Manipur Board Class 6 Social Science Chapter 10 Early Man and his life Question Answer Solution. This solution is under Manipur Class 6 Social Science Solution page.
Manipur Board Class 6 Social Science Chapter 10: Early Man and his life
- Board – Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.
- Class – 6
- Subject – Social Science
- Topic – Exercise Solution / Notes / Question Answer.
1.)
a) Why did the Old Stone Age people eat raw food?
Ans. The Old Stone Age people ate raw food because they did not know how to cook food.
b) What finding at Machi confirms the existence of Stone Age man in Manipur?
Ans. The finding of the pebble chopper at Machi, confirms the existence of Stone Age man in Manipur.
c) Why did not the New Stone Age man move from place to place?
Ans. The New Stone Age man did not move from place to place as they knew the concept of growing food for what they had to stay at one plce.
2.)
a) Why did the Old Stone Age people move from place to place?
Ans. When the Old Stone Age people did not find the sufficient food, water to survive in one place, they moved to another place in order to find food and shelter.
b) What differences do you find regarding the clothes of the people of the Old Stone Age and that of the modern man?
Ans. Unlike how the modern man dresses, the people of the Old Stone Age did not know how to make handloom clothes. The Old Stone Age people covered themselves with the hides of animals and leaves and barks of tree.
c) How did the Stone Age man become agriculturist?
Ans. The Stone Age people began to know about several grains and harvested them in 10000B.C. to 8000 B.C. By 3000 B.C. years ago, the people began to observe how plants emerged from the place where the seeds were dropped by them. They began to know the life cycle of grains, vegetables and throw seeds of plants and fruits they ate at particular places. Then Stone Age people began to develop the concept of growing food, new tools and weapons for agriculture. This is how the Stone Age man became agriculturist.
d) Write the lifestyle of the Old Age people in regards to their tools, painting and clothing.
Ans. Many pictures were found drawn on the wall of the caves said to be inhabited by the Old Age people. From the cave painting, we can depict that the Old Stone Age people covered themselves with the hides of animals and leaves and barks of tree. They used tools and weapons made of stone to hunt their prey, chop fruits and roots, cut meat and bones and scrap bark from trees and hides of animals.
e) Explain the life of the people which lived in 10000 B.C. to 8000 B.C.
Ans. The people which lived in 10000 B.C. to 8000 B.C. were Middle Stone Age people. In Middle Stone Age, people began to herd and rear animal and they domesticated dog, cattle, goat and sheep. They made spearheads and arrowheads from small stone tools called microliths. The people of the Middle Stone Age began to know about several grains like rice, wheat and barley, grown in a particular region which help them to harvest the food grain.
3.)
(i) The Old Stone age people –
a) Used stone to cut meat and bones.
b) Lived on river banks.
c) Knew the life cycle of plants.
d) Covered themselves with hides of animals.
Ans. c) Knew the life cycle of plants.
(ii) Which of the following is incorrect about the people of the Old Stone Age?
a) Discovered fire making.
b) Discovered wheel.
c) Moved from place to place.
d) Painted on Caves.
Ans. b) Discovered wheel.
4.) Common Term Scientific Term Time Period
Old Stone Age Paleolithic Period 3.3 million to 120000 years ago
Middle Stone Age Mesolithic Period 120000 to 5000 years ago
New Stone Age Neolithic Period 10000 to 5000 years ago