Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: Deciphering the script of Harappa on the seal has provided us valuable insight into the Harappan Culture.
Reasoning: The Harappan seals often contain animal motifs and signs.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct

Correct Answer:

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct

Explanation:

The Harappan seal is possibly the most distinctive artefact of the Harappan or Indus valley civilisation. Made of a stone called steatite, seals like this one often contain animal motifs and signs from a script that remains undeciphered. Yet we know a great deal about the lives of the people who lived in the region from what they left behind – their houses, pots, ornaments, tools and seals – in other words, from archaeological evidence. Since we have not deciphered the Harappan script the Assertion is wrong.