History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2013 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): The Neolithic age was followed by the age of metals.
Reason (R): For some time the use of stone implements continued side by side.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★The Neolithic age of polished stone tools was followed by the age of metals.
★The first metal widely used was copper, ushering in the Chalcolithic stage.
★But people did not give up stone tools all at once when metal appeared.
★For a long time stone and metal implements were used side by side.
★This overlap is why the early metal age is called the Chalcolithic, the copper-stone age.
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