2023 · Q87
Which one among the following statements with reference to the 'Neolithic Period' is not correct?
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- AThe characteristic features of the period included ground and polished stone tools, agriculture, animal domestication and pottery.
- BThis period is also known as the 'New Stone Age'.
- CThe characteristic features appeared almost at the same time in various parts of the subcontinent.
- DEarliest evidence of agriculture is found from Mehrgarh around 8000 BCE.
Explanation
The Neolithic is characterised by ground and polished stone tools, agriculture, animal domestication and pottery (A), and is known as the New Stone Age (B). Mehrgarh provides the earliest evidence of agriculture in the subcontinent, around 7000-8000 BCE (D). But these features did not appear at the same time everywhere: the Mehrgarh Neolithic dates to about 7000 BCE while the southern Neolithic is as late as about 2800 BCE. Hence statement C is not correct.