Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Landmark Discovery/Events | List-II Year | ||
| (A) | John Marshall and Alfred Foucher publish The Monuments of Sanchi | (I) | 1989 |
| (B) | John Marshall publishes the Conservation Manual | (II) | 1955 |
| (C) | Jawaharlal Nehru lays the foundation stone of the National Museum in New Delhi | (III) | 1923 |
| (D) | 'Sanchi' declared a World Heritage Site | (IV) | 1914 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) John Marshall and Alfred Foucher publish The Monuments of Sanchi — this matches (IV) 1914. It is the first entry for the twentieth century in the timeline of landmarks in the discovery of early monuments.
(B) John Marshall publishes the Conservation Manual — this matches (III) 1923. Nine years after the Sanchi volumes, Marshall brought out his manual on conserving monuments.
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru lays the foundation stone of the National Museum in New Delhi — this matches (II) 1955. Nehru laid the stone as Prime Minister, after Independence.
(D) ‘Sanchi’ declared a World Heritage Site — this matches (I) 1989, the last entry of the timeline.
Tip: All four years come from the timeline at the end of the chapter. NTA sets whole questions from these end-of-chapter timelines and reading lists, so go through them once before the exam.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| – | 20-05 S1 | – | 14-06 S3* | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part I — Chapter 4: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings (2026-27)
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