1. What were the main characteristics of the Indus Valley Civilization?
A. Town Planning
B. Drainage System
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Ans . C. Both A and B
2. To which age the Indus Valley Civilization belongs?
A. Neolithic Age
B. Palaeolithic age
C. Maesolithic age
D. Chalcolithic age
Ans A. Neolithic Age
3. Which metals were mostly used to make the tools and weapons of Harappan Civilization?
A. Iron and Silver
B. Gold
C. Copper and Bronze
D. Clay
Ans C. Copper and Bronze
4. What are the main sources of our knowledge about the indus Valley Civilization?
A. Veda
B. Archaelogical excavations
C. Puranas
D. None of these
Ans B. Archaelogical excavations
5. At which Harappan site traces of a horse have been found?
A. Dholavira
B. Surkotda
C. Harappa
D. Banwali
Ans B. Surkotda
Note : Traces of camel found in Kalibangal
6. Which metal was not known to the Harappan people?
A. Copper
B. Bronze
C. Silver
D. Iron
Ans D. Iron
7. What was the main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley Civilization?
A. Agriculture
B. Trade
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Ans C. Both A and B
8. In which culture the earliest evidence of silver in India is found?
A. Mauryan Culture
B. Gupta’s culture
C. Harrapa Culture
D. Mughal Culture
Ans C. Harrapa Culture
9. By which evidence the Indus Valley Civilzation is known as pre-Aryan Civilization?
A. Town Planning
B. Script (Undecipher)
C. Trade
D. Coins
Ans B. Script
10. At which places in Indus Valley Civilization rice husks have been found?
A. Lothal and Dholavira
B. Surkothda and Rakhigadi
C. Chahundaro and Kalibangan
D. Lothal and Rangpur
Ans D. Lothal and Rangpur
11. At which place in Harappan Civilization a beared man in steatite has been found?
A. Mohenjodaro or Mound of the dead – Clay figure of mother goddess, Dice, College
B. Chanhujadaro – Inkpot, Lipistic, ikkas of bronze
C. Kalibangan – decorated bricks, bangle factory, wheels of a toy cart, wells in every house, bones of camel, tiled floor
D. Rangpur
Ans A. Mohenjodaro
12. Which town of Indus Valley Civilization was flooded and destroyed more than seven times?
A. Harrapa
B. Mohenjodaro
C. Sutkagendor
D. Ropar
Ans B. Mohenjodaro
13. Which soil was used to make bricks in Indus Valley Civilzation?
A. Alluvial soil
B. Black soil
C. Laterite soil
D. Red soil
Ans A. Alluvial soil
14. In which civilization the cotton was cultivated first?
A. Indus Valley Civilization
B. Arabian Civilization
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
Ans C. Both A and B
15. From which place the Indus people used to import Amethyst?
A. Maharashtra
B. Iran
C. Afghanistan
D. Khetri
Ans – A. Maharashtra
Gold – Kolar (Karnataka), Afghanistan, Persia
Silver – Afghanistan, Persia, South India
Copper – Khetri (Rajasthan), Baluchistan, Arabia
Tin – Afghanistan, Bihar
Lapis Lazuli – Afghanistan
16. At which place in Indus valley Civilization the evidence of chess and a measuring scale have been found?
A. Dholavira
B. Mohenjodaro
C. Lothal
D. Ropar
Ans C. Lothal
17. Which town in Indus Valley Civilization had no Citadel?
A. Chanhudaro
B. Mohanjodaro
C. Harappa
D. Lothal
Ans A. Chanhudaro
18. Beside Chanhudaro which city of the Indus Valley Civilization was associated with bead-maker shops?
A. Daimabad
B. Lothal
C. Balakot
D. Surkotda
Ans B. Lothal
19. Has any evidence of a worshipping place in Indus Valley Civilization been found or not?
A. Yes at Mohenjodaro
B. Yes at Harappa
C. Yes at Lothal
D. No evidence of any worshipping place has been found
Ans D. No evidence of any worshipping place has been found
20. Which town of the Indus Valley Civilization literally means “Mound of Dead”?
A. Balakot
B. Harappa
C. Mohenjodaro
D. Chahunjadro
Ans C. Mohenjodaro
21. With which countries Indus people had trade relations?
A. Mesopotamia and Afghanistan
A. Mesopotamia and Afghanistan
B. Sumeria and Central Asia
C. Persia and Bahrain
D. All of the above
Ans D. All of the above
22. In Harappa, how many granaries have been found?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 3
Ans B. 6
23. By whom and when Harappa was excavated?
A. R Bisht in 1922
B. R D Banerjee in 1921
C. Daya Ram Sahani in 1921
D. MS Vats in 1931
Ans C. Daya Ram Sahani in 1921
24. Which was the most famous building in Harappa?
A. The Granary
B. Houses
C. Factory
D. None of the above
Ans A. The Granary
25. In which harappan city, the H-cemetry of alien people was found?
A. Mohenjodaro
B. Harappa
C. Lothal
D. Chanhujadro
Ans B. Harappa
26. Which was the biggest building in Mohenjodaro?
A. The granary
B. The great bath
C. Pearl factory
D. Bangles factory
Ans A. The granary
27. In which Harappan city a piece of the cotton fabric was found?
A. Mohenjodaro
B. Chnhujadaro
C. Lothal
D. Daimabad
Ans A. Mohenjodaro
28. In which Harappan City a bronze dancing girl was found?
A. Kalibangan
B. Lothal
C. Harappa
D. Mohenjodaro
Ans D. Mohenjodaro
29. In which year and by whom the Harappan city Chanhudaro was excavated?
A. Daya Ram Sahani in 1921
B. RD Banerjee in 1922
C. Aurel Stein in 1931
D. MG Majumdar in 1931
Ans D. MG Majumdar in 1931
30. Where the Harappan city Chanhudaro was situated?
A. Gujarat
B. Haryana
C. Afghanistan
D. In Sindh now in Pakistan
Ans D. In Sindh now in Pakistan
31. For what chanhudaro was famous?
A. Pearl factory
B. Bronze industry
C. Beads and bangle factory
D. Seal
Ans C. Beads and bangle factory
32. When and by whom the lothal was excavated?
A. YD Sharma in 1953 – Ropar
B. SR Rao and MS Vats in 1957
C. RS Bisht in 1974 – Banwali
D. Aurel Stein in 1931- Sutkagender (Baluchistan)
Ans – B. SR Rao and MS Vats in 1957
33. In which of the Harappan city remains of a dockyard was found?
A. Harappa
B. Mohenjodaro
C. Lothal
D. Surkotada
Ans – C. Lothal
34. In which of the Harappan city rice husks were found?
A. Lothal and Rangpur
B. Lothal and Dholavira
C. Mohenjodaro and Ropar
D. Daimabad and Amri
Ans A. Lothal and Rangpur
35. In which of the Harappan city a measuring scale was found?
A. Lothal
B. Harappa
C. Mohenjodaro
D. Kalibangan
Ans A. Lothal
36. On the bank of which river Kalibanga was situated?
A. Indus
B. Ravi
C. Ghaggar
D. Sutlej
Ans – C. Ghaggar
37. In which Harappan city evidence of bangles was found?
A. Kalibangan
B. Chanhudaro
C. Surkotda
D. Dholavira
Ans A. Kalibangan
38. How many seals have been found in Harappa Civilization?
A. 2000 Approx.
B. 5000 Approx.
C. 1200 Approx.
D. 3500 Approx.
Ans A. 2000 Approx.
39. To which age Harappan culture belongs?
A. Iron age
B. Stone age
C. Bronze age (Neolithic age also)
D. None of them
Ans C. Bronze age (Neolithic age also)
40. What were the residential houses of Indus people made of?
A. Mud
B. Stone
C. Copper
D. Baked bricks
Ans D. Baked bricks
41. The statue of a dancing girl made out of ….. was found in Mohenjodaro.
A. Copper
B. Silver
C. Bronze
D. Lomestones
Ans C. Bronze
42. Which was the most frequently depicted animal?
A. Elephant
B. Unicorn (Humped Bulls)
C. Rhino
D. Tiger
D. Tiger
Ans – B. Unicorn (Humped Bulls)
43. A Seal depicting Mother Goddess with a plant growing from her womb has been found from.
A. Harappa
B. Kalibangan
C. Daimabad
D. Mohenjodaro
Ans – D. Mohenjodaro
44. The Harappan site Surkotada was located in
A. Rahasthan
B. Gujarat
C. Haryana
D. Uttar Pradesh
Ans B. Gujarat
45. The Harappan site at which bones of Camel were discovered.
A. Kalibhangan
B. Harappan
C. Mohenjodaro
D. Dholavira
Ans A. Kalibhangan
46. Which of the following Indus site located in Larkana district of Sindh in Pakistan?
A. Ropar
B. Mohenjo daro
C. Kalibhangan
D. Harappa
Ans – B. Mohenjo daro
47. Where was found a swimming pool called ‘Great Bath’?
A. Mohenjo daro
B. Harappa
C. Rangapur
D. Lothal
Ans A. Mohenjo daro
48. What was the main feature of Harappa Civilization?
A. Art and Architecture
B. Rural Planning
C. Town Planning
D. Administrative System
Ans – C. Town Planning
49. Where were the large granaries were found?
A. Harappa and Mohenjo daro
B. Alamgirpur
C. Lothal and Dholavira
D. Kalibangan
Ans – A. Harappa and Mohenjo daro
50. Where was Banvali located?
A. Punjab
B. Gujarat
C. Haryana
D. Rajastan
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