Question

Agriculture and human settlement was started:

• (A) $10,000$ years back
• (B) $20,000$ years back
• (C) $30,000$ years back
• (D) $40,000$ years back

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Explanation:
Agriculture and human settlement were started $10,000$ years back.During the ice age between $75,000-10,000$ years ago modern Homo sapiens arose. Pre-historic cave art developed about $18,000$ years ago. One such cave painting by Pre-historic humans can be seen at Bhimbetka rock shelter in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. Agriculture came around $10,000$ years back and human settlements started. The rest of what happened is part of the human history of the growth and decline of civilisations.Hence, the correct option is (A).