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EVALUATION : I. Choose the correct answer II. Fill in the blanks III. Find out the correct statement IV. Match the following - Book Back Important Questions, Answers, Solutions : One Mark Questions Answers

I. Choose the correct answer

 

1._______ is genetically closest to humans.

a) Gorilla

c) Orang-utan

b) Chimpanzee

d) Great Apes

Answer : ( b) Chimpanzee

 

2. The period called______ marks the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication.

a) Paleolithic

b) Mesolithic

c) Neolithic

d) Megalithic

Answer : (c) Neolithic

 

3. Direct ancestor of modem man was

a) Homo habilis

b) Homo erectus

c) Homo sapiens

d) Neanderthal man

Answer : (c) Homo sapiens

 

4. ________refers to the area covering Egypt, Israel-Palestine and Iraq.

a) Great Rift Valley

b) Fertile Crescent

c) Solo river

d) Neander Valley

Answer : ( b) Fertile Crescent

 

5. Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geologist from England first discovered the______ tools st pallavaram near Chennal.

a) Microlithic

b) Paleolithic

c) Mesolithic

d) Neolithic

Answer : ( b) Paleolithic

 

6. (i) The period before the introduction of writing is called pre-history.

(ii) The pre-historic people developed language, made beautiful paintings and artefacts.

(iii) The pre-historic societies are treated as literate.

(iv) The pre-historic period is called ancient.

a) (i) is correct

b) (i) and (ii) are correct

c) (i) and (iv) are correct

d) (ii) and (iii) are correct

Ans (b) (i) and (ii) are correct

 

7. (i) The Neolithic people used polished stone axes called Celts.

(ii) Evidence of Neolithic village is found at Payyampalli in Chennai district.

(iii) The cultural period that succeeded the Neolithic is called the Bronze Age.

(iv) The period that witnessed domestication of animals and cultivation of crops is called Mesolithic,

a) (i) is correct

b) (ii) is correct

d) (ii) and (iii) are correct

c) (iv) is correct

Answer : (a) (i) is correct.

 

8. Assertion (A): Many of the Mesolithic sites are found nearby rivers and tanks.

Reason (R): Irrigation management developed during Mesolithic period.

a) A and R are correct and R explains A

b) A and R are correct but R doesn't explain A

c) A is correct but R is incorrect

d) A and R both are incorrect

Answer : (d) A and R both are incorrect

 

II. Fill in the blanks

 

1. Hand axes and cleavers are the important tool types of the Lower Paleolithic  culture.

2. The methods and techniques involved in the production of stone tools are called Lithic technology.

3. Mesolithic is known as the Middle Stone Age, as it is placed between the Paleolithic and Neolithic.

 

III. Find out the correct statement

 

1. a) The concept 'survival of the fittest’ contributed to the scientific understanding of human origins.

b) The book "On the Origin of Species" was published by Herbert Spencer.

c) Darwin's theory of biological evolution connects with the process of natural selection.

d) Geology is the study of lithic technology .

Answer:  a) The concept 'survival of the fittest' contributed to the scientific understanding of human origins.

 

2) a) Among the great Apes Orang-utan is genetically the closest to humans.

b) The ancestors to humans were called Hominins and their origins have been traced to Africa.

c) Flake cannot be used for tool making.

d) Acheulian is the main block of stone from which small chips are flaked by using a hammer stone.

Answer:  b) The ancestors to humans were called Hominins and their origins have been traced to Africa.

 

IV. Match the following

 

Column I Column II

1. Palaeo anthropology – a. Teris

2. Hand axe tools – b. Venus

3. Images on stone and bone – c. Acheulian

4. Red sand dunes – d. Microliths

5. Stone artefacts of small size – e. The study of the human ancestors.

Answer:

1. Palaeo anthropology - The study of the human ancestors.

2. Hand axe tools - Acheulian

3. Images on stone and bone - Venus

4. Red sand dunes - Teris

5. Stone artefacts of small size - Microliths

 

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