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  • Question 1
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    A vase depicting the folk tale 'The Thirsty Crow' was found at _______.
    Solution
    • A vase depicting the folk tale 'The Thirsty Crow' was found at Lothal.
    • Lothal- The city of Dead- Dockyard was found here. It was a port town of Harappans.
    • The principal items of harappan pottery were recovered at Banawali.
    • Dholavira had one of the world’s earliest and best planned water conservation systems.
    • Dholavira is known as Kotada which means large fort.
    • Dholavira shows all the three phases of Harappan Culture- 4500 BC to 1500 BC.
    • Dholavira has a citadel in the center, with a middle and lower town, each fortified separately. The city comes up a spectacular town planning as well.
    • Surkotoda is a small settlement with an oblong fortification wall of stone near Rann of Kutch.
  • Question 2
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    Harappans imported jade from ___________.
    Solution
    • Harappans imported jade from Central Asia.
    • Jade is a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite.
    • Lapis Lazuli and sapphire were imported from Badakshan area.
    • Amethyst is a precious stone consisting of a violet or purple variety of quartz. It was found in Maharashtra during the harappan times.
    • Copper was taken from Khetri(Rajasthan) and Arabia.

  • Question 3
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    Which of the following is not true about the Lothal?
    Solution
    • Lothal, one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat.
    • A dockyard like structure was discovered in Lothal.
    • Arguments regarding the Dockyard existence in the Lothal is still under debate and cannot confirm the ship building industry in Lothal area until more evidences are found.
    • One evidence found regarding the ships is that the seal was discovered depicting a ship.
    • Also Rectangular and circular fire altars were found in Lothal area.
    • Lothal has two primary zones – the upper and the lower town.
    • The citadel or the upper town is located in the south eastern corner and is demarcated by platforms of mud-brick of 4 meters in height instead of a fortification wall.
    • The remains of the lower town suggest that the area had a bead-making factory. In close proximity to the enclosure identified as a warehouse, along the eastern side where a wharf-like platform, is a basin measuring 217 m long and 26 meters in width, identified as a tidal dock-yard. The lower town was not fortified as well.
  • Question 4
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    The places marked show various Sindhu culture sites, they respectively are _______.

    Solution
    • Lothal- The city of Dead- Dockyard was found here. It was a port town for harappans. Lothal is the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization. It is located in the Bhāl region of the modern state of Gujarāt and dating from 3700 BCE.
    • Surkotoda is a small settlement with an oblong fortification wall of stone near Rann of Kutch.
    • Kot Diji is in Khairpur dist, Pakistan.
    • Prabhas Patan is a town situated in Gir Somnath district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India. Late harappan phase is represented by Rangpur  and Prabhas Patan. 
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    Harappan craft display an amazing degree of standardisation according to Kenoyer. What was the possible reason for such an achievement?
  • Question 6
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    Which of the following sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation is known as the Manchester of Harappan Civilisation for its cotton trade?
  • Question 7
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    Consider the following statements about Harappan culture:
    1. The Harappan culture matured in Sindh and Punjab.
    2. It spread from there southwards and eastwards.
    3. The area, where it spread, was bigger than Egypt and Mesopotamia .
    Which statement given above is/are correct?
  • Question 8
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    Consider the following statements in the context of Harappan Bronze:
    1. Only $$14\%$$ of the Harappan tools were allowed in the optimum range of $$8-12\%$$ tin.
    2. The Bronze is more abundant in the upper levels of Mohenjodaro than in the lower levels.
    3. The main supply of tin comes from the western regions. Khorasan and the area between Bukhara and Samarkand through sites like Shortugai.
    4. The copper at Mohenjodaro and Harappa contained nickel and iron, while Lothal copper is arsenic free.
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  • Question 9
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    Consider the following statements in the context of Harappan script:
    1. The earliest specimen of script was discovered in 1853.
    2. The complete script was discovered in 1938.
    3. There are nearly 4000 specimens of Harappan writing on stone seals and other objects.
    4. Like Mesopotamian, the Harappan script is not pictographic.
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  • Question 10
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    The largest number of beads were discovered from ________.
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