Question

The beginning of plant cultivation is considered to be taken place in
A. Neolithic
B. Paleolithic
C. Mesolithic
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: In various parts of the world, agriculture started independently and included a wide variety of taxa. As independent centers of origin, at least eleven separate regions of the Old and New World were involved.

Complete answer: The stone age can be classified into the Paleolithic ("old stone age"), by which all humans were hunter-gatherers; the Mesolithic ("middle stone age"), the period of transition to agricultural life; and the Neolithic ("new stone age"), when agriculture was the livelihood of humans, Ca. The transition to agricultural life started ca. When the current glacial period ended, 10,000 BC gave rise to a warmer (and thus more farming-conducive) global climate.
It was warmer, there was more usable water, and trees, forests, and reliable seasonal rain filled the once-arid zone. The individuals who lived here had to change their lifestyles and found that they should stay here all year round. They started building simple wooden huts and began to monitor what plants were able to expand. They planted wild wheat seeds and cleared the weeds, initiating early farming.
So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note:
The form of culture linked to the Mesolithic differs between regions. It is associated with a reduction in the group killing of large animals in favor of a wider way of life for hunter-gatherers and the production of lithic instruments and arms more advanced and usually smaller than the heavy-chipped equivalents typical of the Paleolithic. Some use of pottery and textiles can be found in sites assigned to the Mesolithic, depending on the location, but signs of agriculture are usually taken as marking the transition to the Neolithic.