Question

Assertion (A): The hand axe tools are also known as Acheuliar tools.
Reason (R): The earliest hand axe tools have been spotted at a place called St. Acheuliar in Germany.

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
• B. Both A and R are false.
• C. A is true but R is false.
• D. A is false but R is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Both A and R are false.

The hand axe tools that were used by our early ancestors, the Homo Erectus, in the lower Paleolithic age are also called Acheulian tools. This is because some of the earliest hand axes were excavated from a site called St. Acheul, in France. The lower paleolithic tools have been found in several places in Tamil Nadu.