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Place Chanhudaro
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 5 years (2014–2019), peaking in 2019.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- First appeared in CAPF 2014 — 5 years before CSE 2019 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2019
- Recurs across 2 years (2014–2019)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2014 → CSE 2019
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 3) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2019
Which one of the following is not a Harappan site?
- A Chanhudaro
- B Kot Diji
- C Sohgaura ✓
- D Desalpur
✓ 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
CSE
Which one of the following is not a Harappan site?
- A Chanhudaro
- B Kot Diji
- C Sohgaura ✓
- D Desalpur
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Ancient India
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