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Answer: Option C. -> Both (a) and (b) above
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option C. -> R.D. Banerji
Answer: (c)
The site of Mohenjodaro was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, two years after major excavations had begun at Harappa, some 590 km to the north.
Large-scale excavations were carried out at the site under the direction of John Marshall, K. N. Dikshit, Ernest Mackay, and other directors through the 1930s.
Answer: (c)
The site of Mohenjodaro was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, two years after major excavations had begun at Harappa, some 590 km to the north.
Large-scale excavations were carried out at the site under the direction of John Marshall, K. N. Dikshit, Ernest Mackay, and other directors through the 1930s.
Answer: Option B. -> Double burial
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option C. -> Rectangular
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option B. -> Mehargarh
Answer: (b) The site of Mehrgarh provides evidence for the earliest agricultural and pastoral communities in South Asia. The first inhabitants of Mehrgarh, dating to around 6500 BC, were farmers who cultivated wheat and barley as their main grain crops and had herds of cattle, sheep and goats.
Answer: (b) The site of Mehrgarh provides evidence for the earliest agricultural and pastoral communities in South Asia. The first inhabitants of Mehrgarh, dating to around 6500 BC, were farmers who cultivated wheat and barley as their main grain crops and had herds of cattle, sheep and goats.
Answer: Option B. -> Lothal
Answer: (b) The Indus Valley Civilization site Lothal gives evidence of a dockyard. Lothal was discovered by S.R. Rao in 1954 A.D. The dockyard is located in eastern side of Lothal.
Answer: (b) The Indus Valley Civilization site Lothal gives evidence of a dockyard. Lothal was discovered by S.R. Rao in 1954 A.D. The dockyard is located in eastern side of Lothal.
Question 37. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the town planning during the Harrapan Period?
Select the answer from the codes given below:
- The most interesting urban feature of Harappan civilization is its town-planning
- The drainage system of the Harappans was elaborate and well laid out
- The main street is connected by narrow lanes
- The residential buildings are built in the upper town (citadel)
Select the answer from the codes given below:
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 2, and 3
Answer: (b)
The residential buildings are built in the lower town. Almost all the major sites (Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Kalibangan and others), are divided into two parts–a citadel on the higher mound on the western side and a lower town on the eastern side of the settlement.
The citadel contains large structures which might have functioned as administrative or ritual centres.
Answer: (b)
The residential buildings are built in the lower town. Almost all the major sites (Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Kalibangan and others), are divided into two parts–a citadel on the higher mound on the western side and a lower town on the eastern side of the settlement.
The citadel contains large structures which might have functioned as administrative or ritual centres.
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 3 and 4
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> Naushero
Answer: (b) Naushero gives the evidence of Sindoor in Harappan culture. The site of Naushero, located 6 km away from Mehargarh had developed Kotdijian settlement. It was a smaller settlement but sharing fully the developmental process towards maturity of urbanization.
Answer: (b) Naushero gives the evidence of Sindoor in Harappan culture. The site of Naushero, located 6 km away from Mehargarh had developed Kotdijian settlement. It was a smaller settlement but sharing fully the developmental process towards maturity of urbanization.
Answer: Option A. -> to signify ownership of property
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)