History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2012 History
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
ALower Palaeolithic : Hunting and gathering
BUpper Palaeolithic : Hunting and gathering
CMesolithic : Hunting and gathering ✓ Correct
DNeolithic : Food production
Correct answer: (C) Mesolithic : Hunting and gathering — The pair Mesolithic and hunting and gathering is treated as the mismatch, so the answer is the Mesolithic pair.
Explanation
★The pair Mesolithic and hunting and gathering is treated as the mismatch, so the answer is the Mesolithic pair.
★The Mesolithic age is marked off by tiny stone tools called microliths and by the rise of fishing.
★It was a transitional stage that also saw the first taming of animals like the dog and goat.
★The Palaeolithic ages, both Lower and Upper, were purely hunting and gathering stages.
★The Neolithic age is rightly matched with food production, when farming and herding began.
★So the Mesolithic is distinguished by microliths rather than by mere hunting and gathering.
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