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SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 30

SSC GD Constable (English) - 10th December 2021 Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q30

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The Harappan site Rangpur is located in the present Indian state of:

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Gujarat.

  • Rangpur is an ancient archaeological site located near Vanala on Gujarat's Saurashtra Peninsula.
  • It dates from the Indus Valley Civilization and is located to the northwest of the bigger site of Lothal, on the peninsula between the Gulfs of Khambhat and Kutch. 
  • It is the type site for the Rangpur culture, a regional variation of the Indus Valley Civilization's late phase that flourished in Gujarat around the second millennium BCE.