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AFCAT Ancient & Medieval History — practice questions

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Match each site to what was foundRead the answer and worked solution →Place the Harappan digs by yearRead the answer and worked solution →Place each traveller by birth yearRead the answer and worked solution →Call out each history termRead the answer and worked solution →Catch the bead materialsRead the answer and worked solution →Sort each clue by its travellerRead the answer and worked solution →Drop each item: inscription or coinRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the finds by everyday or rareRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the false claim in each setRead the answer and worked solution →Tap the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →

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Match each site to what was found

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Chanhudaro
    Right
    Tiny settlement given over to craft work
  2. Left
    Nageshwar
    Right
    Coastal maker of shell bangles and ladles
  3. Left
    Shortughai
    Right
    Afghan site near the lapis lazuli source
Instructions
Tap a site, then tap the find that belongs with it.
_Source: syllabus History, Bricks, Beads and Bones_

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Place the Harappan digs by year

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End
2020
Start
1870
Events
  1. Year
    1875
    Item
    Cunningham report
  2. Year
    1921
    Item
    Sahni at Harappa
  3. Year
    1946
    Item
    Wheeler at Harappa
  4. Year
    1990
    Item
    Bisht at Dholavira
  5. Year
    2013
    Item
    Rakhigarhi DNA
Instructions
Drag each card onto the year that piece of work began.
_Source: syllabus History, Bricks, Beads and Bones_

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Place each traveller by birth year

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End
1700
Start
900
Events
  1. Year
    973
    Item
    Al-Biruni born
  2. Year
    1254
    Item
    Marco Polo born
  3. Year
    1304
    Item
    Ibn Battuta born
  4. Year
    1413
    Item
    Abdur Razzaq born
  5. Year
    1620
    Item
    Bernier born
Instructions
Drag each traveller onto the year in which he was born.
_Source: syllabus History, Through the Eyes of Travellers_

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