Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question :

Representations on seals and terracotta sculpture indicate that the bull was known and that oxen were used for ploughing. Moreover, terracotta models of the plough have been found at sites in Cholistan and at Banawali. Archaeologists have found evidence of a ploughed field at Kalibangan... Most Harappan sites are located in semi-arid lands, where irrigation was probably required for agriculture. Traces of canals have been found at the Harappan site of Shortughai... Besides water reservoirs have been found in Dholavira.

Traces of canals have been found at which of the following Harappan Sites?

Options:

Cholistan

Dholavira

Shortughai

Kalibangan

Correct Answer:

Shortughai

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Shortughai

As per the passage- Traces of canals have been found at the Harappan site of Shortughai... Besides water reservoirs have been found in Dholavira.