Assertion Reasoning Quiz

Assertion (A): Long-distance trade would have suffered without the Harappans' standard system of weights.

Reason (R): Without standard weights, consistent measurement would have been difficult, and every deal would need fresh bargaining over quantity.

Assertion (A): The Mesolithic period saw people building permanent houses for the first time.

Reason (R): New habitats such as caves and rock shelters were frequently occupied during the Mesolithic period, since people still did not build permanent houses.

Assertion (A): Farming began at exactly the same time in every region of the world.

Reason (R): West Asia shows some of the earliest developments in farming, while most other regions were still hunting at that time, and even within India the Ganga Plains and the rest of the country did not start at the same time.

Assertion (A): Palaeolithic people invented microblade tools to help them hunt small game animals.

Reason (R): Microblades were made from rocks with a glassy texture, which are very sharp when freshly made, and being too small to hold on their own, they were fixed into a handle.

Assertion (A): Mesopotamia and the Harappan civilisation had strong trade contacts with each other.

Reason (R): Mesopotamia and the Indus and Ghaggar-Sarasvati valleys are geographically closer to each other than Egypt or China are to the Harappan region.