1)   ----- was a major Harappan seaport and a major trading centre located along the Bhogava river, a tributary of Sabarmati, in the Gulf of Khambat in Gujarat famous for Dockyard.

A) Lothal

B) Banawali

C) Chanhudaro

D) Dholavira

Lothal is one of the most important cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, located in present-day Gujarat on the banks of the Bhogava River, a tributary of the Sabarmati.

It served as a major port city and trading hub due to its strategic location near the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay).

The site is especially famous for its well-planned dockyard, which is considered one of the earliest known dockyards in the world.

Excavations at Lothal revealed warehouses, bead-making factories, and evidence of maritime trade with regions like Mesopotamia.

Ans)  A) Lothal


2)  Athula’s Mushakavamsa Kavya gives a semi-legendary, semi-factual account of the king of:

A) Kozhikode

B) Ezhimala

C) Kolathunadu

D) Travancore

 Mushakavamsa (by the poet Athula/Atula) narrates the lineage and exploits of the Mushika (Kolathiri) dynasty, whose early seat was Ezhimala in North Malabar. The text blends myth and history and is the key source for the early Ezhimala/Mushika kings—not for the Zamorins of Kozhikode or the later states of Kolathunadu or Travancore.

 Ans) B) Ezhimala