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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) Excavations in Dholavira in 1990
(B) R.S. Bisht	(II) Surface explorations at Mohenjodaro in 1980
(C) B.B. Lal	(III) Excavations in Harappa in 1946
(D) R.E.M. Wheeler	(IV) Excavations in Kalibangan in 1960

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) Surface explorations at Mohenjodaro in 1980
(B) R.S. Bisht	(I) Excavations in Dholavira in 1990
(C) B.B. Lal	(IV) Excavations in Kalibangan in 1960
(D) R.E.M. Wheeler	(III) Excavations in Harappa in 1946

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