
In earlier times, the climate of the world was changing, and so were plants and animals that people used as food. Men, women and children probably observed several things: the places where edible plants were found, how seeds broke off stalks, fell on the ground, and new plants
sprouted from them. Perhaps they began looking after plants — protecting them from birds and animals so that they could grow and the seeds could ripen. In this way people became farmers.
7.
1. Mehrgarh was probably one of the places where women and men learnt to grow barley and wheat, and rear sheep and goats for the first time in this area. It is one of the earliest villages that we know about.
2. Archaeologists who excavated the site found evidence of many kinds of animal bones from the earliest levels. These included bones of wild animals such as the deer and pig.
3. In later levels, they found more bones of sheep and goat, and in still later levels, cattle bones are most common, suggesting that this was the animal that was generally kept by the people.
4. Other finds at Mehrgarh include remains of square or rectangular houses. Each house had four or more compartments, some of which may
have been used for storage.
5. Several burial sites have been found at Mehrgarh. In one instance, the dead person was buried with goats, which were probably meant to serve as food in the next world.
8.
Option A
9.
One of the distinctive features of a village is that most people who live there are engaged in food production.
10.
Women, men and children could also attract and then tame animals by leaving food for them near their shelters. Later, people encouraged animals that were relatively gentle to come near the camps where they lived. These animals such as sheep, goat, cattle and also the pig lived in herds, and most of them ate grass. Often, people protected these animals from attacks by other wild animals. This is how they became herders.
11.
Option B
12.
Tribes have rich and unique cultural traditions, including their own
language, music, stories and paintings. They also have their own gods
and goddesses.
13.
Most of our food such as fruit, vegetables, grain, milk and meat comes from plants that are grown and animals that are reared.
14.
Fossil wood is ancient wood that has hardened into stone & was used to make Tools.
15.
Barley and Wheat.
16.
Different plants grow in different conditions — rice, for example, requires more water than wheat and barley. This explains why farmers grow some crops in some areas and not in other areas. Different animals too, prefer different environments — for instance, sheep and goat can survive more easily than cattle in dry, hilly environments.
17.
Sheep : Wool
Goat: Meat, Milk
Dog: Guarding
Ox: Farm work
18.
Mehrgarh
19.
1. Members of a tribe follow occupations such as hunting, gathering,
farming, herding and fishing.
2. Usually, women do most of the agricultural work, including preparing the ground, sowing seeds, looking after the growing plants and harvesting grain. Women also thresh, husk, and grind grain.
3. Children often look after plants, driving away animals and birds that might eat them.
4. Men usually lead large herds of animals in search of pasture. Children often look after small flocks.
5. The cleaning of animals and milking, is done by both men and women. Both women and men make pots, baskets, tools and huts. They also take part in singing, dancing and decorating their huts.
20.
Option A
