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The 'Great Bath' was found at the archaeological site of
(a) Ropar
(b) Harappa
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
Option c - Mohenjodaro
Where was the Granary of the Indus Valley Civilisation located?
(a) Lothal
(b) Kaliba ngan
(c) Rakhigarhi
(d) None of these
Option a - Lothal
In which direction was the gate of Assembly Hall?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West
Option a - North
Which among the following pairs is not correct?
(a) Labour Residence - Harappa
(b) Granary - Mohenjodaro
(c) Assembly Hall - Kalibangan
(d) Copper axe - Ropad
Option c - Assembly Hall - Kalibangan
Remains of which animals have not been discovered in the Indus Valley Civilisation?
(a) Lion
(b) Horse
(c) Cow
(d) Elephant
Option a - Lion
Which one of the following animals is not depicted on the Harappan seal?
(a) Bull
(b) Elephant
(c) Horse
(d) Sheep
Option c - Horse
One of the following sites from where the famous Bull-seal of Indus Valley Civilisation was found
(a) Harappa
(b) Chanhudaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Mohenjodaro
Option a - Harappa
Which one of the following animals was not represented in the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan culture?
(a) Cow
(b) Elephant
(c) Rhinoceros
(d) Tiger
Option a - Cow
Human Society is unique because it depends mainly on
(a) culture
(b) economy
(c) religion
(d) science
Option a - culture
Harappan people had a common burial system which is proved by
(a) the Earth burial, the head of the dead normally laid towards the North.
(b) the burial of commonly used items with the dead.
(c) Both 'a' and 'b'.
(d) the burial of the dead body in the sitting posture.
Option c - Both 'a' and 'b'.
What was the main business of IVC's people?
(a) Business
(b) Animal Husbandry
(c) Hunting
(d) Agriculture
Option d - Agriculture
Which among the following is the port city of Harappa?
(a) Sikdariya
(b) Lothal
(c) Maharathanagash
(d) Nagpattneus
Option b - Lothal
Harappan people were first in which production?
(a) Coins
(b) Cotton
(c) Copper tools
(d) Wheat
Option b - Cotton
Which among the following has not been found in Harappan places?
(a) Copper
(b) Gold
(c) Silver
(d) Iron
Option d - Iron
The first metal used by man was
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Copper
(d) Iron
Option c - Copper
For clothing, cotton cultivation was first introduced in
(a) Egypt
(b) Mesopotamia
(c) Central America
(d) India
Option d - India
The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the
(a) Harappan culture
(b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India
(c) Vedic texts
(d) Silver Punch-marked coins
Option a - Harappan culture
From which one of the following factory sites were limestone and chert blades mass-produced and sent to various Harappan settlements in Sindh?
(a) Sukkur and Rohri Hills
(b) Khetri in Rajasthan
(c) Chagai Hills
(d) Hills of Baluchistan
Option a - Sukkur and Rohri Hills
How was the street of the cities of Indus Valley Civilisation?
(a) Broad and straight
(b) Narrow and zig-zag
(c) Slippery
(d) Narrow and dirty
Option a - Broad and straight
Which among the following is not related to Indus Valley Civilisation?
(a) Constructions of streets
(b) Constructions of pillars
(c) Constructions of wells
(d) Constructions of bows
Option b - Constructions of pillars
The main source of knowledge about the inhabitants of Indus Valley Civilisations is the discovery of
(a) seals
(b) utensils, jewelry, weapons, and tools
(c) temples
(d) scripts
Option b - utensils, jewelry, weapons, and tools
From which one of the following factory sites were limestone and chert blades mass-produced and sent to various Harappan settlements in Sindh?
(a) Sukkur and Rohri Hills
(b) Khetri in Rajasthan
(c) Chagai Hills
(d) Hills of Baluchistan
Option a - Sukkur and Rohri Hills
The Indus Valley people traded with the
(a) Chinese
(b) Mesopotamians
(c) Parthians
(d) Romans
Option b - Mesopotamians
The people of the Indus valley believed in
(a) Spirit and Brahma
(b) Ritual
(c) Sacrificial system
(d) Mother Goddess
Option d - Mother Goddess
Which one of the following is the largest burnt-brick structure built in the entire range of the Harappa Culture?
(a) The Great Bath
(b) Granary
(c) Assembly Hall
(d) Lothal Dockyard
Option b - Granary
The BMAC sites reveal terracotta models of horses, seals, axes, and adzes. The full form of BMAC cultures is:
(a) Bactria Magan Archaeological Cultures
(b) Baluchistan Arabia Architectural Complex
(c) Bactria Margiana Archaeological Complex
(d) Baluchistan Magan Archaeological Cultures
Option c - Bactria Margiana Archaeological Complex
Which were the earliest cereals grown by man?
(a) Wheat and barley
(b) Rice
(c) Millets
(d) Maize
Option a - Wheat and barley
What made possible the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic age?
(a) Making fire
(b) Growing grain
(c) Making wheels
(d) Learning a script
Option b - Growing grain
The main occupation of the Paleolithic people was
(a) agriculture
(b) animal husbandry
(c) fishing
(d) hunting and gathering food
Option d - hunting and gathering food
What was the architectural style of buildings in Mohenjodaro?
(a) Hexagonal
(b) Octagonal
(c) Plain
(d) Figurative
Option c - Plain
Who is considered as Father of Indian Archaeology?
(a) Alexander Cunningham
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Mortimer Wheeler
(d) John Marshall
Option a - Alexander Cunningham
Mesolithic tools are primarily
(a) hand axes and cleavers
(b) cleavers, choppers, and chopping tools
(c) blades, cores, points, and lunates
(d) chopping tools and flakes
Option c - blades, cores, points, and lunates
Which of the following are not depicted on the Harappan seals?
(a) Shiva and Laxmi
(b) Swastik motif
(c) Composite Creatures
(d) Animal World
Option a - Shiva and Laxmi
The Bronze figurines that were produced in the Harappan Civilization were made through a process known as
(a) Lost Wax Process
(b) Hot Wax Process
(c) Bronze Wax Process
(d) Black and Red Wax Process
Option a - Lost Wax Process
Which of the following materials was not used in producing Harappan jewelry?
(a) Faience
(b) Gold
(c) Silver
(d) Platinum
Option d - Platinum
Which of the following sites has yielded a nude male torso?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Rakhigarhi
Option a - Harappa
Which of the following animals is the most depicted on the Harappan seals?
(a) Cow
(b) Bull
(c) Lion
(d) Deer
Option b - Bull
Which of the following is a Mesolithic habitation site?
(a) Barasimla
(b) Barkaccha
(c) Tilwara
(d) Sidhpur
Option c - Tilwara
Who among the following has worked on the decipherment of the Indus Script?
(a) H.D. Sankalia
(b) B.B. Lal
(c) Iravatham Mahadevan
(d) Vincent Arthur Smith
Option c - Iravatham Mahadevan
Which of the following Chalcolithic culture is considered to be the richest among Chalcolithic ceramics?
(a) Kayatha
(b) Eran
(c) Jorwe
(d) Malwa
Option d - Malwa
What made the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic possible?
(a) Making fire
(b) Growing grain
(c) Making wheels
(d) Learning a script
Option b - Growing grain
Primitive man first learned to
(a) Make fire
(b) Tame animals
(c) Make wheels
(d) Grow grain
Option a - Make fire
Pottery-making as a technique emerged first in the
(a) Chalcolithic age
(b) Paleolithic age
(c) Mesolithic age
(d) Neolithic age
Option d - Neolithic age
The earliest evidence of humans in India is found in
(a) Nilgiri hills
(b) Shiwalik hills
(c) Nallamala hills
(d) Narmada valley
Option d - Narmada valley
The earliest evidence for the domestication of animals is found in
(a) Sone valley
(b) Belan valley
(c) Adamgarh and Bagor
(d) Didwana
Option c - Adamgarh and Bagor
Which of the following was not depicted on the surface of Harappan pottery?
(a) Gods and Goddesses
(b) Plants and Animals
(c) Humans and composite Beings
(d) Geometric Motifs
Option a - Gods and Goddesses
Which statement on the origins of the Harappan Civilization is probably most correct?
(a) It developed all of a sudden
(b) It evolved from local pre-Harappan and early-Harappan cultures
(c) It was of Aryan origin
(d) It was of Sumerian origin
Option b - It evolved from local pre-Harappan and early-Harappan cultures
Which of the following evidences of the Indus Valley Civilization suggest that the Aryans could not have originated in the Harappan age?
(a) Worship of Pashupati
(b) Agriculture
(c) Urban centres
(d) None of the above
Option c - Urban centres
By far the best evidence to ascertain the date of the Harappan civilization is
(a) The pottery ware
(b) Harappan seals
(c) Harappan seals in Mesopotamia
(d) Mesopotamian seals in Harappa
Option c - Harappan seals in Mesopotamia
Which were the earliest cereals grown by man?
(a) Wheat and barley
(b) Rice
(c) Millets
(d) Maize
Option a - Wheat and barley
The first use to which the wheel was put appears to be
(a) the advancement of metallurgy
(b) drawing a cart
(c) spinning
(d) pottery
Option b - drawing a cart
Which one of the following is not the characteristic feature of the Harappan settlement?
(a) Doorways and windows generally faced the side lanes and rarely opened into the main streets.
(b) Houses generally had separate bathing areas and toilets.
(c) The citadel was walled but the lower towns were not walled.
(d) Drains and water chutes from the second storey were often built inside the wall.
Option d - Drains and water chutes from the second storey were often built inside the wall.
The following sentence describes one of the sites of the Harappan Civilisation. "The settlement is divided into two sections, one smaller but higher and the other much larger but lower. Archaeologists, designate these as the citadel and the lower town respectively. Both were walled. Several buildings were built on platforms, which served as foundations." Which of the following sites does it refer to?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Kalibangan
Option c - Lothal
Regarding the Indus Valley Civilisation, consider the following statements. I. It was predominantly a secular civilization and the religious element, though present, did not dominate the scene. II. During this period, cotton was used for manufacturing textiles in India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Option c - Both I and II
The Harappan Civilisation covered an expensive area of present South Asia. The geographic area covered by this civilization included
(a) Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh, and North Eastern Frontier
(b) Punjab, Sindh, North-Western Frontier, and Kashmir
(c) Punjab, Sindh, and a part of the North-Western Frontier
(d) Punjab, Sindh, a part of North Western Frontier, Kathiawar and a part of Ganga-Yamuna Doab
Option d - Punjab, Sindh, a part of North Western Frontier, Kathiawar and a part of Ganga-Yamuna Doab
Shortugai is located in which country?
(a) Bharat
(b) Pakistan
(c) Tibet
(d) Afghanistan
Option d - Afghanistan
Which of the following match is not correct regarding the origin of the Harappan civilization?
(a) M. Rafique Mughal - Harappan civilization was inspired by the Mesopotamian civilization
(b) EJH Mackay - Migration of people from Sumer
(c) Mortimer - Migration of 'Idea of civilization'
(d) Amalananda Ghosh - Pre-Harappan culture matured to make Harappan civilization
Option a - M. Rafique Mughal - Harappan civilization was inspired by the Mesopotamian civilization
The source of knowledge about Harappan culture is
(a) rock edicts
(b) writing in terracotta seals
(c) archaeological excavations
(d) All of the above
Option c - archaeological excavations
The site of Harappa is located on the bank of the river
(a) Saraswati
(b) Indus
(c) Beas
(d) Ravi
Option d - Ravi
The discovery of Harappan Civilisation was in ………
(a) 1942
(b) 1921
(c) 1901
(d) 1935
Option b - 1921
Two Indians who were associated with the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation, are
(a) Rakhaldas Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni
(b) John Marshall and Ishwari Prasad
(c) Ashirwadi Lal Srivastava and Rangnath Rao
(d) Madhosarup Vats and VB Rao
Option a - Rakhaldas Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni
Which of the following is related to the Harappa civilization?
(a) Sumerian Civilisation
(c) Vedic Civilisation
(d) Mesopotamian Civilisation
Option b - Indus Valley Civilisation
Indus Civilisation existed in ……….
(a) Pre-historical age
(b) Early historical age
(c) Historical age
(d) Later Historical age
Option c - Historical age
In the Mesopotamian records, which one of the following terms was used for the Indus Valley Civilisation?
(a) Dilmum
(b) Meluha
(c) Magan
(d) Failaka
Option b - Meluha
Which of the following statements about the Indus Civilisation is not true?
(a) The accurate drainage system in cities.
(b) Trade and commerce were in an advanced stage.
(c) Worshipping of Mother Goddess.
(d) People knew about iron.
Option d - People knew about iron.
Which of the following is a correct statement about Indus Valley Civilisation?
(a) Both Harappa and Mohenjodaro are located on the banks of river Ravi (Irabati).
(b) Both Chanhudaro and Kalibangan have located within the boundaries of present-day Rajasthan.
(c) Both Surkotada and Dholavira are located in the Kutch region of Gujarat.
(d) Lothal site was located on the bank of the Narmada river.
Option c - Both Surkotada and Dholavira are located in the Kutch region of Gujarat.
Many sites of Indus Valley Civilisation were placed on the bank of rivers. Identify the rivers associated with this civilization. I. Sindhu II. Chenab III. Jhelum IV. Ganga Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
(a) I and II
(b) I, II, and III
(c) II, III, and IV
(d) All of these
Option b - I, II, and III
With reference to the difference between the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and Indus valley people, which of the following statement is/are correct? (i) Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail and helmet in warfare, whereas the people of the Indus valley civilization did not leave any evidence of using them. (ii) Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver, and copper, whereas Indus valley people knew only copper and iron. (iii) Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated the horse, whereas there is no evidence of Indus valley people have been aware of this animal. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
(a) Only I
(b) II and III
(c) I and III only
(d) I, II, and III
Option c - I and III only
Mohenjodaro is situated in which of the following?
(a) Gujarat state of India
(b) Punjab state of India
(c) Sindh Province in Pakistan
(d) Afghanistan
Option c - Sindh Province in Pakistan
From which one of the following places, remains of wells have been found in houses belonging to the developed stage of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
(a) Harappa
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Lothal
(d) Mohenjodaro
Option d - Mohenjodaro
A Harappan site being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds is
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Dholavira
(c) Lothal
(d) Rakhigarhi
Option a - Mohenjodaro
Which of the following sites of Harappan culture are located in Sindh? I. Harappa II. Mohenjodaro III. Chanhudaro IV. Surkotada Indicate the correct answer from the codes given below.
(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, IV, III and IV
Option b - II and III
Assertion (A) Mohenjodaro and Harappa cities are dead now. Reason (R) They were discovered during excavations. In the context of the above, which one of the following is correct? Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option b - Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
Which of the following is a Harappan site located in Rajasthan?
(a) Mohenjo-Daro
(b) Suktagen Dor
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Lothal
Option c - Kalibangan
A ploughed field was discovered at ( MCQ on indus valley civilization )
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Harappa
(d) Lothal
Option b - Kalibangan
A horned deity engraved on a terracotta cake has been recovered from
(a) Banawali
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Lothal
(d) Surkotada
Option b - Kalibangan
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