Class 6: History Chapter 2 solutions. Complete Class 6 History Chapter 2 Notes.
NCERT Solutions for 6th Class History: Chapter 2-On the trail of the earliest people
NCERT 6th History Chapter 2, class 6 History Chapter 2 solutions
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Let's Recall
1. Complete the sentences:
(a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because ————————.
► they provided shelter from rain, heat and wind
(b) Grasslands developed around ———————— years ago.
(c) Early people painted on the ———————— of caves.
► walls
(d) In Hunsgi, tools were made of ————————.
► stones
2. Look at the present-day political map of the Indian subcontinent. Find out the states where Bhimbetka, Hunsgi and Kurnool are located.
Answer
Bhimbetka is in Madhya Pradesh, Hunsgi is in Karnataka and Kurnool is in Andhra Pradesh.
Let's Discuss
3. Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?
Answer
Hunter-gatherers travelled from place-to-place:
• In search of plant and animal resources when had exhausted at one place.
• In search of smaller prey, or, in the case of deer and wild cattle, in search of grass and leaves. Therefore, those who hunted them had to follow their movements.
• Plants and trees bear fruit in different seasons. So, people may have moved from season to season in search of different kinds of plants.
• People living on the banks of rivers and lakes which are seasonal would have had to go in search of water during the dry seasons.
• Also, People may have travelled on foot to meet their friends and relatives.
Today, we do not travel for water and food but in search of jobs to earn their livelihood. Also, we travel to interesting place, business and to meet friends and relatives.
4. What tools would you use today for cutting fruit? What would they be made of?
Answer
We use knife for cutting fruit. It would be made of stainless steel.
5. List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page16). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?
Answer
Hunt-gatherers used fire:
• To Cook food
• To scare away animals
• As a source of light
We would use fire to cook food.
.NCERT 6th History Chapter 2, class 6 History Chapter 2 solutions
NCERT Solutions for 6th Class History: Chapter 2: Download PDF
NCERT Solutions for 6th Class History: Chapter 2-On the trail of the earliest people
Chapterwise NCERT Solutions for Class 6 History :
- Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When?
- Chapter 2-On the trail of the earliest people
- Chapter 3-From gathering to growing food
- Chapter 4 In the Earliest Cities
- Chapter 5 What Books and Burials Tell Us
- Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings and An Early Republic
- Chapter 7 New Questions and Ideas
- Chapter 8 Ashoka The Emperor Who Gave Up War
- Chapter 9 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns
- Chapter 10 Traders Kings and Pilgrims
- Chapter 11 New Empires and Kingdoms
- Chapter 12 Buildings, Paints and Books
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