CHAPTER- 3 From Gathering to Growing Food  Important Questions & MCQs | CLASS 6th | Social Science History | NCERT| EDUGROWN

Very Short Answer Type

Question 1.
What was the favourite food of Neinuo Yano?
Answer:
Favourite food of Neinuo Yano was rice, squash, pumpkins, beans and boiled meat.

Question 2.
From where does the most of our food come?
Answer:
Today, most of our food comes from plants that are grown and animals that are reared.

Question 3.
Write the meaning of word/term domestication of animal in brief.
Answer:
Domestication of animals means to tame animals.

Question 4.
Name the first domesticated animals by the early man.
Answer:
Most probably “dog” was the first animal to be domesticated by the early man.

Question 5.
Write names of five ways in which grain was used?
Answer:

1. As seed
2. As food
3. As gifts
4. As means of exchange and
5. Stored for food.

Question 6.
Write one of the characteristics of a village-life.
Answer:
One of the distinctive features (or characteristics) of a village-life is that most people who live there are engaged in food production (or farming).

Question 7.
Write important historical events against the following dates:
(a) About 12,000 years ago
(b) About 8,000 years ago
Answer:

From Gathering to Growing Food Class 6 Extra Questions Short Answer Type

Question 1.
“Environment affects greatly the farming of cereals and rearing of animals.” Make clear the statement.
Answer:

• Each different plant thrives in certain conditions—for example, rice requires more water than wheat and barley. This explains why people grow some plants in some areas and not in others.
• Different animals prefer different environments—for example, sheep and goats can survive more easily than cattle in dry, hilly environments.

Question 2.
Discuss in short ‘the Beginning of Farming’.
Answer:
The climate of the world was changing and so were plants that people used as food.
People probably noticed several things:

• where edible plants were found.
• how seeds broke off stalks.
• fell on the ground and new plants sprouted from them, and so on.

Perhaps they started looking after plants-protecting them from birds and animals so that they could grow and seeds ripen.

Question 3.
When did domestication start? Write the names of the earliest domesticated plants and animals.
Answer:

• Domestication began about 12,000 years ago. It was a gradual process that took place in many parts of the world.
• Some of the earliest plants to be domesticated were wheat and barley. The earliest domesticated animals include sheep and goat.

Question 4.
How did cultivation give a new way of life to the people?
Answer:
A New Way of Life and Process of Farming (Or Cultivation).

• When people began growing plants it meant that they had to stay in the same place for a long time looking after the plants, watering, weeding, driving away animals and birds—till the grain ripened. And then, the grain had to be used carefully.
• As grain had to be stored for both food and seed, people had to think of ways of storing it. In many years, they began making large clay pots, or woven baskets, or dug pits into the ground.

Question 5.
Discuss in brief the settled life of the earliest people of Burzahom (Kashmir) in New Stone Age.
Or
Write a short note on “Towards a Settled Life in Burzahom”.
Answer:
Towards a settled Life in Burzahom (Kashmir).

• Archaeologists have found traces of huts or houses at some sites. For example in Burzahom (Kashmir) people built pit-houses, which were dug into the ground, with steps leading into them. These may have provided shelter in cold weather.
• Archaeologists have also found fire places both inside and outside the huts which suggests that, depending on the weather people could cook food either indoors or outdoors.

From Gathering to Growing Food Class 6 Extra Questions Long Answer Type

Question 1.
Discuss in brief ‘the Beginning of Herding’.
Answer:
The Beginning of Herding:
1. The climate of the world was changing and so were animals that people used as food.

• People could also attract and tame animals (after beginning of the farming) by leaving food for them near their shelters.

2. The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the dog.

3. Latter, people encouraged animals that were relatively gentle, lived in herds, and ate grass, such as sheep, goat, cattle and also the pig, to come near the camps where they lived.

• Often, they protected these animals from attacks by other wild animals.

Question 2.
What do you understand by the term domestication? What is generally effect of this process on plants and animals? What points are kept in mind before/ during this process?
Answer:
1. Meaning of Domestication:

• Domestication is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look after animals.

2. Effect:

• Very often, plants and animals that are tended by people become different from wild plants and animals.
• This is because people select plants and animals for domestication.

3. Precautions or Points kept in Mind for Domestication

• People select those plants and animals that are not prone to diseases.
• They also select plants that yield large-size grain and have strong stalks, capable of bearing the weight of the ripe grain.
• Seeds from selected plants are preserved and sown to ensure that new plants (and seeds) will have the same qualities.
• Amongst animals, those that were relatively gentle were selected for breeding.

4. Results of Domestication:

• As a result of domestication, gradually domesticated animals and plants became different from wild animals and plants.
• For instance, the teeth and horns of wild animals are usually much larger than those of domesticated animals.

Question 3.
Discuss in brief stone tools used by the people in Neolithic.
Answer:
Stone Tools of New Stone Age

• Stones have been found from many sites related with the New Stone Age. Many of these are different from the earlier Palaeolithic tools (that is why, they are called Neolithic).
• Stone tools of this stage of stone age include tools that were polished to give a fine cutting
  edge, and mortars and pestles used for grinding grain and other plant produce.
• At the same time, tools of the Palaeolithic types continued to be made and used. Some
  tools were also made of bone.

From Gathering to Growing Food Class 6 Extra Questions Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
What type of food do we get from plants?
(a) Milk
(b) Meat
(c) Fruits, vegetable and grains
(d) None of these
Answer:
Fruits, vegetable and grains

Question 2.
Name the animal who gives us milk.
(a) Cow
(c) Sheep
(b) Goat
(d) All of these
Answer:
All of these

Question 3.
Select the animal for domestication.
(a) Lion
(b) Bear
(c) Dog
(d) Elephant
Answer:
Dog

Question 4.
Why did people store grains?
(a) For food
(b) As seeds
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer:
Both (a) and (b)

Question 5.
Where is the evidence of wheat, barley, sheep, goat, cattle found?
(a) Koldihwa (UP)
(b) Gufkral (Kashmir)
(c) Mehrgarh (Pakistan)
(d) Hallur (Andhra Pradesh)
Answer:
Mehrgarh (Pakistan)

Question 6.
Who have found the evidence of ancient farmers and herders?
(a) Archaeologists
(b) Astrologists
(c) Biologists
(d) Historians
Answer:
Archaeologists

Question 7.
Which of the following is an important source of milk and meat?
(a) Tiger
(b) Dog
(c) Goat
(d) Cat
Answer:
Goat

Question 8.
Who have studied the customs and practices of present day farmers and herders?
(a) Archaeologists
(b) Scholars
(c) Astrologists
(d) None of these
Answer:
Scholars

Question 9.
Where is Mehrgarh located today?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) China
Answer:
Pakistan

Question 10.
In the ancient time dead person was
(a) to serve as food in next life
(b) to serve as food in present life
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
Answer:
to serve as food in next life

Question 11.
When did the domestication begin?
(a) About 12,000 years ago
(b) About 8,000 years ago
(c) About 6,000 years ago
(d) About 4,000 years ago
Answer:
About 12,000 years ago