Place Banawali
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 11 years (2014–2025), peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CAPF — 1 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 3 years (2014–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2014 → NDA 2023 → CISF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CISF2025
In the Harappan Civilization, terracotta models of the plough have been discovered at :
- A Harappa
- B Kalibangan
- C Banawali ✓
- D Lothal
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Ancient India
NDA2023
Consider the following statements
- Terracotta models of the plough have been found at sites in Cholistan and at Banawali (Haryana)
- There is evidence of a ploughed field at Kalibangan associated with the mature phase of the Harappan civilization
- The ploughed field at Kalibangan had two sets of furrows crossing at right angles to each other suggesting two different crops were grown together in it
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
- A 1, 2 and 3
- B 2 and 3 only
- C 1 and 3 only ✓
- D None of the above
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Ancient India
CAPF2014
Which one among the following is not true of bead-making as a salient feature of mature Harappan crafts ?
- A Harappan beads were made of gold, copper, shell, lapis lazuli, ivory and a variety of semi-precious stones
- B Archaeologists have identified bead-makers' shops on the basis of assemblages of unfinished objects
- C At Chanhudaro, tools, furnaces and beads in various stages of preparations have been found
- D The structure at Banawali yielded many beads in finished, semi-finished and unfinished states ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Ancient India
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