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Tin, mixed with copper to make bronze, may have come from Iran and:Read the answer and worked solution →Gold for the Harappans could have come from present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike most Harappan cities, Dholavira was divided into:Read the answer and worked solution →Dholavira is located on Khadir Beyt in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Lothal stood beside a tributary of which river in Gujarat?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Harappan city had a huge tank that may have been a dockyard?Read the answer and worked solution →The impression of a seal pressed on wet clay is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The decline of the Harappan cities began about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Harappan decline, new cities emerged about how many years later?Read the answer and worked solution →Most Harappan houses had which feature, often connected to street drains?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan crops included wheat, barley, pulses, peas, rice, sesame, linseed and:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Harappan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Harappan findsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Harappan sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Harappan wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Citadel or lower townRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the metalsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Harappan bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under which Rajput dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Coins minted at Delhi under the Tomaras and Chauhans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Raziyya, daughter of Iltutmish, became Sultan in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which chronicler thought Raziyya more able than her brothers yet was uncomfortable with a queen?Read the answer and worked solution →Queen Rudramadevi, who pretended to be a man on her inscriptions, belonged to the:Read the answer and worked solution →Histories written in Persian under the Delhi Sultans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The language of administration under the Delhi Sultans was:Read the answer and worked solution →Military expeditions into southern India began during the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →Special slaves purchased for military service under the early Sultans were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Territories assigned to military commanders as governors were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The holder of an iqta was called an iqtadar or:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Tin, mixed with copper to make bronze, may have come from Iran and:

  1. Oman coast
  2. Afghanistan
  3. Karnataka
  4. Rajasthan
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Correct answer: B. Afghanistan

1. Bronze made tools and weapons. 2. Tin came from Afghanistan and Iran. 3. Gold came from Karnataka. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 3, In the Earliest Cities._

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Gold for the Harappans could have come from present-day:

  1. Afghan hills
  2. Gujarat coast
  3. Karnataka
  4. Rajasthan
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Correct answer: C. Karnataka

1. Gold made ornaments and vessels. 2. It could have come from Karnataka. 3. Precious stones came from Gujarat, Iran and Afghanistan. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 3, In the Earliest Cities._

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Unlike most Harappan cities, Dholavira was divided into:

  1. Two parts
  2. Five parts
  3. Four parts
  4. Three parts
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Correct answer: D. Three parts

1. Each part had massive stone walls. 2. Dholavira had three parts. 3. Large stone letters of the script were found there. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 3, In the Earliest Cities._

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