Which of the following is also known as ‘New Stone Age’ in the civilisation history of India?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Neolithic.
The Neolithic Age, which means New Stone Age, was the last and third part of the Stone Age. In India, it spanned from around 7,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C. The Neolithic Age is mainly characterized by the development of settled agriculture and the use of tools and weapons made of polished stones.
Additional Detail-
- Mesolithic- The Mesolithic Age was a transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. It has the characteristics of both the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. The people of this age lived on hunting, fishing, and food gathering while at a later stage they also domesticated animals.
- Epipaleolithic - Relating to, or characteristic of the human cultures existing at the end of the Paleolithic and the beginnings of the Mesolithic periods of the Stone Age.
- Paleolithic - The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.
- The inhabitants were dependent on their environment. Men were hunters and women were gatherers.
- Used simple tools.
- Nomadic style of life was practised.