Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Match the following options in List 1 correctly with those in List 2:

List 1 List 2
(A) Saddle quern (I) Facilitated long-distance communication.
(B) Seals (II) Religious sculpture
(C) Mother Goddess (III) Mythical seal
(D) Unicorn (IV) Used for grinding cereals
Options:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (III)

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (IV)

(A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)- (IV)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)- (IV)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (III)

Explanation:

Saddle querns are found in considerable numbers and they seem to have been the only means in use for grinding cereals for the people of the Harappan culture. They were roughly made of hard, gritty igneous rocks or sandstone and mostly show signs of hard usage.

The Harappan seal is possibly the most distinctive artifact of the Harappan civilization. The seals were made of a stone called steatite. Seals and sealings were used to facilitate long-distance communication. When a bag of goods was sent from one place to another, its mouth was tied with rope, and on the knot was affixed some wet clay on which one or more seals were pressed, leaving an impression. If the bag reached with its sealing intact, it meant that it had not been tampered with.

The 'Mother Goddess' and the 'Priest' were sculptures that were put in the category of religious sculptures by the archeologists as the early archaeologists thought that certain objects which seemed unusual or unfamiliar may have had a religious significance.

Some animals – such as the one-horned animal, often called the “unicorn” – depicted on some seals of the Harappan culture seem to be mythical, composite creatures.