Multiple-Choice Questions or Objective-Type Questions on Stone Age [PDF Included]

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The stone age is the beginning of the civilization. I understand that you don’t get interested in remembering so much information about the Stone Age. Here, I will display the entire chapter of Stone Age of class 5 through some Multiple-Choice Questions or Objective-Type Questions. Also, there will be one Quiz on Stone Age and Worksheet on Stone Age.

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MCQ Questions or Objective-Type Questions on Stone Age

Here are the MCQ Questions on Stone Age for Class 5:

• How many periods can the stone ages be divided into based on the used stones?

1. 5
2. 4
3. 3
4. 2

Ans: (3)

• Flint is a

1. Metal
2. Old language
3. Leaves
4. A special kind of stone

Ans: (4)

• The Palaeolithic Age started about _ years ago approximately.

1. 2.5 to 2.7 million
2. 15000 years
3. 10000 years
4. 2000 years

Ans: (1)

• The Palaeolithic Age lasted till about _ years ago approximately.

1. 20000 years
2. 15000 years
3. 10000 years
4. 2000 years

Ans: (1)

• The word “Lithos” means:

1. Old
2. Metals
3. Leaves
4. Stones

Ans: (4)

• The term “Palaeo” means:

1. Old
2. Metals
3. Leaves
4. Stones

Ans: (1)

• What was the main occupation of humans in the Palaeolithic Age?

1. Farming
2. Hunting
3. Fishing
4. Weaving

Ans: (2)

• At which age, did humans learn to rear animals?

1. Neolithic Age
2. Chalcolithic Age
3. Mesolithic Age
4. Palaeolithic Age

Ans: (3)

• Microliths are:

1. Small, sharpened piece of flint
2. Unpolished tools
3. Pottery items
4. Coppers

Ans: (1)

• The Palaeolithic tools are:

1. Unpolished, blunt
2. Sharp and polished
3. Crude and had sharp edges
4. Both (1) and (3)

Ans: (4)

• In which age, was fire discovered?

1. Neolithic Age
2. Chalcolithic Age
3. Mesolithic Age
4. Palaeolithic Age

Ans: (4)

• Shally and her entire family did not know about the fire. Suddenly, her family observed a forest fire. At which age did her family belong?

1. Neolithic Age
2. Palaeolithic Age
3. Chalcolithic Age
4. Mesolithic Age

Ans: (2)

• The Chalcolithic age started around:

1. 5300 BCE
2. 3500 BCE
3. 1500 BCE
4. 5100 BCE

Ans: (2)

• The word Chalco means:

1. Iron
2. Wood
3. Charcoal
4. Copper

Ans: (4)

• The Chalcolithic Age is also known as:

1. Iron age
2. Metal age
3. Stone age
4. Copper age

Ans: (4)

The word Chalco means:

1. Iron
2. Wood
3. Charcoal
4. Copper

Ans: (4)

The Chalcolithic Age is also known as:

1. Iron age
2. Metal age
3. Stone age
4. Copper age

Ans: (4)

Quiz Questions on Stone Age

Here are the quiz questions for you!

Worksheet on Stone Age For Class 5 (Full Marks: 30)

Short questions on Stone Age: (6×1=6)

1. Why did earlier humans begin to shape stones?
2. How long did the stone age last?
3. Why did early humans use stone tools?
4. What is Flint?
5. Why did early humans use flint?
6. Name the different periods of the stone age.

Descriptive Questions on Stone Age (4+3+3+3+4+2=19)

1. What was the main occupation of humans in the Palaeolithic age? Where did they live? What did they eat? Which tools did they use?
2. How did humans of the Palaeolithic Age know about Fire?
3. How did agriculture affect the humans of the Neolithic Age?
4. How did the invention of the wheels lead to the evolution of the Neolithic Age?
5. Why was the Chalcolithic Age considered as the age of transition?
6. What was the concept of domestication to the earlier humans?

Fill In The Blanks (5×1=5)

1. The first animal domesticated by early humans was _.
2. A _ stone was used to cut things quickly.
3. _ tool was used to cut grass in the Neolithic Age.
4. Some animals were used for _ soil.
5. Early humans used baskets made of grass to store_.

Short Questions’ Answers:

1. To make the tools.
2. Till the time humans replaced stone tools with metal tools.
3. To protect themselves from wild animals.
4. A special kind of stone.
5. The Palaeolithic Age or The Old Stone Age, The Mesolithic Age or the Middle Stone Age, Neolithic Age or New Stone Age
6. Flint, a special kind of stone, broke easily to form sharp edges. Early humans used this stone to cut things quickly and easily.

Descriptive questions’ answers:

1. Hunting was the main occupation of humans during the Palaeolithic Age. They lived in caves and covered themselves with leaves and animal skin. They used to eat meat, fish, roots, wild berries, etc. The tools they used were made of stones, wood, or bones.
2. Early humans of the Palaeolithic age saw trees alight due to forest fires.
3. Early humans who had been hunter-gatherers became food producers in Neolithic Age. During Palaeolithic Age, they roamed around the forests to collect food but in the Neolithic Age, they started scattering seeds and planted crops to produce food in one place instead of roaming. Thus it made their life easier and farming became one of the main occupations.
4. The invention of the wheel brought about a few remarkable changes that lead to the evolution of the Neolithic age and these changes were:

• Transport and communication became easier with the help of wheeled cars.

• They gradually became involved in trade and exploration.

• The invention of potter wheels helps them in making pots to store grains.

• The wheel was innovated into rotary querns that are used in grinding grains.

5. The chalcolithic age or Copper Age is the end of the new stone age and the beginning of the metal age. This age was considered the age of transition as technology shifted from the stone age to the metal age. In this age, stone tools were replaced by more sharper and durable metals or a blend of metals and stones.

6. Domestication is a process by which a living animal or a plant adapts itself to a structured form of settled life. The first animal which was domesticated by early humans was a dog in the Mesolithic age. Later, humans learnt the art of domesticating animals and plants during the Neolithic age.

Fill in the blanks’ Answers:

Dog, flint, sickle, tilling, dry materials

Conclusion

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