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Indus Valley Civilization or Harappan MCQ
The important reason to keep the Indus-Valley civilization before Aryan civilization is –
(a) Script
(b) Town Planning
(c) Copper
(d) Potteries
Answer: (b) Town Planning
Indus Civilization existed in–
(a) Prehistoric age
(b) Proto-historic age
(c) Historic age
(d) Post-Historic age
Answer: (b) Proto-historic age
The source of knowledge about Harappan culture is:
(a) Rock edicts
(b) Writing in terracotta seals
(c) Archaeological excavations
(d) All of the above
Answer: (c) Archaeological excavations
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
Answer: (a) Harappan culture
Which colour was commonly used in Harappan Pottery?
(a) Red
(b) Blue-grey
(c) Yellow
(d) Blue
Answer: (b) Blue-grey
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: (d) Tiger
Match List- I (Ancient site) with List- II (Archaeological finding) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List- I List- II
A. Lothal 1. Ploughed field
B. Kalibangan 2. Dockyard
C. Dholavira 3. Terracotta replica of a Plough
D. Banawali 4. An inscription comprising ten large-sized signs of the Harappan script
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 2 1 3 4
Answer: (c) 1 2 4 3
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Harappan Settlement) (River on which located)
Harappa 1. Bhogava
Kalibangan 2. Ghaggar
Lothal 3. Ravi
Ropar 4. Sutlej
Code :
A B C D
(a) 3 2 1 4
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d) 1 3 2 4
Answer: (a) 3 2 1 4
The ‘Great Bath’ was found at the archaeological site of
(a) Ropar
(b) Harappa
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
Answer: (c) Mohenjodaro
Which site of the Indus Valley is now in Pakistan?
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Harappa
(c) Lothal
(d) Alamgirpur
Answer: (b) Harappa
The port city of the Indus Valley Civilization was –
(a) Harappa
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Lothal
(d) Mohenjodaro
Answer: (c) Lothal
The largest site of Harappa in India is –
(a) Alamgirpur
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Lothal
(d) Rakhigarhi
Answer: (d) Rakhigarhi
The Indus Valley people worshipped –
(a) Shiva
(b) Indra and Varun
(c) Brahma
(d) Vishnu
Answer: (a) Shiva
Who was the director of the archaeological excavation that led to the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjodaro?
(a) Lord Macaulay
(b) Sir John Marshall
(c) Clive
(d) Colonel Tad
Answer: (b) Sir John Marshall
Two Indians who were associated with the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization are :
(a) Rakhal Das Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni
(b) John Marshall and Ishwari Prasad
(c) Ashirwadi Lal Srivastava and Rangnath Rao
(d) Madhosarup Vats and V.B. Rao
Answer: (a) Rakhal Das Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Harappa 1. N.G. Majumdar (1936-37)
B. Hastinapur 2. John Marshall (1913-34)
C. Takshashila 3. Daya Ram Sahni (1923-24 & 1924-25)
D. Kaushambi 4. B.B. Lal (1950-52)
Code :
A B C D
(a) 4 2 1 3
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 4 1 3 2
Answer: (c) 3 4 2 1
What is the correct chronological order in which the following appeared in India?
1. Gold coins
2. Punch-marked silver coins
3. Iron plough
4. Urban Culture
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 3, 4, 1, 2
(b) 3, 4, 2, 1
(c) 4, 3, 1, 2
(d) 4, 3, 2, 1
Answer: (d) 4, 3, 2, 1
An ivory scale in the Harappan context was found at –
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Lothal
(c) Dholavira
(d) Banawali
Answer: (b) Lothal
Dholavira is located in the State of –
(a) Gujarat
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: (a) Gujarat
Which one of the following animals is not depicted on the Harappan seal?
(a) Bull
(b) Elephant
(c) Horse
(d) Sheep
Answer: (c) Horse
Remains of which animals have not been discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Lion
(b) Horse
(c) Cow
(d) Elephant
Answer: (a) Lion
The first ancient civilization to develop the art of writing in a proper system was?
(a) Indus
(b) Egypt
(c) Sumerian
(d) China
Answer: (c) Sumerian
The ruins at Harappa were professionally examined for the first time by?
(a) Sir John Marshall
(b) Cunningham
(c) Mortimer Wheeler
(d) Bishop Caldwell
Answer: (a) Sir John Marshall
The Indus Valley people worshipped –
(a) Shiva
(b) Indra and Varun
(c) Brahma
(d) Vishnu
Answer: (a) Shiva