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Question 41. The famous dancing girl found in the Mohenjodaro was made up of:
  1.    Terracotta
  2.    Steatite
  3.    Red limestone
  4.    Bronze
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Bronze
Answer: (d) The famous ‘Dancing girl’ found in Mohenjodaro is an artifact that is some 4,500 years old. The 10.8 cm long statue of the dancing girl was found in 1926 from a house in Mohenjodaro is made of bronze.
Question 42. Remains of horse bares have been found from:
  1.    Sutkagendor
  2.    Surkotada
  3.    Lothal
  4.    Mohenjodaro
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Surkotada
Answer: (b) Surkotada site contains horse remains dated to 2000 BC, which is considered a significant observation with respect to Indus Valley Civilisation. During 1974, Archaeological Survey of India undertook excavation in this site and J.P. Joshi and A.K. Sharma reported findings of horse bones at all levels.
Question 43. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by:
  1.    Cunningham
  2.    Wheeler
  3.    R.D. Banerji
  4.    Dayaram Sahni
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Dayaram Sahni
Answer: (d)
Question 44. Which of the following Harappan sites shows the earliest evidence of Earthquake
  1.    Dholavira
  2.    Kalibangan
  3.    Mohenjodaro
  4.    Harappa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kalibangan
Answer: (b) The earliest evidence of earthquake was found from Kalibangan. B. B. Lal, former DG of ASI, said: “Kalibangan in Rajasthan has shown that there occurred an earthquake around 2600 BC, which brought to an end the Early Indus settlement at the site.
Question 45. Which of the following is not a feature of the religious life of the Indus civilization?
  1.    The Indus deities, like the Vedic deities, were predominantly male
  2.    The people had faith in amulets and charms, which shows that they were afraid of demons
  3.    The tree of life figures with great frequency on the seals
  4.    Pipal and Acacia trees were regarded as celestial plants
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> The Indus deities, like the Vedic deities, were predominantly male
Answer: (a)
Question 46. The best drainage system (water management) in Indus Valley Civilization was:
  1.    Kalibangan
  2.    Mohenjodaro
  3.    Lothal
  4.    Harappa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lothal
Answer: (c)
Question 47. Some of the following place (s) has/have revealed archaeological evidence regarding pit-dwellings:

  1. Dholavira

  2. Burzahom

  3. Gufkral

  4. Shortugai


Which are those sites?
  1.    2 and 3
  2.    1, 2, 3 and 4
  3.    1, 2 and 3
  4.    3 and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 and 3
Answer: (a)
Question 48. In which of the following sites was found the evidence of ‘Swastik’?
  1.    Kalibangan
  2.    Chanhudaro
  3.    Mohenjodaro
  4.    Harappa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mohenjodaro
Answer: (c) The Swastika is said to have originated in both the Indus River Valley Civilization and in some ancient Mediterranean Civilizations. A tablet with Swastika has been excavated at Mohenjodaro.
Question 49. The local name of Mohenjodaro is:
  1.    Mound of Great
  2.    Mound of Dead
  3.    Mound of Survivor
  4.    Mound of Living
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Mound of Dead
Answer: (b) Mohenjodaro is not the original name, of course, but one given by local villagers referring to the ‘mound of the dead’: the tower and hillocks of abandoned debris of bricks that they had their forefathers had noticed in the surroundings.
Question 50. The Aryans came to India as
  1.    Refugees
  2.    Merchants and nomads
  3.    Immigrants
  4.    Invaders
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Refugees
Answer: (a)

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