History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2023 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): Assertion (A): It is only during Neolithic times that the settlement pattern of human beings came into existence
Reason (R): Reason (R): During Palaeolithic and Mesolithic times human beings perhaps did not think of settling at one place
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)
C(A) is true but (R) is false
D(A) is false but (R) is true
Correct answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) — Both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
Explanation
★Both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
★The settled pattern of human life came into existence only in the Neolithic period.
★This was because in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ages people did not settle at one place.
★Palaeolithic people depended on hunting and led a nomadic life as mere food gatherers.
★Agriculture began for the first time in the Neolithic age, allowing permanent settlement.
★Thus the wandering life of earlier ages is the very reason settlements appeared only later.
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