SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 46

SSC CGL - 13 April 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q46

The Mesopotamians wrote on tablets made of:

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Clay.

  •  Writing from ancient Mesopotamia is on clay tablets.
  • Scribes would take a stylus (a stick made from a reed) and press the lines and symbols into soft, moist clay.
  • Once they were done, they would let the clay harden and they had a permanent record.
  •  These tablets contained the signs/symbols of fish, bread, leaves and were written around 3200 BCE.