Which one of the following statements with reference to the ‘Neolithic Period’ is *not* correct?
The characteristic features of the period included ground and polished stone tools, agriculture, animal domestication and pottery.
This period is also known as the 'New Stone Age'.
The characteristic features appeared almost at the same time in various parts of the subcontinent.
Earliest evidence of agriculture is found from Mehrgarh around 8000 BCE.
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Statement A: The characteristic features of the period included ground and polished stone tools, agriculture, animal domestication and pottery. This is a correct description of the key features associated with the Neolithic period, marking a significant shift from the Paleolithic.Statement B: This period is also known as the ‘New Stone Age’. This is correct. The term “Neolithic” literally means “New Stone Age,” reflecting the characteristic stone tools (ground and polished) which were different from the chipped stone tools of the older Paleolithic age.
Statement C: The characteristic features appeared almost at the same time in various parts of the subcontinent. This statement is incorrect. The transition to the Neolithic lifestyle, characterized by agriculture, settled life, pottery, and polished stone tools, occurred gradually and independently at different times in different regions of the Indian subcontinent and globally. There was no single, uniform, and simultaneous onset of the Neolithic across the entire subcontinent.
Statement D: Earliest evidence of agriculture is found from Mehrgarh around 8000 BCE. This statement is correct. Mehrgarh, located in present-day Balochistan, Pakistan, is one of the earliest sites in South Asia providing evidence of agriculture (cultivation of wheat and barley) and animal domestication (cattle, sheep, goats) dating back to around 8000 BCE.