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Tamil Nadu Board 9th Standard Social Science - History Unit 1: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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Question Types Covered:

• 1 Mark Questions: Choose the correct answer, Fill in the blanks, Identify the correct statement, Match the following 
• 2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly 
• 3, 4, and 5 Mark Questions: Answer in detail

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Topic: Unit 1. EVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND SOCIETY PREHISTORIC PERIOD

I. Choose the correct Answer

Question 1.
____________ is genetically closest to humans
(a) Gorilla
(b) Chimpanzee
(c) Orang-utan
(d) Great Apes
Answer Key:
(b) Chimpanzee

Question 2.
The period called____________ marks the beginning of agriculture and animal domestication.
(a) Paleolithic
(b) Mesolithic
(c) Neolithic
(d) Megalithic
Answer Key:
(c) Neolithic

Question 3.
Direct ancestor of modern man was ____________
(a) Homo habilis
(b) Homo erectus
(c) Homo sapiens
(d) Neanderthal man
Answer Key:
(c) Homo sapiens

Question 4.
____________ refers to the area covering Egypt, Israel-Palestine and Iraq.
(a) Great Rift Valley
(b) Fertile Crescent
(c) Solo river
(d) Neander Valley
Answer Key:
(b) Fertile Crescent

Question 5.
Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geologist from England first discovered the____________ tools at Pallavaram near Chennai.
(a) Stone Age
(b) Paleolithic
(c) Mesolithic
(d) Neolithic
Answer Key:
(b) Paleolithic

Question 6.
(i) The period before the introduction of writing is called pre-history.
(ii) The pre-historic people developed language, made beautiful paintings and artifacts.
(iii) The pre-historic societies are treated as literate.
(iv) The pre-historic period is called ancient.
(a) (i) is correct
(b) (i) and (ii) are correct
(c) (i) and (iv) are correct
(d) (ii) and (iii) are correct
Answer Key:
(c) (i) and (iv) are correct

Question 7
(i) The Neolithic people used polished stone axes called Celts
(ii) Evidence of Neolithic village is found at Payyampalli in Chennai district
(iii) The cultural period that succeeded the Neolithic is called the Bronze Age
(iv) The period that witnessed domestication of animals and cultivation of crops is called the Mesolithic
(a) (i) is correct
(b) (ii) is correct
(c) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(d) (iv) is correct
Answer Key:
(a) (i) is correct

Question 8.
Assertion (A): Many of the Mesolithic sites are founds nearby rivers and tanks.
Reason (R): Irrigation management developed during the Mesolithic period.
(a) A and R are correct and R explains A
(b) A and R are correct but R doesn’t explain A
(c) A is correct but R is incorrect ‘
(d) A and R both are incorrect
Answer Key:
(d) A and R both are incorrect

II. Fill in the blanks

1. Hand axes and cleavers are important tool types of ________ culture.
2. The methods and techniques involved in the production of stone tools are called ___________ technology.
3. __________ is known as the Middle Stone Age, as it is placed between the Paleolithic and Neolithic.

Answer Key:

1.     Lower Paleolithic
2.     Lithic
3.     Mesolithic period

III. Find out the correct statement 

Question 1.
(a) The concept ‘survival of the fittest’ contributed to the scientific understanding of human origins.
(b) The book “On the Origin of Species” was published by Herbert Spencer.
(c) Darwin’s theory of biological evolution connects with the process of natural selection.
(d) Geology is the study of lithic technology.

Answer Key:
(a) Correct.
(b) Wrong. The book on the Origin of Species was published by Charles Darwin.
(c) Correct.
(d) Wrong – Geology is the study of the Earth.

Question 2.

(a) Among the great Apes, Orang-utan is genetically the closest to humans.
(b) The ancestors of humans were called Hominins and their origins have been traced to Africa.

(c) Flake is a small chip that has flaking on both sides.
(d) Acheulian is the main block of stone from which small chips are flaked by using a hammerstone.

Answer Key:

(a)    Wrong. Among the great Apes Chimpanzee is genetically the closest to humans.
(b)    Correct.
(c)    Wrong. Flake is a small chip removed from a large stone block called the core.
(d)    Wrong. The core is the main block of stone from which small chips are flaked by using a hammerstone.

IV. Match the following  

1.     Palaeo anthropology              – a. Teris
2.     Handaxe tools                       – b. Venus
3.     Images on stone and bone    – c. Acheulian
4.     Red sand dunes                     – d. Microliths
5.     Stone artifacts of small size– e. The study of the human ancestors

Answer Key:

1.     Palaeo anthropology             – e. The study of the human ancestors
2.     Handaxe tools                       – c. Acheulian
3.     Images on stone and bone    – b. Venus
4.     Red sand dunes                    – a. Teris
5.     Stone artifacts of small size – d. Microliths

V. Answer the following briefly

1. Discuss how the age of speculation made humans became conscious and knowledgeable?

• In the course of evolution humans became conscious and knowledgeable.
• They turned curious and began to think and ask question about nature, organisms and the world around them.

 

2. Write a short note on the impact of pastoralism on the prehistoric people in Tamil Nadu.

• In Tamil Nadu prehistoric people trained cattle for agriculture.
• They made weapons from the bones of cattle.

 

3. List out the features of Megalithic Burial types.

• Dolmens
• Cists 
• Rock-cut caves            
• Urn burials
• Menhirs.

 

4. Examine the tool making technical skills of lower palaeolithic people.

• Flaking the big stones and made them to hand axes.
• Biface tools like hand axe and cleavers were used.

 

VI. Social | Answer all the questions given under each caption

1. The developments in the fields of agriculture, pottery and metal tools  are considered a land mark in the life of megalithic period - Subsistance.

 

Agriculture

• Millets and rice were cultivated.
• Irrigation management developed in this period.

Pottery

• Pottery is an important evidence found.
•  Potteries were used for cooking, storage and dining purposes.
•  Black and red colour were used to make pots.

Metal tools

• Weapons such as swords and daggers, axes, chisels, lamps also found.
• The iron tools were also used for agriculture and hunting.

 2. The history of humans is closely related to the history of the Earth. Elucidate.

• The History of humans is closely related to the history of the Earth.
• In the course of evolution humans have become sensitive and intellectual.
• The ancestor of human beings are called Hominin and their modern men are called Homosepians.
• Homohabilis were known to make tools.
• Agriculture and animal breeding were introduced in the new stone age.
•  The Iron Age is known for the use of iron.