Ans: A

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Statement 1 is correct: The grid pattern is a distinctive feature of Harappan town planning.The  remarkable thing about the arrangement of the houses in the cities is that they followed a grid system, with roads cutting across one another virtually at right angles. 

Statement 2 is correct: The widespread use of burnt bricks was a common practice in Harappan construction. The use of burnt bricks in the Harappan cities is remarkable because in the contemporary buildings of Egypt dried bricks were primarily used. We find the use of baked bricks in contemporary Mesopotamia, but they were used to a much larger extent in the Harappan cities.

Statement 3 is incorrect: The Great Bath, a large and historically significant ancient tank found in Mohenjo-Daro, measures 11.88 × 7.01 m and 2.43 m deep.The great bath was primarily intended for ritual bathing, which has been so vital to any religious ceremony in India.

Ans: B

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Statement 1 is incorrect: According to most historians, Harappan people probably used Wooden ploughs. The prevalence of agriculture is indicated by finds of grain, it is more difficult to reconstruct actual agricultural practices. Representations of seals and terracotta sculpture indicate that the bull was known, and archaeologists extrapolate from this that oxen were used for plowing. Iron is mostly associated with the Vedic period.

Statement 2 is correct: Archaeologists have also found evidence of a ploughed field at Kalibangan (Rajasthan), associated with Early Harappan levels. The field had two sets of furrows at right angles to each other, suggesting that two different crops were grown together.

Ans: B

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Faience is a material that is artificially produced, unlike stone or shell, that is found naturally.

A gum was used to shape sand or powdered quartz into an object. The objects were then glazed, resulting in a shiny, glassy surface. The colour of the glaze was usually blue or sea green.

Faience was used to make beads, bangles, earrings, and tiny vessels.

Ans: B

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The Harappan towns Chanhudaro, Nageshwar and Balakot were famous for craft Production.

Numerous materials were used, such as stones like carnelian (of a beautiful red colour), jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience and terracotta or burnt clay.

Chanhudaro is almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making,shell-cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making.

Nageshwar and Balakot were specialized centres for making shell objects – including bangles, ladles and inlay – which were taken to other settlements.

Ans: C

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Maski derives its name from Mahasangha or Masangi. Maski is an archaeological site in the Raichur district of the state of Karnataka, India.It lies on the bank of the Maski river, which is a tributary of the Tungabhadra. The site came into prominence with the discovery of a minor rock edict of Emperor Ashoka by C. Beadon in 1915.