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Published on: 30/07/2019
In the Earliest Cities
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1.
Write a note on the Great Bath in Mohenjodaro.
2.
What do you know about the arrangement of bricks in the construction of buildings in the Harappan cities?
3.
Make a list of the people who lived in the city. Were any of these people listed as living in villages such as Mehrgarh?
4.
Very often, old buildings are pulled down to make way for new construction. Do you think it is important to preserve old buildings?
5.
What do you know about plough?
6.
What is the location of Dholavira?
7.
Name the cities where store houses have been discovered.
8.
Name two cities which had fire altars?
9.
Who were the scribes?
10.
The houses in______were either one or two storeys high.
11.
In some cities, special buildings were constructed on the_________.
12.
About eighty years ago, archaeologists found the site arid realised that this was one of the oldest cities in the_______.
13.
To produce bronze, tin has to be mixed with _____ .
14.
Most cities had the Western part _______and _______ .
15.
Harappan seals were made of metal.
16.
Rainfall was less in Harappan region.
17.
Houses in Harappa were poorly built.
18.
Egypt is almost a dry desert except for the lands along the river Nile.
19.
The Harappan towns in the state of Gujarat have been found in Dholavira and Lethal.
20.
Fire attars
21.
Ciy divided into 3 parts
22.
Cotton
23.
Gold
24.
Dholavira
25.
What are the possible factors which brought about the end of the Harappan civilisation?
26.
Answer the questions based on given picture:
(i) What does above picture represent?
(ii) How this was constructed?
(iii) This was discovered from which site?
(iv) Write any two features of the above picture.
27.
Show the following cities on the outline map of India
(i) Rakhi Garhi
(ii) Sotkakoh
(iii) Kalibangan
(iv) Mohenjodaro
(v) Lothal
28.
'Which cities had five attars?
Kalibangan
Lothal
Both (i) and (ii)
None of these
29.
Cotton was probably grown in Mehrgarh around:
2000 years ago
4000 years ago
7000 years ago
12000 years ago
30.
Which metals were used to make ornaments?
Gold
Silver
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
31.
The Great Bath has been found in :
Harappa
Mehrgarh
Mohanjodaro
Surat
32.
In earlier cities, the part to the west was smaller but higher and was called:
Citadel
Lower town
Upper town
Non of these
1.
(i) In Mohenjodaro, a very special tank which archaeologists call the Great Bath, was built in the Citadel area.
(ii) It was lined with bricks, coated with plaster and made water-tight with a layer of natural tar.
(iii)There were steps leading down to it from two sides, while there were rooms on all sides.Perhaps. the important people took a dip in this tank on special occasions.
2.
(i) Very often, walls of baked bricks were built around the citadel and the lower town.
(ii) The bricks were so well made, that they have lasted for thousands of years.
(iii)The bricks were laid in an interlocking pattern that made the walls strong.
3.
The people who lived in a Harappan city were:
(i) Rulers (ii) Traders (iii) Scribes (iv) Crafts persons
In Mehrgarh, there were farmers, herders and probably leaders of the tribes.
4.
Yes, it is important to preserve old buildings because old buildings always tell the stories of past that how people lived at that time.
5.
( )
The plough was a new tool which was used to dig the earth for turning the soil and planting seeds.
6.
( )
The city of Dholavira was locatd on Khadir Beyt in the Rann of Kutchh, where there was fresh water and fertile soil.
7.
( )
Some cities like Mohenjodaro, Harappa and Lothal had elaborated store houses.
8.
( )
Lothal and Kalibangan had fire altars.
9.
( )
The people who knew how to write, who helped prepare the seals and perhaps wrote on other materials were scribes.
10.
( )
Harappa
11.
( )
Citadel
12.
( )
Subcontinents
13.
( )
copper
14.
( )
smaller, higher
15.
(b)
16.
(a)
17.
(b)
18.
(a)
19.
(a)
20.
( )
Kalibangan
21.
( )
Dholavira
22.
( )
Megrgarh
23.
( )
Karnataka
24.
( )
Khadir Beyt in the Rann of Kutch
25.
(i) Some scholars suggest that the rivers dried up.
(ii) Others suggest that there was deforestation. This could have happened because fuel was required for baking bricks and for melting copper ores.
(iii) Besides, grazing by large herds of cattle, sheep and goat may have destroyed the green cover.
(iv) In some areas, there were floods. But none of these reasons can firmly explain the end of all the cities.
26.
(i) The Great Bath of Mohenjodaro
(ii) It was constructed by bricks and coated with plaster.
(iii) Harappan cities
(iv) (a) There were steps leading down to bottom.
(b) Water was drained out after use.
27.
28.
(c)
Both (i) and (ii)
29.
(c)
7000 years ago
30.
(c)
Both (a) and (b)
31.
(c)
Mohanjodaro
32.
(a)
Citadel
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