SSLC (English Medium) कक्षा ९ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

Zebu were Harappan ______.

Meluhha’ in the Cuneiform inscriptions referred to the region ______.

Dancing girl of copper was excavated from ______.

The Harappans used Rohri chert for making ______.

Define the term bands.

Give a description of the Indus Valley civilization.

Describe the pottery used by the Harappans.

How did the Indus Valley civilization decline?

Answer all the questions given under each caption:

Early state formation.

1. How were the societies classified before modern times by scholars?
2. Explain the term ‘bands’
3. What is meant by Chiefdoms?
4. What were proto-states?

Answer all the questions given under each caption:

Planned Towns of the Indus Valley.

1. What can be observed in the Harappan towns?
2. What did the Harappans use for construction?
3. Who controlled the planning of the towns?
4. How was the tank excavated here known as?

The Indus Valley civilization is also known as ______ civilization.

The Harappans had a close trade link with the ______.

The Indus civilisation is known as Harappan civilisation rather than Indus. Why?

Answer all the questions given under caption.

Indus civilisation.

1. What is the other name of Indus civilisation?
2. What did the Harappans use for construction?
3. What kind of pottery was used by the Harappans?
4. What was their belief for the dead?

Compare the Indus Civilization with Tamil Civilization.

1. Barter was the primary mode of exchange.
2. Spices including pepper and precious stones were exported.
3. The Sangam Age saw the first urbanization in Tamilagam.
4. People in the Sangam Age had no faith in religion.

The Pamban coast is famous for ______.

Spices including ______, ______ and ______ were exported.

Answer all the questions given under each caption.

Pearl fishery and shell bangle.

1. Which place is famous for pearl fishery?
2. What was very common in the Sangam Age?
3. Who collected conch shells from Pamban Island?
4. What does Sangam literature describe?

Write a note on Tamil Brahmi inscriptions.