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On the Pashupati seal, which animals appear to the right of the seated figure?Read the answer and worked solution →Seals like the Pashupati seal date from between:Read the answer and worked solution →Indus Valley pottery consists chiefly of:Read the answer and worked solution →Perforated Indus pottery, with a large hole at the bottom and small holes all over, was probably used for:Read the answer and worked solution →A Harappan cemetery where bodies were buried with ornaments has been found at Farmana in:Read the answer and worked solution →Bead factories of the Indus Valley have been discovered at Lothal and:Read the answer and worked solution →Spindles and spindle whorls in Indus houses show that people commonly practised:Read the answer and worked solution →Indus people used which mineral as a cosmetic and face-paint?Read the answer and worked solution →The Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro is a copper figure about how tall?Read the answer and worked solution →Around her neck, the Dancing Girl wears a necklace of:Read the answer and worked solution →The red sandstone male torso has socket holes in the neck and shoulders for attaching:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Indus sites in IndiaRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the seal animalsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the materialsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Indus art wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Stone or metalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the Indus craftsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Indus arts bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Buddhism and Jainism, which emerged in the sixth century BCE, were part of which tradition?Read the answer and worked solution →Mauryan pillars differ from Achaemenian pillars because Mauryan pillars are:Read the answer and worked solution →Mauryan pillar capitals stand on a square or circular platform called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Basarah-Bakhira, Lauriya-Nandangarh and Rampurva, sites of Mauryan pillars, are in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Lion Capital, India's national emblem, was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sarnath Lion Capital symbolises which event in the Buddha's life?Read the answer and worked solution →The abacus of the Sarnath capital shows a horse, a bull, a lion and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sarnath capital originally had how many component parts?Read the answer and worked solution →The crowning element of the Sarnath pillar, now broken and kept in the site museum, was a:Read the answer and worked solution →Each chakra on the Sarnath abacus has how many spokes?Read the answer and worked solution →The circular abacus of the Sarnath capital rests on an:Read the answer and worked solution →

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On the Pashupati seal, which animals appear to the right of the seated figure?

  1. Humped bull and goat
  2. Elephant and tiger
  3. Rhinoceros and buffalo
  4. Two grazing antelopes
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Correct answer: B. Elephant and tiger

1. A rhinoceros and buffalo appear on the left. 2. An elephant and tiger are on the right. 3. Two antelopes sit below the seat. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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Seals like the Pashupati seal date from between:

  1. 3500 and 3000 BCE
  2. 500 and 100 BCE
  3. 2500 and 1900 BCE
  4. 1500 and 1000 BCE
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Correct answer: C. 2500 and 1900 BCE

1. Many were found at Mohenjodaro. 2. They date from 2500 to 1900 BCE. 3. Figures are carved in intaglio. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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Indus Valley pottery consists chiefly of:

  1. Hand-made wares
  2. Carved stone vessels
  3. Beaten metal pots
  4. Wheel-made wares
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Correct answer: D. Wheel-made wares

1. Very few pieces are hand-made. 2. Fine wheel-made wares dominate. 3. Plain pottery is commoner than painted. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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