Question

Match the following:
a) Harappa – b) Kalibanga – c) Chanhudaro – d) Dholavira
i) Craft production ii) An old notice board   iii) Evidence of a ploughed field   iv) First discovered site

• A. a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iv), d-(iii)
• B. a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii)
• C. a-(iii), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iv)
• D. a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(i)

Hint:

Recall which Harappan site was discovered first (1921) and which one lacks a citadel.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Eliminate wrong pairs first: Harappa cannot be (i) craft production since Chanhudaro, not Harappa, is the specialised craft-production site with no citadel — this rules out options (A) and (C).

Step 2: Compare the remaining options (B) and (D): Option (D) puts Dholavira at (i) craft production, but Dholavira is distinctive for its water-harvesting system and the large signboard (ii), not craft production — so (D) is wrong.

Final Answer: Only option (B) — a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii) — survives elimination.