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​TICK THE MOST APPROPRIATE OPTIONS.

3.THE ROCK SHELTERS AT BHIMBETKA 
a.were made by hominids or early humans.
b.are made of naturally occuring sandstone rocks.
c.are rocks in the caves of the Vindyachal mountains.
​d.are to the north of the Vindhyas.
4.THE ROCK SHELTERS HAVE PAINTINGS BY
a.hominids.
b.people from the Palaeolithic age.
c.people from the Mesolithic age.
d.All of the above.

B.WRITE TRUE OR FALSE
1.ON THE SMOOTH INSIDE OF THE ROCK SHELTERS WE FIND SCENES PAINTED BY AN ANCIENT GROUP OF PEOPLE SHOWING THE EARLIEST TRACES OF HUMAN LIFE IN INDIA.
2.DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES USED THE SAME ROCK SURFACES TO PAINT ON,SO MANY IMAGES ARE DRAWN ONE ABOVE THE OTHER.
3.AS WE LOOK UPWARDS WE FIND THE CRUDER AND SIMPLER PAINTINGS.
​4.SUPPORTED BY A ROCK WALL,THE AUTHOR SAT IN FRIENDLY SILENCE LOOKING DOWN AT THE LANDSCAPE BELOW HER.
5.A TOURIST DISTRIBUTED THE PEACE AMONG THE ROCKS BY TALKING LOUDLY ON HIS CELLPHONE.


WITH THE HELP OF THE POEM,PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTIONS.

​​​ ​ ​ ​ ​TICK THE MOST APPROPRIATE OPTIONS. 3.THE ROCK SHELTERS AT BHIMBETKA  a.were made by hominids or early humans. b.are made of naturally occuring sandstone rocks. c.are rocks in the caves of the Vindyachal mountains. ​d.are to the north of the Vindhyas. 4.THE ROCK SHELTERS HAVE PAINTINGS BY a.hominids. b.people from the Palaeolithic age. c.people from the Mesolithic age. d.All of the above. B.WRITE TRUE OR FALSE 1.ON THE SMOOTH INSIDE OF THE ROCK SHELTERS WE FIND SCENES PAINTED BY AN ANCIENT GROUP OF PEOPLE SHOWING THE EARLIEST TRACES OF HUMAN LIFE IN INDIA. 2.DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES USED THE SAME ROCK SURFACES TO PAINT ON,SO MANY IMAGES ARE DRAWN ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. 3.AS WE LOOK UPWARDS WE FIND THE CRUDER AND SIMPLER PAINTINGS. ​4.SUPPORTED BY A ROCK WALL,THE AUTHOR SAT IN FRIENDLY SILENCE LOOKING DOWN AT THE LANDSCAPE BELOW HER. 5.A TOURIST DISTRIBUTED THE PEACE AMONG THE ROCKS BY TALKING LOUDLY ON HIS CELLPHONE. WITH THE HELP OF THE POEM,PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTIONS. SECTION One Art rocks! O k•esh from the book launch Maieed's stunning new poetry collection Bhopal. I find myself ganng at the rock siR/tcrs of Bhimbetka and murmuring his there is something eublvme about this place at the ochre and firecngtne red pamnngs drawn by human hands thousand years ago, spotting a buffalo a seeing how our ancestors f•ught. sang and played, makes a unusual place. An archaeologist. Vishnu Shndhar shdters m 1957 while travelling by train Hidden in a dense, almost irnFRtrable forest inhabited by wild animals, these shelters had long found nrntion in the popular culture oi the Adri•asd_ During the Buddhist era, sorne Stupas were in the vicinity and the .Qgion became associated with Buddhist lore. The name Blumbetia, howe&er, immense The word • Blumbetka• is to derived from Bkmtb-althka. the ( a or seat) O. Wakankar•• serendipitous discovery brought the 71)-odd rock shelters - spread 10 km. and the stunning patntrngs •n red or white mth the dash causing L 'NESCO to declare them a Worki Satuated km {rom Bhopal, at the southern edge of the low. Eying Vindhyachal sandstone balanced on each other torm natural shelters from the sun, wind and rain. On the smooth underside of the rock faces. we find painted scenes from an ancient past showing the earliest traces of human life in India. Scientists lxlieve that these rock shelters, deep in the forested heart of the Indian sub-continent, were inhabited by hominids more than years ago The rock paintings found here are approximately 30,000 years old, belonging to the Palaeolithic Age. A cluster Of rock shelters is called the • Zoo: Painted at different times from the Mesolithic to the medieval ages, it shows a protåsion Of animals and birds in the most vivid colours and lifelike forrns. Boars, elephants, rhinoceros, barasingha, spotted deer, cattle and snakes account for its well-deserved Elsewhere, scenes depicting fishing and food-gathering as well as communal dances, the use of musical instruments, birth, funerals and burials make these rock surfaces come alive with a thousand stories. Recognizable figures appear in many scenes as do humans - both single and in groups — indicating that society had already erner*d in the Palaeolithic period. 'Ihe Mesolithic Age that began around 8,000 years BCE was the time when traditions and religious behefs based on nature and ecology began to take shape. The Bhimbetka paintings bear witness to how a great civilization came into being, how its loundattons were laid in crude line drawings and how later generations tilled these outlines With colour, detail, a sharp eye and a lively imagination. People belonging to different evolutionary time groups lised the same 4, proceeded to have a long and loud conversation on his cellphone, thus shattering the silence that we had been revelling in. Supremely unaffected by our glares and pointed 'shhhhss' he continued an endless monologue in his booming voice till, finally, read and write A. we conceded defeat and chose to get up and leave. But nothing and nobody could take away the awe we carried home with us; an awe that still makes me break out in goosebumps as I visualize Bhimbetka in my mind's eye. Rakhshanda Jalil (from The Hindu) C. Complete the fact : Location : Date of discovery : Discovered by • Name derived from 4. Number of rock shelters fo ) Type of art found Description of art found Scenes depicted 8.