GENERAL FACTS
The shape of the Harppa culture is
–Triangular
By radio-carbon method, the age of the Harappa Civilisation has been ascertained
–From 2350 B.C. to 1750 B.C.
To which age the Harappa Civilisation belonged ?
–Bronze Age
The Indus Civilisation is related to
–Primeval-Historic age
In which year was the Harappan civilization first discovered?
1921
Who was the discoverer of the ‘Harappa civilisation'?
–Daya Ram Sahni
Who among the following started excavation at Dholavira in 1990?
–R.S. Bisht
The two Indians who discovered the Indus Valley Civilisation are
–Rakhal Das Benerji and Daya Ram Sahni
Whose name is related to the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
–Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Who was in charge of the archaeological excavation of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
–Sir John Morrhal
TOWN PLANING
Where did Harappan people live?
–In urban
What material was used to build the house, in the Indus Valley Civilisation?
–Bricks
Which is the reason for placing the time/age of the Indus Valley Civilisation before that of the Aryans?
–Urban planning
The Indus Valley Civilisation was non Aryan because
–It was an urban civilisation
People of which civilisation coustructed the drainage system?
–The people of the Indus valley civilisation
What was the main characteristic of the Indus valley civilisation?
–A systematic urban life
The people of the Indus Valley generally constructed their houses from
–The fired bricks
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Which of the following metals was used to make weapons and tools in Harappan cities?
–Copper
The Harappan brought Gold from present-day ............ in India.
–Karnataka
Where were the terracotta models of the plough excavated in Harappan civilisation?
–Banawali
Which material was mainly used to make the coins during the Harappan period?
–Steatite
In the seals and the terra-cota art objects of the Harappa Civilisation the thing that was/were not represented in
–Cow, House
What was the main occupation of the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilisation
–Agriculture
The evidences of which cultivation were found, in Lothal and Rangpur of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
–The cultivation of rice
The discovery of scale proved that the inhabitants of the Indus valley were familiar with measurement. Where was it discovered?
–In Harappa
The production of which article were the people of Harappa leader
–The tools of Bronze
Cultivation of cotton started
–In India
In the Harappa Civilisation evidence has been found of the bead making factory
–From Chahundro and Lothal
RELIGON AND PRACTICES
Which tree did the Indus valley people use to worship?
–Peepal
The Indus Valley people believed
–In Matrashakti
The Indus Valley people worshiped
–Pashupati
Whose worship serves as the proof of the organic relation between the present days Hindu religion and the ancient culture of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
–Shiva and Shakti
From which site the evidences of the temple in the Harappa Civilisation been have found?
–Not from any
STRUCTURAL REMAINS
Lothal
–Dockyard
Kalibanga
–A ploughed field
Dholavira
–Rock inscription of ten big-shaped
Banawali
–A facsimile of the plough made of the fired clay
Mohenjo daro
–A grand bath-house
Mohenjo daro
–A famous seal of Vrashabh
LOTHAL
Which of the following was a port city of the Indus Valley Civilization?
–Lothal
At which place in Gujarat, the relics of the Harappan civilization were found?
–Lothal
Which was the only Indus place with the artificial dockyard of bricks?
–Lothal
The port-city of the Indus Civilisation
–Lothal
The site of the Indus civilisation that is situated in India is
–Lothal
In almost all the cities of the Indus civilisation the door of entrance of the houses is from the direction opposite of the road. Which city is the exception of this?
–Lothal
MOHENJO DARO
What is the local name of Mohenjo daro?
–The mound of the dead
Harappa cities situated at Sindh
–Mohenjo daro and Chahundaro
The Great bath (Mahasnanagar) of the Indus valley related to?
–Mohenjo daro
The site of the developed Indus Civilisation where the remains of well in the houses have been found
–Mohenjo daro
In which province of Pakistan is the site of the ancient civilisation of Mohenjo Daro located?
–Sindh
Which site is known as the garden of Sindh?
–Mohenjo daro
HARAPPA
On the bank of which river was Harappa located
–Ravi
The Indus site located in Pakistan is
–Harappa
Harappa is related to
–The Indus Valley Civilisation
From which Indus Civilisation city have the evidences of a burial ground named ‘Samadhi R-37’ been found?
–Harappa
At the banks of which river were the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjodaro found?
–The Ravi and the Indus respectively
OTHER SITES
The largest ancient site of the Harappa civilisation in India
–Rakhigarhi
Which was the only Indus city without castle?
–Chanhudaro
In which state is the archaeological site of Surkotada situated?
–Gujarat
From which site of the Indus Valley Civilisation have the evidences of the bones of the horse been found?
–Surkotada
In which state is Kalibangan located?
–Rajasthan
Which among the following is a mature-phase Harappan site situated in the state of Rajasthan?
–Kalibangan
Which of the following sites of Indus valley civilization is not on the bank of river Indus?
–Ropar
Evidences of the rock-cut architecture in the Harappan culture have been found
–From Dholavira
From Sinauli (Baraut, Distt, Baghpat, U.P.) there have been found
–Sarcophagi
The Indus site located in the valley of the river Ghaggar and its tributaries
–Banawali
SOCIAL SYSTEM
According to the archaeologists, in Harappan cities the part to the west was smaller and higher, was known as.............
–Citadel
Which of the following were NOT a part of a citadel in Harrapan architecture?
–Residential buildings for masses
What was the social system of the people of Harappa?
–Proper Egalitarianism
Which of the following type of house remains were found in Mehrgarh site of Harappan civilization?
–Square or rectangular
Which of the following sites of Harappan civilization is located near Bolan Pass?
–Mehrgarh
ARIFECTS
Whose idol was considered as the significant creation of the people of the Indus valley?
– A dancing girl
The colour that was generally used in the Harappa polished wares is
–Red
In India the oldest evidences of silver have been found from
–The Harappan civilisation
The chief sources of the knowledge of the Harappan Culture are
– The archaeological excavation utensils, ornaments weapons and tools
SCRIPT
The first ancient civilisation developing the proper method of the art of writing
–Sumerian
The Indus Valley Civilisation was different from the vedic culture because
–It has all the facilities of a developed city life
–It had a pictographic script
–It had the lack of knowledge of iron and of the defensive weapons