Indus valley civilization

 

1. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year:

A) 1901
B) 1922
C) 1921
D) 1923

ANSWER= C) 1921
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2. Lotha] is a site where dockyard of which of the following civilization were found?

A)Indus Valley
B) Mesopotamian
C) Egyptian
D) Persian

ANSWER= A)Indus Valley
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3. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of

A)pucca bricks
B) stone
C) wood
D) all of these

ANSWER= A)pucca bricks
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4. The Indus Valley people traded with the

A) Chinese
B) Romans
C) Mesopotamians
D) Persian

ANSWER= C) Mesopotamians
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5. The Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because

A) it was urban
B) it has a pictographic script
C) it had an agricultural economy
D) it extended up to the Narmada Valley

ANSWER= A) it was urban
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6. The local name of Mohenjodaro is

A) Mound of the Living
B) Mound of the Dead
C) Mound of the Survivor
D) Mound of the Great

ANSWER= B) Mound of the Dead
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7. The Indus Valley Civilization specialised in

(a) town planning
(b) architecture
C) craftsmanship
D) None of these

ANSWER= (a) town planning
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8. The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of Mohenjodaro was made up of

(a) terracotta
(b) steatite
C) bronze
D) limestone

ANSWER= C) bronze
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9. Which of the following animals was not known to the Indus Valley Civilization?

(a) Bull
(b) Horse
C) Elephant
D) Rhinoceros

ANSWER= (b) Horse
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10. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?

(a) Pottery
(b) Seals
C) Boats
D) Houses

ANSWER= (b) Seals
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11. The earliest city discovered in India was

(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
C) Lothal
D) Sindh

ANSWER= (a) Harappa
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12. Which one of the following indus valley site gives evidence of a dockyard?

(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
C) Lothal
D) Sindh

ANSWER= C) Lothal
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13. Which one of the following statements Harappan Civilization is correct?

(a) The standard Harappan seals were made of clay
(b)The inhabitants of Harappa had neither knowledge of copper nor bronze
C) The Harappan Civilization was rural-based
D) The inhabitants of Harappa grew and used cotton

ANSWER= D) The inhabitants of Harappa grew and used cotton
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14. An advanced water management system of Harappan times has been unearthed at

(a)Dholavira
(b)Rakhigarhi
C) Lothal
D) Kalibangan

ANSWER= (a)Dholavira
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15. Cotton for textile was first cultivated in

(a)Egypt
(b)Mesopotamia
C) China
D) India

ANSWER= D) India
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16. Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context has been found at—

(a)Kalibangan
(b)Dholavira
C) Lothal
D) Kalibangan

ANSWER= (b)Dholavira
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17. A copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered at

(a)Kuntal
(b)Rakhigarhi
C) Daimabad
D) banawali

ANSWER= C) Daimabad
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18. One of the following sites from where the famous Bull- seal of Indus Valley Civilization was found

(a)Harappa
(b)Rakhigarhi
C) Mahenjodaro
D) banawali

ANSWER= (a)Harappa
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19. Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?

(a) Sir Leonard Wooley
(b)V.S. Agrawal
C) Dayaram Sahni
D) A.L. Basham

ANSWER= C) Dayaram Sahni
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20.Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan culture?

(a) Cow
(b) Elephant
C) Rhinoceros
D) Tiger

ANSWER= (a) Cow
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21.The site of Harappa is located on the bank of river

(a) Saraswati
(b) Indus
C) Beas
D) Ravi

ANSWER= D) Ravi
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22.The site of Mahenjodaro is located on the bank of river

(a) Saraswati
(b) Indus
C) Beas
D) Ravi

ANSWER= (b) Indus
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23.At which of the following sites the first evidence of the cultivation of cotton has been found?

(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Harappa
C) Lothal
D) Nal

ANSWER= D) Nal
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24. A piece of woven cotton has been recovered from which one of the following sites?

(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Harappa
C) Lothal
D) Nal

ANSWER= (a) Mohenjodaro
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25.Which one of the following was not cultivated in the Harappan civilisation?

(a) Mustard
(b) Barley
C) Sugarcane
D) Sesamum

ANSWER= C) Sugarcane
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26.Harappan weapons were made of

(a) stone
(b) copper
C) Bronze
D) All of these

ANSWER= D) All of these
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27.Which animal is engraved on most of the Harappan seals?

(a) Unicorn
(b) Elephant
C) Bison
D) Tiger

ANSWER= (a) Unicorn
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28.Copper, used most widely by the Harappans, obtained from-

(a)Baluchistan
(b) Mesopotamia
C) Khetri mines
D) Iran

ANSWER= Khetri mines
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29.The first metal most widely used by the Indus valley people-

(a)Copper
(b) Bronze
C) Iron
D) Tin

ANSWER= (a)Copper
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30.The Indus valley civilization belongs to which age?

(a)Paleolithic
(b) Mesolithic
C)Neolithic
D) Chalcolithic

ANSWER= D) Chalcolithic
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