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(Q.1) Indus Valley Civilization is called Harappan Civilization because:

(a) Harappa is the largest site

(b) Harappa has more features

(c) Harappa was the first site to be excavated

(d) Harappa was the main deity worshipped by people of Indus Valley Civilization

Answer: (c) Harappa was the first site to be excavated

(Q.2) Indus Valley Civilization belongs to which period?

(a) Pre historical period

(b) Historical period

(c) Proto historical period

(d) Post historical period

Answer: (c) Proto historical period

(Q.3) The script of Indus Valley Civilization was:

(a) Brahmi

(b) Nagri

(c) Boustrophedon

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Boustrophedon

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(Q.4) A statue of bearded man has been found at:

(a) Harappa

(b) Kalibangan

(c) Surkotda

(d) Mohenjodaro

Answer: (d) Mohenjodaro

(Q.5) The credit for preliminary excavations of Harappa goes to:

(a) R D Banerjee

(b) O Stein

(c) Nani Gopal Mazumdar

(d) Daya Ram Sahni

Answer: (d) Daya Ram Sahni

(Q.6) Which one of the following sites of Indus Valley Civilization Had an
ancient ‘Dockyard’?

(a) Kot Diji

(b) Banwali

(c) Lothal

(d) Mehrgarh

Answer: (c) Lothal

(Q.7) Which Indus Valley Civilization site is situated in current day Rajasthan?

(a) Rangpur

(b) Rakhigarhi

(c) Kalibangan

(d) Banwali

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Answer: (c) Kalibangan

(Q.8) Indus Valley Civilization people worshipped which God?

(a) Indra

(b) Vishnu

(c) Varuna

(d) Proto-Shiva

Answer: (d) Proto-Shiva

(Q.9) Which of the following statement about Town Planning during Indus
Valley Civilization period is NOT Correct?

(a) Windows of the houses opened onto the main street

(b) The town planning was done on basis of grid system

(c) There was a well laid out underground drainage system

(d) There was a fortified citadel on the western side and a lower town on the eastern
side

Answer: (a) Windows of the houses opened onto the main street

(Q.10) Which metal has so far NOT been discovered from Indus Valley
Civilization sites?

(a) Copper

(b) Iron

(c) Gold

(d) Silver

Answer: (b) Iron

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(Q.11) People of Indus Valley Civilization, usually built their houses of:

(a) Wood

(b) Stone

(c) Clay Bricks

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Clay Bricks

(Q.12) What is the meaning of ‘Mohenjodaro’:

(a) Mound of the Great

(b) Mound of the Survivor

(c) Mound of the Living

(d) Mound of the Dead

Answer: (d) Mound of the Dead

(Q.13) The animal picturised on most seals of Indus Valley Civilization period
is:

(a) Unicorn

(b) Lion

(c) Tiger

(d) Humped Bull

Answer: (a) Unicorn

(Q.14) Indus Valley Civilization towns were divided into large _________
shaped boxes

(a) Square

(b) Circular

(c) Rectangular

(d) Semi-Circular

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Answer: (c) Rectangular

(Q.15) Which of the following is NOT known to have grown during Indus Valley
Civilization?

(a) Cotton

(b) Wheat

(c) Pulses

(d) Barley

Answer: (c) Pulses

(Q.16) The famous figure of a dancing girl, found in the excavation of

Mohenjodaro was made up of:

(a) Terracotta

(b) Steatite

(c) Limestone

(d) Bronze

Answer: (d) Bronze

(Q.17) Which of the following animals was NOT known to Indus Valley
Civilization people?

(a) Bull

(b) Elephant

(c) Rhino

(d) Giraffe

Answer: (d) Giraffe

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(Q.18) Rock cut architecture in context of Indus Valley Civilization has been
discovered at:

(a) Amri

(b) Dholavira

(c) Chanhudaro

(d) Banwali

Answer: (b) Dholavira

(Q.19) In 2014, with the discovery of additional mounds, which of the following
Became the largest Indus Valley Civilization site?

(a) Mohenjodar

(b) Kalibangan

(c) Rakhigarhi

(d) Harappa

Answer: (c) Rakhigarhi

(Q.20) Indus Valley Civilization seals were mostly made of:

(a) Terracotta

(b) Ivory

(c) Sandstone

(d) Steatite

Answer: (d) Steatite

(Q.21) The mature phase of Indus Valley Civilization is believed to be between:

(a) 3000 BC – 2300 BC

(b) 2800 BC – 2100 BC

(c) 2600 BC – 1900 BC

(d) 2400 BC – 1700 BC

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Answer: (c) 2600 BC – 1900 BC

(Q.22) Trace of a canal, built by Indus Valley Civilization people is found near:

(a) Harappa

(b) Shortugai

(c) Dholavira

(d) Lothal

Answer: (b) Shortugai

(Q.23) Which of the artifcats have been recovered from Chanhudaro?

(a) Copper fish hooks were also recovered from this site.

(b) Terracotta cart models

(c) Small terracotta bird which when blown acts as a whistle

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

(Q.24) Indus Valley Civilization people had Trade relations with:

(a) Chinese

(b) Mesopotamia

(c) Parthians

(d) Romans

Answer: (b) Mesopotamia

(Q.25) People of Mesopotamia referred to Indus Valley Civilization as:

(a) Sharman

(b) Kharosth

(c) Benzac

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(d) Meluhha

Answer: (d) Meluhha

(Q.26) The site of Harappa is located on the bank of which River?

(a) Ravi

(b) Beas

(c) Saraswati

(d) Ghaggar

Answer: (a) Ravi

(Q.27) Which is is the westernmost known archaeological site of the Indus

Valley Civilization and is located near Iran border?

(a) Surkotada

(b) Alamgirpur

(c) Daimabad

(d) Sutkagen Dor

Answer: (d) Sutkagen Dor

(Q.28) Which Indus Valley Civilization site is situated in current day Haryana?

(a) Rangpur

(b) Rakhigarhi

(c) Kalibangan

(d) Banwali

Answer: (b) Rakhigarhi

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(Q.29) During Indus Valley Civilization, Copper was procured from:

(a) China

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Rome

(d) Karnataka

Answer: (b) Rajasthan

(Q.30) Who among the following proposed that the invasion of an Indo-
European tribe from Central Asia, the "Aryans", caused the decline of the
Indus Civilisation?

(a) Kenneth Kennedy

(b) Sir Mortimer Wheeler

(c) Walter Fairservis

(d) Robert Raikes

Answer: (b) Sir Mortimer Wheeler

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