CTET PAPER II 2021 · PYQ · History / Chronology · hard
Arrange the following in descending order (backward) starting from the recent period:
A. Increase in the use of iron, cities, punch marked coins.
B. Beginning of the use of iron in the subcontinent.
C. Settlement in Arikamedu port
D. Beginning of the composition of Sangam literature.
A.A, C, B, D
B.A, B, C, D
C.C, D, A, B✓ Correct
D.C, D, B, A
Explanation
From most recent backwards: Arikamedu port settlement (around 2nd century BCE – 2nd century CE) is the most recent (C); Sangam literature composition (around 300 BCE onwards) (D); increase in iron use, cities and punch-marked coins (around 6th century BCE) (A); beginning of iron use in the subcontinent (around 1000 BCE) (B). Hence the descending order is C, D, A, B.
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