Class 9 Social Science — Chapter 4: Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation
72 practice questions · 24 Easy · 24 Medium · 24 Hard
Practise the most important Class 9 Social Science questions from Chapter 4, "Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation" — 72 NCERT-aligned multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations. The set is split into 24 Easy, 24 Medium and 24 Hard, so you can warm up on the fundamentals and then push into the exam-level problems that separate top scorers in CBSE Board exams.
"Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation" is one of the chapters where dates, cause-and-effect reasoning and map/source interpretation really pays off. Each MCQ on this chapter is timed and uses exam-grade marking (+4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped), training the same negative-marking accuracy-under-pressure that real papers demand. Every question carries a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson rather than a dead end — the fastest way to close gaps before a test.
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Key concepts: Early Humans and Beginning of Civilisation (Class 9 Social Science)
Humans lived as hunter-gatherers for most of their history before learning to farm, and settled farming made cities and civilisations possible. This chapter traces that shift from the Stone Age through the Neolithic revolution to the Harappan and other early civilisations.
- Hunter-gatherers
- Early humans who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants, moving with the seasons and living in small groups.
- Palaeolithic age
- The Old Stone Age, characterised by rough stone tools, cave shelters, and the discovery and control of fire.
- Mesolithic age
- The Middle Stone Age, marked by small sharp microlithic tools and the beginnings of animal domestication.
- Neolithic revolution
- The change from food gathering to food PRODUCING through farming and herding — the single most important shift in early human history.
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A Palaeolithic group needs to cut meat from a hunted animal and scrape its hide. Which kind of implements would they most likely use?
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Humans lived as hunter-gatherers for most of their history before learning to farm, and settled farming made cities and civilisations possible. This chapter traces that shift from the Stone Age through the Neolithic revolution to the Harappan and other early civilisations. Key ideas include Hunter-gatherers, Palaeolithic age, Mesolithic age, Neolithic revolution.
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Start with the Easy quiz to confirm your fundamentals, then attempt Medium and Hard for application-level practice. Review each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy on this chapter until it is consistently high.
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