Question

Edakkal cave is a major Neolithic site. Where is it located?
A.Tamil Nadu
B.Maharashtra
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Kerala

Answer 1

Hint:We will discuss the location of Edakkal cave and Neolithic age.The New Stone Age or the Neolithic Age believed that the discovery of fire marked the end of the Old Stone Age and the beginning of the New Stone Age. This period was marked by so many changes that it completely changed man's life.

Complete answer:
We will discuss the location of Edakkal cave.Edakkal cave is situated at Ambukuthi Hills in Sulthan Bathery is in Wayanad district, Kerala. The rock engravings of Edakkal cave are three to six thousand years old. It is the only known place for stone age carvings in South India. The contain drawings range over periods from the Neolithic as early as five thousand BCE.The caves are situated twelve hundred metre above the sea level on mysore plateau in the western Ghats. These caves are believed to be the camping shelter of the Neolithic community. The walls have the engravings and the major part of the images on the cave walls belong to the Neolithic period. The caves were discovered by Fred Fawcett, superintendent of police of Malabar district . It is not technically a cave but a cleft, rift rock shelter There is a physical caused by a piece of rock splitting away from the main body.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:The tools of the Neolithic Age show a marked improvement in quality from the tools of the previous age. This was because during this period tools were used for hunting, killing animals, for clearing the land, tilling the soil and reaping the crops.