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Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Match the following archaeologists in List 1 with the archaeological site excavated by them in List 2:

List- 1 (Archaeologists)	List- 2 (Site)
(A) German & Italian archaeologists	(I) Dholavira
(B) R.S. Bisht	(II) Mohenjodaro
(C) B.B. Lal	(III) Harappa
(D) R.E.M. Wheeler	(IV) Kalibangan

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 4 - (A)- II, (B)- I, (C)- IV, (D)- III

The correct match is:

List- 1 (Archaeologists)	List- 2 (Site)
(A) German & Italian archaeologists	(II) Mohenjodaro
(B) R.S. Bisht	(I) Dholavira
(C) B.B. Lal	(IV) Kalibangan
(D) R.E.M. Wheeler	(III) Harappa

More information:

Year	Description
1921 (20^th Century)	M.S. Vats started excavations at Harappa
1924 (20^th Century)	John Marshall announced the discovery of the Harappan Civilization
1925 (20^th Century)	Excavations began at Mohenjodaro
1944 (20^th Century)	R.E.M. Wheeler took over as Director-General of the ASI
1946 (20^th Century)	R.E.M. Wheeler excavated Harappa
1955 (20^th Century)	S.R. Rao began excavated at Lothal
1960 (20^th Century)	B.B. Lal & B.K. Thapar started excavation at Kalibangan (Rajasthan)
1974 (20^th Century)	M.R. Mughal started exploring Bahawalpur
1980 (20^th Century)	German & Italian archaeologists started surface explorations at Mohenjodaro
1986 (20^th Century)	American team started excavations at Harappa
1990 (20^th Century)	R.S. Bisht started excavation at Dholavira