Geographical Features and Pre-Historic India
I. Complete the following sentences:
1. Geographically, India is a Peninsula
2. Signs of ashes have been found in the caves of Kurnool
3. The tools of the middle Stone Age are called Delicate Stone tools
II. Answer the following questions in brief
1. Describe the geographical features of India briefly.
Ans: a) India’s geographical features comprise the Himalayan Mountains, the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the North.
b) The Deccan plateau and Coastal regions in the South.
c) Bolan and Khyber passes North-Western sides.
d) Eastern coastline is called the Coromandel Coast, Western Coastline is called Konkan and Malabar Coastline.
2. What are the valleys through which the attacks on India have been taken place?
Ans: The attacks have been mainly from the north-Western side through the valleys of Bolan and Khyber passes.
3. What is meant by ‘Pre-historic’ Age?
Ans: The period before the discovery of the art of writing is called the pre-historic Age.
4. How did animal husbandry and dairying start?
Ans: a) 12000 years ago the temperature increased and this caused the grasslands to grow.
b) Humans who had been hunting animals began to observe their nature, food habits and the way these animals multiplied.
c) Over a period of time, they captured some animals and brought them up. Like this animals husbandry and dairying started
5. The different period of pre-historic has been given various names by archaeologists. What are they?
Ans: a) Old stone age- [Two million years ago] It has 3 types
Early Stone Age, Middle Old Stone age, Late Old Stone Age
b) Middle Stone Age [12000 years to 10000 years ago]
c) New Stone Age [After 10000 years]
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