History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2011 History
The Neolithic people had their settlements in
AQuartzite rocks
BGranite rocks ✓ Correct
CNatural rocks
DHouses of burnt bricks
Correct answer: (B) Granite rocks — The Neolithic people had their settlements among granite rocks, so the answer is granite rocks.
Explanation
★The Neolithic people had their settlements among granite rocks, so the answer is granite rocks.
★In peninsular India many Neolithic sites lie on granite hills and ash mounds, as in Karnataka and Andhra.
★The Neolithic age brought polished stone tools, settled villages and the first farming.
★Its people domesticated animals and plants and learned to make pottery.
★Burnt brick houses belong to the much later Harappan urban culture, not the Neolithic.
★This shows the gradual move from stone-using villages to planned brick cities.
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