Question Discussion & Solution

The Correct Answer is  Bone.

• 'Burjholm' and 'Chirand' are the two places in India where Bone instruments of weapons manufactured by Neolithic people were discovered.
• Stone tools were used in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic age.
• Metal used for the first time was copper and that was used by Chalcolithic people.

Additional Information

• Paleolithic: 
  • It is the earliest Stone age period dating 2.6 million years ago.
  • The age is distinguished by most primitive stone tools. Humans during the era grouped together in small “bands” and were involved in gathering plants, fishing, and hunting.
  • The paleolithic period is the longest in human history.
  • The age can be divided into lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, and Upper Paleolithic. 
  • During the end of the age, people developed spiritual and religious beliefs as depicted in some of the excavations.
• Mesolithic: It is the second period of the stone age between Paleolithic and Neolithic. The start and end of the age vary by geographical region. It is a transition period from hunting and gathering as in Paleolithic to domestication as in Neolithic. The tools used were the mode V chipped stone tools (microliths).
• Neolithic: It is the 3rd period of the stone age and is often referred to as the “New stone age”. Its time period is considered to be around 10,200 BC to 4,500BC, which ended with the beginning of the “Bronze Age”.
• Megalithic: It is a small tool made up of flint or chert, used to form the points of hunting weapons.

The correct answer is Tabacco.

Key Points

• Tobacco was not known by the people of the Vedic period.
• During this period, economic activity was dominated by agriculture.
• Agriculture was mainly done along the Ganges valley.
• The crops cultivated during this period were Wheat, Rice, and Barley, Beans, and Sesame.

Additional Information

• Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of the plant. 
• It was first discovered by the native people of Mesoamerica and South America and later introduced to Europe and the rest of the world.
• Tobacco was introduced in India during the reign of Akbar by the Portuguese.
• The first tobacco plant was established in Gujarat in 1613 AD.

The Upanishads are ancient Sanskrit texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism, some of which are shared with religious traditions like Buddism and Jainism.

The Katha Upanishad is one of the primary Upanishads which was embedded in the last short eight sections of Katha school of the Krishna Yajurveda.

The well-known dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in Kathopanishad.

The correct answer is Five.

Key Points

• The first sermon was delivered to his 5 disciples at Sarnath in a deer park.
• The first sermon delivered by Buddha was on deliverance from suffering.
• The event of the first sermon is known as "Dharmachakra Pravartana" which means turning the wheel of dharma.
• In the first sermon, Buddha gave two elements of the Holy Trinity of Buddhism.
  • Dhamma: Teachings
  • Sangha: Order of Buddhist monks and nuns
• His five disciples became Arhats.
• Buddha obtained Mahaparinirvana at the age of 80 in Kushinagar.

Additional Information

• After attaining Enlightenment Buddha discovered four noble truths:
  • The truth of suffering (Dukkha)
  • The truth of the cause of suffering (Samudaya)
  • The truth of the end of suffering (Nirodha), and
  • The truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering (Astangika-Marga).
• Buddha attained Enlightenment at the age of 35 at Gaya under a Peepal tree at Uruvela.
• The Peepal tree under which Buddha attained Enlightenment is the famous Bodhi tree.

• Lothal is one of the places of Indus Valley Civilization located presently in India.
• It is located near Saragwala, a village in the Ahmedabad district of the state Gujarat.
• The word Lothal means “the mount of the dead”.