Most Important 50 MCQ of Indus Valley Civilization

 Most Important 50 MCQ of Indus Valley Civilization

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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

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

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

Ans C. Haryana

Note :

Set 1 – Matched Answer

(i) Mohenjodaro – R.D. Banerjee

(ii) Chanhudaro – M.G Majumdar

(iii) Harappa – Daya Ram Sahni

(iv) Lothal – S.R. Rao

Set 2 – Matched Answer

(i) Mohenjodaro – Indus

(ii) Kalibangan – Ghaggat

(iii) Lothal – Bhogava

(iv) Harappa – Ravi

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