CBSE Class 6 Social Science Gathering To Growing Food Worksheet

1.Where is the site Koldihwa located ?

(A) Pakistan (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Bihar (D) Andhra Pradesh

2.What were the occupations followed by the tribes of Middle Stone Age?

(A) herding (B) hunting (C) fishing (D) All of these

3.what material have we found at the Gufkral site?

(A) wheat and lentil (B) rice (C) cotton (D) millet

4.Burzahom is in__________.

(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Kashmir (C) mizoram (D) bihar

5.where do we find proof of jadeite which may have been brought from China?

(A) Daojali (B) Burzahom (C) Chirand (D) Mehrgarh

6.where do we find tools made of fossil wood?

(A) Mehrgarh (B) Daojali (C) Burzahom (D) Chirand

7.

What several things were observed by men, women and children of Neolithic Age?

(i)the places where edible plants were found

(ii) how seeds broke off the stalks

(iii) how new plants sprouted from the fallen seeds

(A) Only option (i) is correct (B) Only (ii) and (iii) are correct

(C) None of these (D) All of these

8.

The first animal to be tamed by the early people was

(A) sheep (B) goat (C) wild ancestor of dog (D) pig

9.According to the Archeologists, what kind of houses were built by people in Burzahom?

(A) Marble houses (B) Glass houses (C) Pit houses (D) Hay houses

10.What kind of Neolithic tools have been found at various sites?

1.what do we mean by Neolithic ?

(A) old stone age

(B) stone age

(C) new stone age

(D) non of the above

2.The most common animal, generally kept by the people in Mehrgarh was

(A) Cattle

(B) Camel

(C) Dog

(D) Cat

3.

When did the Domestication of animals begin?

(A) 10,000 yrs ago

(B) 12,000 yrs ago

(C) 13,000 yrs ago

(D) 14,000 yrs ago

4.Where is Paiyampalli located at present day?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Orissa

(C) Pakistan

(D) Andhra Pradesh

5.

Match the following and choose the answer from the options given below

Column I Column II

A. Domestication (i)Farmers and herders living in a group

B. Tribe (ii)Process in which people grow plants and look after

animals

C. Jadeite (iii)Near Brahmaputra Valley

D. Daojali Hading (iv)A stone that may have been brought from China

(A) A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iii), D-(iv)

(B) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(i)

(C) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iv), D-(iii)

(D) A-(i), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(ii)

6.Finds at Mehrgarh include remains of square or rectangular houses.How many compartments were

there in a house?

(A) 1 or more

(B) 2 or more

(C) 3 or more

(D) 4 or more

7.According to Archaeologists, what must have been the reason behind burying goats along with the

dead bodies?

(A) To serve as food in the nextworldafter death

(B) To make fossils

(C) To make cotton

(D) All of these

8.What was the belief of people in Mehrgarh?

1. Names of sites are given below. Write down the grain and bones found in these regions, also write to which age do these sites belong.

2.  .............. and  .............. are used for grinding grain,

3. Several burial sites have been found at .............. 

4. Some common finds of tools in Daojali Hading are made of .............. 

5.  .............. is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look after animals.

6. The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the

(a) sheep

(b) goat

(c) dog

7. Archeologists have found traces of pit-houses in

(a) Burzahom

(b) Chirand

(c). Mahagara

8. Most of the agriculture work, including preparing the ground was mostly done by

(a) Children

(b) Women

(c) Men

9. On the hills near Brahmaputra Valley, the site .............. was found

10. One of the most famous Neolithic sites, ................ was found in Turkey.

11. Imagine, you were in the Neolithic age and wanted to eat rice, which were the places you have to visit?

Ans. ...............................

Fill in the blanks :

1. The first animal to be tanned was the wild ancestor of ______________________.

2. The process in which people grow plants and look after animals is called __________________________.

3. In _______________________ people built pil houses.

4. Domestication began about ______________________ years ago.

5. In _________________ age early man used polished tool and weapons.

6. Farmers and herders lived in groups called _____________________.

7. Remains of square and rectangular houses were found at ________________________.

8. _____________________ and ____________________ are used for grinding grains and other plant products.

9. ________________________ found in Daajali Hading may have been brought from China.