NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Social Science (History) Chapter 2 From Hunting, Gathering to Growing Food

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Book : History - Our Past -I NCERT Solutions | Chapter - 2 History

Class : 6th
Subject : History
Chapter : 2
Chapter Name : FROM HUNTING - GATHERING TO GROWING FOOD

Q1 Why do people who grow crops have to stay in the same place for a long time?

Answer. We know that a plant takes several months to bear fruits and seeds. So, people had to stay at the
same place for a long time to take care of the crop.

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Q2 Look at the table on page no 25 of the textbook, If Neinuo wanted to eat rice, which are the places she
should have visited?

Answer. Koldihwa and Mahagara in modern day Uttar Pradesh.

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Q3 Why do archaeologists think that many people who lived in Mehrgarh were hunters to start with and that
herding became more important later?

Answer. Archaeologists have found different types of remains from different levels of excavation at
Mehrgarh. Remains from deeper levels show bones of wild animals. This shows that people were still hunters.
Remains from upper levels show bones of domesticated animals. This shows that later on people became
herders.

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Q4 State whether true or false:
(a) Millets have been found at Hallur.
(b) People in Burzahom lived in rectangular houses.
(c) Chirand is a site in Kashmir.
(d) Jadeite, found in Daojali Hading, may have been brought from China.

Millets have been found at Hallur. [True]
People in Burzahom lived in rectangular houses. [False]
Chirand is a site in Kashmir. [False]
Jadeite, found in Daojali Hading, may have been brought from China. [True]

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Q5 List three ways in which the lives of farmers and herders would have been different from that of hunter-

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gatherers.

Answer. Hunter-gatherers
• Lived nomadic life.
• Depended on wild animals for meat.
• Food supply was not secure.
Farmers-herders
• Lived settled life.
• Depended on domesticated animals for meat.
• Food supply was more secure.

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Q6 Make a list of all the animals mentioned in the table (page 25). For each one, describe what they may have
been used for.

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Q7 List the cereals that you eat.

Answer. Some cereals eaten by us are listed below :
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Maize
(d) Millets
(e) Barley
(f) Grains.

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Q8 Do you grow the cereals you have listed in answerno. 7? If yes, draw a chart to show the stages in growing
them. If not, draw a chart to show how these cereals reach you from the farmers who grow them.

Answer. DIY

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