Question Set-1

1) The main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley civilization was

(a) Agriculture (b) Cattle rearing (c) Hunting (d) Trade

2) The main Characteristic of the Indus Valley Civilization was

(a) Town Planning (b) Drainage (c) Well laid out roads (d) Pucca
system houses

3) Which one of the following archaelogists initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site
of the Indus Valley Civilization ?

(a) Sir John (b) Rakhal Das (c) Daya Ram Sahni (d) Sir Martimer
Marshall Banerji Wheeler

4) Which one of the following elements of Hinduism were practised in the Indus
Valley Civilization ?

(a) Idol worship (b) Wearing of (c) Cult of Shiva (d) Worshipping
sacred threads cows

5) Which of the following metals was not known to Indus Valley people ?

(a) Copper (b) Bronze (c) Iron (d) None of

these

6) Nomad man started settling in :

(a) Palaeolithic (b) Mesolithic Age (c) Neolithic Age (d) None of
Age these

7) The Great Bath of the Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in

(a) Harappa (b) Lothal (c) Mohenjodaro (d) Ropar

8) The Harappan site showing evidence of two cultural phases, Harappan and pre-
Harappan, is

(a) Kalibangan (b) Mohenjodaro (c) Chanhu-daro (d) Banwali

9) The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the

(a) Harappan (b) Chalcolithic (c) Vedic texts (d) Silver punch
Culture cultures of Western - marked coins
India

10) The Indus Valley Civilization is known as Aryan Civilization because of the
evidence of

(a) Art (b) Copper (c) Pottery (d) Script

11) Man passed from the food gathering stage to food producing stage in the

(a) Palaeolithic (b) Mesolithic Age (c) Neolithic Age (d) Chalcolithic
Age Age

12) The greatest invention of man in palaeolithic was

(a) Fire (b) Potter's wheel (c) Metal implements (d) Spinning of
cloth

13) Knowledge about the existence of which of the following animals is doubtful in the
Indus Valley Civilization?

(a) Dog (b) Cat (c) Bull (d) Horses

14) The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to the

(a) Neolithic Age (b) Palaeolithic Age (c) Chalcolithic Age (d) Mesolithic
Age

15) Which of the following Harappan sites had a dock ?

(a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (c) Lothal (d) Alamgirpur

16) Which of the following presents the most significant feature of Indus Valley
Civilization?

(a) Burnt brick (b) Art and (c) Buildings of (d) First true
buildings architecture worship arches
17) The figure of the god that was depicted in the seal of Indus Valley people is

(a) Agni (b) Indra (c) Varuna (d) Pashupati

18) Of the following Harappan sites those not in India are

(a) Mohenjodaro (b) Bhanwali and (c) Lothal and (d) Lothal and
and Harappa Ropar Kalibangan Ropar

19) Rice cultivation is associated with Harappan site of

(a) Kalibangan (b) Harappa (c) Ropar (d) Lothal

20) At which Harappan site have traces of a horse been found ?

(a) Kalibangan (b) Lothal (c) Surkotda (d) Sukatagendor

21) The Indus Valley people had trade relations with

(a) Egypt (b) Greece (c) Ceylon (d) Mesopotamia

22) The Indus Valley houses were built of

(a) Bamboos (b) Bricks (c) Wood (d) Stone

23) Indus Valley Civilization is also known as Harappan Culture because

(a) The site of (b) Harappa is (c) Harappa was the (d) The most
Harappa is six times mentioned in Vedas. first to be excavated in important
larger than Indus Valley evidences of
Mohenjodaro site. civilization have
been excavated
from Harappa.

24) The Indus Valley Civilization flourished during

(a) 5000-3500 B.C. (b) 3000-1500 B.C. (c) 2500-1750 B.C. (d) 1500-500 B.C.

25) The Indus Valley people worshipped

(a) Indra (b) Varuna (c) Mitra (d) Mother

Goddess