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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

(d) Potteries

Indus Civilization existed in–

(a) Prehistoric age

(b) Proto-historic age

(d) Post-Historic age

The source of knowledge about Harappan culture is:

(a) Rock edicts

(b) Writing in terracotta seals

(d) All of the above

The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the

(a) Harappan culture

(b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India

(d) Silver Punch- marked coins

Which colour was commonly used in Harappan Pottery?

(a) Red

(b) Blue-grey

(d) Blue

Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan culture?

(a) Cow

(b) Elephant

(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

(d) 2 1 3 4

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

(d) 1 3 2 4

The ‘Great Bath’ was found at the archaeological site of

(a) Ropar

(b) Harappa

(d) Kalibangan

Which site of the Indus Valley is now in Pakistan?

(a) Kalibangan

(b) Harappa

(d) Alamgirpur

The port city of the Indus Valley Civilization was –

(a) Harappa

(b) Kalibangan

(d) Mohenjodaro

The largest site of Harappa in India is –

(a) Alamgirpur

(b) Kalibangan

(d) Rakhigarhi

The Indus Valley people worshipped –

(a) Shiva

(b) Indra and Varun

(d) Vishnu

Who was the director of the archaeological excavation that led to the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjodaro?

(a) Lord Macaulay

(b) Sir John Marshall

(d) Colonel Tad

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

(d) Madhosarup Vats and V.B. Rao

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

(d) 4 1 3 2

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

(d) 4, 3, 2, 1

An ivory scale in the Harappan context was found at –

(a) Kalibangan

(b) Lothal

(d) Banawali

Dholavira is located in the State of –

(a) Gujarat

(b) Haryana

(d) Rajasthan

Which one of the following animals is not depicted on the Harappan seal?

(a) Bull

(b) Elephant

(d) Sheep

Remains of which animals have not been discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization?

(a) Lion

(b) Horse

(d) Elephant

The first ancient civilization to develop the art of writing in a proper system was?

(a) Indus

(b) Egypt

(d) China

The ruins at Harappa were professionally examined for the first time by?

(a) Sir John Marshall

(b) Cunningham

(d) Bishop Caldwell

The Indus Valley people worshipped –

(a) Shiva

(b) Indra and Varun

(d) Vishnu