Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and one is different. Choose the odd one out.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Ujjain
Group the places by the period of history they belong to.
Option (1) Harappa — a city of the Harappan civilisation (about 4700 years ago), the first of its cities to be discovered.
Option (2) Ujjain — the capital of Avanti, one of the mahajanapadas (kingdoms of about 2500 years ago); it is not a Harappan city.
Option (3) Mohenjodaro — a large Harappan city with a planned lower town and the Great Bath.
Option (4) Lothal — a Harappan city in Gujarat, a centre of crafts and trade.
Harappa, Mohenjodaro and Lothal are cities of the Harappan civilisation; Ujjain belongs to the much later age of the mahajanapadas, so it is the odd one out.