Start learning →

CTET Neolithic Revolution — practice questions

Explore 52 free Neolithic Revolution questions in CTET Social Studies. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

Practise Neolithic Revolution with Quill →

Neolithic Revolution questions and exercises with answers

Showing questions 1–30 of 52.

Which scholar introduced the term 'Neolithic Revolution' in his 1936 book Man Makes Himself?Read the answer and worked solution →Domestication of plants and animals began after the end of which period?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the word 'sedentary' mean when used for early farming societies?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is found widely in Neolithic settlements along with farming?Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest known civilization developed in Sumer, which lay in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which essential amino acids is maize deficient in, harming the health of people relying on it?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kuk Early Agricultural Site, dated to about 8000 BCE, is in which place?Read the answer and worked solution →Experiments with wild wheat suggest domestication could have happened in about how long?Read the answer and worked solution →Rye was tried and abandoned in Anatolia, then successfully domesticated where?Read the answer and worked solution →Early evidence of lentil domestication appears at Jerf el Ahmar in which modern country?Read the answer and worked solution →At Gilgal I, large seed caches of figs were found with which two other plants?Read the answer and worked solution →Irrigation is traced back to the 6th millennium BCE in which area?Read the answer and worked solution →Barley can grow in very different places, which makes it what kind of crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Barley was domesticated in the Near East about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were cows and goats especially valuable to early herders?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides food, which items did domesticated animals provide?Read the answer and worked solution →A drier Middle East climate led many farmers to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crop would normally NOT grow well in a tropical climate?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group of crops was first domesticated in West Asia?Read the answer and worked solution →Domesticated emmer wheat appears at Choga Gholan in which modern country?Read the answer and worked solution →Rice and paddy field cultivation developed around which river in southern China?Read the answer and worked solution →Through which region did Neolithic material culture reach Europe, according to current evidence?Read the answer and worked solution →Food-producing remains at Knossos and Franchthi Cave are carbon-dated to about when?Read the answer and worked solution →Which domesticate in Neolithic Europe did NOT come from Southwest Asia?Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest evidence of cheese-making dates to 5500 BCE in which country today?Read the answer and worked solution →How long did farming take to spread across Europe from the Aegean to Britain?Read the answer and worked solution →Neolithic farming moved between fertile alluvial patches, bypassing mountains. This pattern is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Ammerman and Cavalli-Sforza found Neolithic farming spread through Europe at roughly what speed?Read the answer and worked solution →Radiocarbon dates show that in parts of Europe, Mesolithic and Neolithic peoples did what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the earliest known Neolithic site in South Asia, on the Kachi plain of Balochistan?Read the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

Which scholar introduced the term 'Neolithic Revolution' in his 1936 book Man Makes Himself?

  1. Daniel Zohary
  2. Robert Braidwood
  3. Brian Hayden
  4. V. Gordon Childe
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: D. V. Gordon Childe

1. The term was coined by the archaeologist V. Gordon Childe in 1936. 2. Braidwood proposed the Hilly Flanks idea, Hayden the feasting model and Zohary studied founder crops, so none coined the term. 3. Childe called it a revolution to show how great the change was. _Source: Wikipedia, Neolithic Revolution, section Agricultural transition_

Open this question →

Domestication of plants and animals began after the end of which period?

  1. The Bronze Age
  2. The Iron Age
  3. The last Ice Age
  4. The Middle Ages
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: C. The last Ice Age

1. Domestication began in the Holocene, about 11,700 years ago, after the last Ice Age ended. 2. The Bronze Age, Iron Age and Middle Ages all came far later. 3. A warmer, steadier climate helped early farming. _Source: Wikipedia, Neolithic Revolution, lead section_

Open this question →

What does the word 'sedentary' mean when used for early farming societies?

  1. Always at war
  2. Living by sea
  3. Skilled in trade
  4. Staying put
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: D. Staying put

1. Sedentary societies lived in built-up villages rather than moving from place to place. 2. War, sea life and trade skill are not what the word means. 3. Staying put let farmers tend crops and store grain. _Source: Wikipedia, Neolithic Revolution, lead section_

Open this question →

How to practise

  1. Choose a Neolithic Revolution question and try to work out your answer.
  2. Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
  3. Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.

Put it into practice

Continue with Neolithic Revolution practice for CTET. Read explanations as you go. No signup form needed to start.

Practise Neolithic Revolution →

More Social Studies topics

Panchayati Raj in IndiaGlobeHistory of India (1947–present)Social Justice and the MarginalisedTimeline and Sources of HistoryIndian Independence MovementMaurya EmpireCompany rule in India