Question

Q. Match the following:

List A	List B
1. Lothal	(a) Fire altars
2. Harappa	(b) The Great bath
3. Mohenjodaro	(c) Red sandstone male torso
4. Kalibangan	(d) Dockyard

Select the correct answer using the code below:

• A. 1-c; 2-a; 3-b; 4-d
• B. 1-d; 2-c; 3-b; 4-a
• C. 1-c; 2-d; 3-b; 4-a
• D. 1-d; 2-b; 3-c; 4-a

Answer 1

The correct option is B 1-d; 2-c; 3-b; 4-a

Explanation:

• Harappa in present Pakistan on the bank of River Ravi has 2 rows of six granaries with a big platform, a stone symbol of lingam and yoni, mother goddess figure, wheat and barley in a wooden mortar, dice, copper scale and mirror. Moreover, sculptures of a dog chasing a deer in bronze, and a red sandstone male torso have been excavated.
• Lothal in Gujarat is an important site for naval trade, had a Dockyard, practice of burial of cremated remains, rice husk, fire altars, painted jar, modern-day chess, the terracotta figure of horse and ship, instruments for measuring 45, 90 and 180-degree angles, the practice of burial of cremated remains.
• Mohenjo-Daro in present Pakistan on the River Indus – the citadel, the great bath, the great granary, post-cremation burial, sculpture of a bearded priest, the famous bronze statue of the Dancing Girl and Pashupati seal.
• Balathal and Kalibangan in Rajasthan – bangle factory, toy carts, bones of camel, decorated bricks, citadel and lower town, Fire altar.