Question : Which Director General of ASI is responsible for the excavations leading to the discovery of two key city-sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation, in the 1920s?
Option 1: Madho Sarup Vats
Option 2: John Hubert Marshall
Option 3: James Burgess
Option 4: Mortimer Wheeler
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Correct Answer: John Hubert Marshall
Solution : The correct option is John Hubert Marshall.
John Hubert Marshall was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), in charge of the excavations that in the 1920s produced the discovery of two important Indus Civilisation city sites. Excavations at Mohenjo-Daro (in modern-day Pakistan) and Harappa (in modern-day Pakistan) were conducted under Marshall's direction.
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Question : Which British archaeologist recognised in the 1940s that it was necessary to follow the stratigraphy of the mound rather than mechanically excavate it along a uniform horizontal line?
Option 1: R. E. M. Wheeler
Option 2: Alexander Cunningham
Option 3: John Marshall
Option 4: E. Hultzsch
Question : Who discovered the North Pole?
Option 1: Amundsen
Option 2: Robert Peary
Option 3: John Cabot
Option 4: Captain James Cook
Question : The Citadel and Great Bath can be traced to which site of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Option 1: Harappa
Option 2: Mohenjo-daro
Option 3: Rakhigarhi
Option 4: Lothal
Question : In 1815, who among the following was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India?
Option 1: Henry Walpole
Option 2: Max Muller
Option 4: Colin Mackenzie
Question : During the British rule, who was the first Inspector General of Forests in India?
Option 1: Salim Ali
Option 2: James Edward Corbett
Option 3: John Shore
Option 4: Dietrich Brandis
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