Select the statements which describe the 'planned nature of settlements' in Mohenjdaro:

A- Construction and all building activity within the city was confined to fixed areas on the platform.
B- The buildings were constructed on wooden brick platforms on the citadel.
C- The division of the settlement into three sections.
D- The use of standardized uniform bricks throughout the city.
E- All building activity within the city was left to people, whether they wanted to build on the platform, near the platform or away from it.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

A and D

The correct answer is Option 1 - A and D

The correct statements which describe the planned nature of settlements in Mohenjdaro are:

A- Construction and all building activity within the city was confined to fixed areas on the platform.
D- The use of standardized uniform bricks throughout the city.

Although Mohenjodaro is the most well-known site, the first site to be discovered was Harappa. The settlement is divided into two sections, one smaller but higher and the other much larger but lower. Archaeologists designate these as the Citadel and the Lower Town respectively. The Citadel owes its height to the fact that buildings were constructed on mud brick platforms. It was walled, which meant that it was physically separated from the Lower Town. The Lower Town was also walled. Several buildings were built on platforms, which served as foundations. It has been calculated that if one labourer moved roughly a cubic metre of earth daily, just to put the foundations in place it would have required four million person-days, in other words, mobilising labour on a very large scale. Consider something else. Once the platforms were in place, all building activity within the city was restricted to a fixed area on the platforms. So it seems that the settlement was first planned and then implemented accordingly. Other signs of planning include bricks, which, whether sun-dried or baked, were of a standardised ratio, where the length and breadth were four times and twice the height respectively. Such bricks were used at all Harappan settlements.

The incorrect statements with corrections are:

B- The buildings were constructed on wooden brick platforms on the citadel- The Citadel owes its height to the fact that buildings were constructed on mud brick platforms.
C- The division of the settlement into three sections - the settlement is divided into two sections
E- All building activity within the city was left to people, whether they wanted to build on the platform, near the platform or away from it- Once the platforms were in place, all building activity within the city was restricted to a fixed area on the platforms.