Discussion
Neolithic sites are different than Palaeolithic sites because of the following :
(i) Mortars and pestles were used for grinding grains.
(ii) Pots were used for cooking food.
(iii) Cloth was woven using different kinds of material.
(iv) Use of stone tools began.
Choose the correct option.
Answer: C
Features i, ii and iii distinguish Neolithic sites, so the answer is (i), (ii) and (iii) only.
Neolithic people grew crops and settled down. At their sites, such as Mehrgarh, archaeologists find mortars and pestles used for grinding grain (i), pots used for storing and cooking food (ii), and evidence that cloth was woven from cotton and other materials (iii). None of these appears at Palaeolithic sites of hunter-gatherers.
Statement iv is wrong. Stone tools were used throughout the Palaeolithic, the Old Stone Age, so their use did not begin in the Neolithic. What changed in the Neolithic was that tools were ground and polished. Options containing iv are therefore wrong.
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