History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II)
In major-culture mounds:
AA number of important archaeological cultures are represented in succession.
BA number of archaeological cultures are represented, out of which only one culture is dominant. ✓ Correct
COnly a single important archaeological culture is represented.
DA major religious monument has to be there.
Correct answer: (B) A number of archaeological cultures are represented, out of which only one culture is dominant. — A major-culture mound has one dominant culture, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★A major-culture mound has one dominant culture, so that is the answer.
★In a major-culture mound a number of archaeological cultures are represented.
★But out of these only one culture is dominant.
★This dominant culture defines the mound.
★This is different from a multi-culture mound, where several cultures are present in succession.
★So in a major-culture mound only one culture is dominant.
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