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The bust of the bearded priest from the Indus Valley is carved in:Read the answer and worked solution →The shawl of the bearded priest is decorated with:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan bronze statues were made using which technique?Read the answer and worked solution →Daimabad, a late Harappan site with fine metal-cast sculptures, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →The most important Indus terracotta figures represent the:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Indus seals were made of:Read the answer and worked solution →The purpose of producing Indus seals was mainly:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus seals carry a script that is:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The bust of the bearded priest from the Indus Valley is carved in:

  1. Terracotta
  2. Soapstone
  3. Sandstone
  4. Bronze metal
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Correct answer: B. Soapstone

1. The male torso is in red sandstone. 2. The bearded man is in soapstone. 3. His shawl has trefoil patterns. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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The shawl of the bearded priest is decorated with:

  1. Swastika marks
  2. Fish scale rows
  3. Trefoil patterns
  4. Lotus patterns
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Correct answer: C. Trefoil patterns

1. It passes under the right arm and covers the left shoulder. 2. The pattern is trefoil. 3. The eyes are half-closed as in meditation. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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Harappan bronze statues were made using which technique?

  1. Sand casting
  2. Die stamping
  3. Hammering
  4. Lost wax
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Correct answer: D. Lost wax

1. Wax figures were coated with clay, then the wax drained. 2. This is the lost wax technique. 3. Molten metal filled the hollow mould. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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