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Some of the earliest plants to be domesticated were:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest domesticated animals include:Read the answer and worked solution →One of the most exciting finds at early farming sites is remains of:Read the answer and worked solution →Pit-houses dug into the ground with steps were built at:Read the answer and worked solution →Neolithic tools differ from Palaeolithic ones because they were:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fibre could now be grown and woven into cloth in the Neolithic?Read the answer and worked solution →Mehrgarh lies in a fertile plain near which pass, a major route into Iran?Read the answer and worked solution →At Mehrgarh a dead person was buried with which animals, perhaps as food for the next world?Read the answer and worked solution →Colours for French cave paintings came from minerals like ochre or iron ore and:Read the answer and worked solution →The famous Neolithic site of Catal Huyuk is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catal Huyuk obtained cowries from the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Neolithic featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mehrgarh wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the stone agesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the stone age wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Hunter or farmerRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the stone agesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Stone age bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A map of the subcontinent was made in 1154 by which Arab geographer?Read the answer and worked solution →When Minhaj-i-Siraj used Hindustan in the thirteenth century, he meant Punjab, Haryana and the lands between:Read the answer and worked solution →Minhaj-i-Siraj's Hindustan never included:Read the answer and worked solution →In the early sixteenth century, who used Hindustan for the geography, fauna and culture of the whole subcontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →The fourteenth-century poet who used the word Hind in a similar broad way was:Read the answer and worked solution →The medieval period studied covers roughly the years:Read the answer and worked solution →Which change made textual records increase dramatically in the medieval period?Read the answer and worked solution →Manuscripts were copied by hand because there was no:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Persian handwriting style is cursive and easy to read?Read the answer and worked solution →Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chronicle first in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which new irrigation technology appeared in the medieval period?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Some of the earliest plants to be domesticated were:

  1. Peas and lentils
  2. Wheat and barley
  3. Rice and millet
  4. Maize and beans
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Correct answer: B. Wheat and barley

1. These grain grasses grew naturally in the subcontinent. 2. Wheat and barley were domesticated early. 3. Sheep and goat were the earliest animals. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 2, From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food._

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The earliest domesticated animals include:

  1. Cattle and pig
  2. Dog and cat
  3. Sheep and goat
  4. Horse and camel
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Correct answer: C. Sheep and goat

1. Gentle herd animals were selected. 2. Sheep and goat were among the earliest. 3. Domesticated animals have smaller teeth and horns. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 2, From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food._

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One of the most exciting finds at early farming sites is remains of:

  1. Gold coins
  2. Iron tools
  3. Glass beads
  4. Burnt grain
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Correct answer: D. Burnt grain

1. Scientists identify the grains. 2. Burnt grain shows which crops were grown. 3. Animal bones show what was reared. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 2, From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food._

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