Question

Q. Consider the following statements regarding mesolithic age:

Which of the above given features is/are correct?

• A.
  1, 2, 3 and 4
• B.
  2 and 3 only
• C.
  1, 3 and 4 only
• D.
  2, 3 and 4 only

Answer 1

The correct option is C

1, 3 and 4 only

Explanation:

Characteristics of mesolithic age:

• Nomadism - Sedentary community.
• Earliest evidence of domestication of plants - Sambhar Lake (7000 -6000 bc).
• Domestication of animals - Adamgarh and Bagor (Rajasthan).
• Beginning of grave burial - Bagor, Langhnaj (Gujarat), Bhimbetka (MP).
• Earliest evidence of pottery - Chopani Mandu (UP) around 9000 BC.
• Tools - ‘Microlith’, Bow & Arrow, Flake tools and other Palaeolithic tools continued.

Flint tools were used during the paleolithic age. Hence, feature 2 is incorrect.