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Flip and pair: detail with its place in the storyRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the spread of the revoltRead the answer and worked solution →Who took part?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the chapterRead the answer and worked solution →Order the spread within MeerutRead the answer and worked solution →A museum label says a Harappan seal is carved from a soft stone. Which stone is it?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mature Harappan civilisation is dated to which period?Read the answer and worked solution →Grains found at Harappan sites include wheat, barley, lentil and chickpea. Which grain is relatively rare?Read the answer and worked solution →Terracotta models of a plough have been found at Cholistan and at which Haryana site?Read the answer and worked solution →At which Rajasthan site was a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles found?Read the answer and worked solution →Traces of canals have been found at which Harappan site in Afghanistan?Read the answer and worked solution →Water reservoirs that may have stored water for farming were found at which Gujarat site?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, called the father of Indian archaeology?Read the answer and worked solution →Mohenjodaro is divided into a small high western part and a larger lower eastern part. What are these called?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan bricks followed a standard ratio. Length and breadth were how many times the height?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many wells did Mohenjodaro have, by scholars' estimate?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Bath tank was made watertight with bricks set on edge and a mortar of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tiny settlement of under 7 hectares was devoted almost wholly to craft production like bead-making?Read the answer and worked solution →Nageshwar and Balakot, both near the coast, specialised in making objects from which material?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans may have sent expeditions to the Khetri region of Rajasthan for which metal?Read the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamian texts call the Harappan region by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →The Harappan script has how many signs, showing it was not alphabetical?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan weights were usually cubical and made of which stone?Read the answer and worked solution →By about which year BCE had most Mature Harappan sites in Cholistan been abandoned?Read the answer and worked solution →Who announced the discovery of the Indus valley civilisation to the world in 1924?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ASI Director-General, from 1944, insisted on following the stratigraphy of a mound?Read the answer and worked solution →Fire altars regarded as ritual structures have been found at Lothal and which other site?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Harappan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Harappan grainsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Flip and pair: detail with its place in the story

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    10 May 1857
    B
    the mutiny breaks out at Meerut
  2. A
    11 May 1857
    B
    sepoys reach the Red Fort
  3. A
    Bahadur Shah
    B
    the Mughal emperor at Delhi
  4. A
    The bell of arms
    B
    where arms and ammunition were kept
  5. A
    Awadh
    B
    a major centre of the revolt
The chapter's specifics. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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Spot the one that does not belong

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Meerut
    2. Mohenjodaro
    3. Delhi
    Odd item
    Mohenjodaro
  2. Items
    1. Sepoy
    2. Cavalry
    3. Sultan
    Odd item
    Sultan
  3. Items
    1. Harappa
    2. 1857
    3. Bahadur Shah
    Odd item
    Harappa
One item is from a different period. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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True or false: the spread of the revolt

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The rising spread swiftly from infantry to cavalry.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    It then spread into the city.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Awadh became a centre of the revolt.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The revolt was confined to a single town.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Sepoys seized arms and ammunition.
It moved fast and it moved outward. Source: syllabus History, Rebels and the Raj.

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