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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
21	The Harappan script was written in which direction?	History Seals, script and weights	Easy
22	Why do scholars think the Harappan script was not alphabetic?	History Seals, script and weights	Medium
23	A trader finds that the clay sealing on a bag of goods is intact when it reaches him. What does this tell him?	History Seals, script and weights	Medium
24	Lower Harappan weights followed a binary sequence. Which value would come immediately after 64 in this series?	History Seals, script and weights	Hard
25	The stone statue from Mohenjodaro called the "priest-king" was given this name because:	History Authority and the end of the civilisation	Easy
26	Which of the following is a feature of the Late Harappan phase?	History Authority and the end of the civilisation	Easy
27	What supports the view that some authority made decisions in Harappan society?	History Authority and the end of the civilisation	Medium
28	Which of these was NOT among the suggested causes for the decline of Harappan cities?	History Authority and the end of the civilisation	Medium
29	A historian argues that the disappearance of seals, script and standard weights after about 1900 BCE points t…	History Authority and the end of the civilisation	Hard
30	Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts in the 1830s?	History Decipherment of scripts	Easy
31	Most Ashokan inscriptions were written in which script?	History Decipherment of scripts	Easy
32	Which evidence helped scholars decipher Kharosthi?	History Decipherment of scripts	Medium
33	Most Ashokan inscriptions refer to the king by which title?	History Decipherment of scripts	Medium
34	Scholars reading Brahmi first compared it with later scripts such as Bengali and Devanagari. Why was this a u…	History Decipherment of scripts	Hard
35	Which was the earlier capital of Magadha before Pataliputra?	History Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha	Easy
36	States known as ganas or sanghas were mainly:	History Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha	Easy
37	Which factor did NOT contribute to the rise of Magadha as described by historians?	History Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha	Medium
38	Who composed the Dharmasutras that laid down norms for rulers?	History Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha	Medium
39	A historian notes that Magadha could move troops and goods easily and cheaply. Which geographical feature bes…	History Mahajanapadas and the rise of Magadha	Hard
40	Megasthenes, whose account is a source for the Mauryan period, was:	History The Mauryan empire	Easy