History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2023 History
The Dancing Girl found in the Indus valley excavations belongs to which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. The Chalcolithic period
- 2. An example of the metallurgy of the times
- 3. An example of aesthetics
- 4. The Copper Age
- 5. Palaeolithic times
A1, 2, 4 and 5 only
B1, 2, 3 and 4 only ✓ Correct
C1, 2, 3 and 5 only
D2, 3, 4 and 5 only
Correct answer: (B) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only — The correct statements are 1, 2, 3 and 4 only.
Explanation
★The correct statements are 1, 2, 3 and 4 only.
★The Dancing Girl is a bronze statue about four inches high found at Mohenjo-daro.
★It is an excellent example of the lost-wax metallurgy of the times.
★It is also an example of the aesthetic sense of the Indus artists.
★It belongs to the Chalcolithic period, that is, the Copper Age.
★It is not Palaeolithic, so the fifth statement is wrong and the genuinely correct set excludes it.
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