Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in:
(a) 1911
(b) 1921
(c) 1931
(d) 1941
Correct Answer is: (b) 1921
The people of Indus Valley Civilization were almost:
(a) Nigroid
(b) Proto-Austroloid
(c) Mediterranean
(d) Nordic
Correct Answer is: (c) Mediterranean
Which metal was unknown to Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Copper
(d) Iron
Correct Answer is: (d) Iron
The nature of Indus Valley Civilization was:
(a) Urban
(b) Rural
(c) Agricultural
(d) None of these
Correct Answer is: (a) Urban
Indus Valley Civilization belongs to:
(a) Pre-historical
(b) Historical period
(c) Proto-historical
(d) Post-historical
Correct Answer is: (c) Proto-historical
A statue of bearded man was found at
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Chanhudaro
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (b) Mohenjodaro
In Indus Valley Civilization, the script was:
(a) Kharosthi
(b) Brahmi
(c) Boustrophedus
(d) None of these
Correct Answer is: (c) Boustrophedus
Which of the following is the latest site found?
(a) Dholavira
(b) Amri
(c) Lothal
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (a) Dholavira
Harappa is located on the bank of river:
(a) Indus
(b) Ravi
(c) Beas
(d) Sutlej
Correct Answer is: (b) Ravi
The local name of Mohenjodaro is:
(a) Mound of Living
(b) Mound of Survivor
(c) Mound of Dead
(d) Mound of Great
Correct Answer is: (c) Mound of Dead
Which of the following animals was unknown in Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Lion
(b) Bull
(c) Elephant
(d) Horse
Correct Answer is: (d) Horse
Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a dockyard?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (c) Lothal
Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a stadium?
(a) Harappa
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (d) Dholavira
The people of Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of:
(a) Pucca bricks
(b) Wood
(c) Stone
(d) None of these
Correct Answer is: (a) Pucca bricks
A seal depicting Mother Goddess with plant growing from the womb, has been found from:
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (a) Harappa
Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by:
(a) Dayaram Sahni
(b) R.D. Banerji
(c) Cunningham
(d) Wheeler
Correct Answer is: (a) Dayaram Sahni
A lot of beads were discovered from:
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (b) Mohenjodaro
Mostly, beads were made of:
(a) Terracotta
(b) Jasper
(c) Lapis
(d) Steatite
Correct Answer is: (d) Steatite
Which of the following cannot be considered Proto-Harappan culture?
(a) Sothi culture
(b) Jornie culture
(c) Kot-Diji culture
(d) Amri culture
Correct Answer is: (b) Jornie culture
Which of the following showed the greatest uniformity in Indus Civilization settlement?
(a) Town planning
(b) Bricks
(c) Religious practices
(d) Building
Correct Answer is: (a) Town planning
The site of Mohenjodaro is located on the bank of river:
(a) Ravi
(b) Beas
(c) Indus
(d) Sutlej
Correct Answer is: (c) Indus
The site of Mohenjodaro was discovered by:
(a) Dayaram Sahni
(b) R.D. Banerji
(c) N.G. Majumdar
(d) S.R. Rao
Correct Answer is: (b) R.D. Banerji
The largest of sites found in post-independence India in:
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Punjab
(d) Haryana
Correct Answer is: (b) Gujarat
The best drainage system (water management) in Indus Valley Civilization was:
(a) Harappa
(b) Lothal
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (b) Lothal
The famous dancing girl found in the Mohenjodaro was made up of:
(a) Bronze
(b) Red limestone
(c) Steatite
(d) Terracotta
Correct Answer is: (a) Bronze
The unique structure in Mohenjodaro was:
(a) Bathing pool
(b) Assembly hall
(c) Granary
(d) Dockyard
Correct Answer is: (a) Bathing pool
In which of the following Indus Valley sites the famous Bull-seal was found?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Chanhudaro
Correct Answer is: (b) Mohenjodaro
Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization site was located on the Iranian border?
(a) Surkotada
(b) Sutkagen Dor
(c) Kot Diji
(d) Balakot
Correct Answer is: (c) Kot Diji
In which of the following Indus Valley sites, the cemetery R-37 was found?
(a) Lothal
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Harappa
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (d) Dholavira
Which of the following is the most common motif of the Indus seals?
(a) Elephant
(b) Bull
(c) Rhinoceros
(d) Unicorn
Correct Answer is: (b) Bull
The dockyard at Lothal was well connected with the river:
(a) Ghaggar
(b) Bhogavo
(c) Narmada
(d) Tapti
Correct Answer is: (c) Narmada
The Indus Valley Civilization people traded with the:
(a) Romans
(b) Parthians
(c) Mesopotamians
(d) Chinese
Correct Answer is: (b) Parthians
Which of the following was unknown in Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Wheat
(b) Pulses
(c) Barley
(d) Cotton
Correct Answer is: (d) Cotton
Which type of seals was the most popular in Harappan culture?
(a) Oval
(b) Cylindrical
(c) Rounded
(d) Quadrate
Correct Answer is: (c) Rounded
Remains of horse bares have been found from:
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Lothal
(c) Surkotada
(d) Sutkagendor
Correct Answer is: (a) Mohenjodaro
In which of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites, the cotton piece was found ?
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Lothal
(c) Harappa
(d) Chanhudaro
Correct Answer is: (c) Harappa
Which of the following was unknown in Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Construction of wells
(b) Construction of arches
(c) Construction of pillars
(d) Construction of drains
Correct Answer is: (b) Construction of arches
Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites provides the evidence of fire-altars?
(a) Alamgirpur
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Banavali
(d) Kunal
Correct Answer is: (c) Banavali
The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been obtained from:
(a) Brahmagiri
(b) Chirand
(c) Mehargarh
(d) Burzahom
Correct Answer is: (d) Burzahom
Which of the following was not worshipped by Indus Valley people?
(a) Shiva
(b) Peepal
(c) Mother Goddess
(d) Vishnu
Correct Answer is: (b) Peepal
The excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by
(a) John Marshall
(b) J.H. Mackay
(c) M. Wheeler
(d) Aurel Stein
Correct Answer is: (b) J.H. Mackay
A granary outside to citadel was found at:
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (c) Lothal
Which of the following sites of Harappan culture gives evidence of ‘Sindoor’?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Naushero
(d) Balakote
Correct Answer is: (c) Naushero
Indus Valley Civilization site Manda is situated near the bank of:
(a) Sutlej
(b) Jhelum
(c) Chinab
(d) Indus
Correct Answer is: (a) Sutlej
The archaeological findings from Alamgirpur in Meerut district reflect the:
(a) Harappa period
(b) Vedic period
(c) Budha period
(d) Mauryan period
Correct Answer is: (a) Harappa period
In which of the following sites has a pre-Harappan settlement not been found?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (a) Harappa
The Director General of Archaeological Survey of India at the time of the excavation of Harappan site was:
(a) Dayaram Sahni
(b) R.D. Banerji
(c) John Marshall
(d) Mortimer Wheeler
Correct Answer is: (c) John Marshall
The most suitable name of Indus Valley Civilization is:
(a) Harappan Civilization
(b) Indus Civilization
(c) Saraswati Civilization
(d) Bronze Time Civilization
Correct Answer is: (a) Harappan Civilization
A clay model of plough has been found from:
(a) Banawali
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Rakhigarhi
(d) Mitathal
Correct Answer is: (a) Banawali
In the excavations of Harappan sites, bones of camels have been found at:
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Lothal
(c) Harappa
(d) Mohenjodaro
Correct Answer is: (a) Kalibangan
A glaring evidence of the art of dance in Harappan culture comes from:
(a) Lothal
(b) Harappa
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (c) Mohenjodaro
Which among the following was the most extensive Harappan city?
(a) Banavali
(b) Ropar
(c) Lothal
(d) Rakhigarhi
Correct Answer is: (d) Rakhigarhi
From which of the Harappan sites has the evidence of bead making been found?
(a) Dholavira
(b) Ropar
(c) Chanhudaro
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (c) Chanhudaro
Name the site which has revealed the earliest evidence of settled life?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Mehargarh
Correct Answer is: (d) Mehargarh
The most common form of Harappan seal is:
(a) Cylindrical
(b) Rectangular
(c) Square
(d) Rounded
Correct Answer is: (c) Square
Which of the following ethnic races was not found from skeleton of Harappan sites?
(a) Alpine
(b) Mediteranean
(c) Mongoloid
(d) Negrito
Correct Answer is: (d) Negrito
Bronze statue of dancing girl has been excavated at:
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Harappa
(c) Chanhudaro
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (a) Mohenjodaro
Which one among the following sites is located in the valley of Ghaggar and its associated rivers?
(a) Alamgirpur
(b) Lothal
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Banavali
Correct Answer is: (b) Lothal
Which of the Harappan sites has yielded evidence of two cemeteries?
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Harappa
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Ropar
Correct Answer is: (b) Harappa
In which of the following sites was found the evidence of ‘Swastik’?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Chanhudaro
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (b) Mohenjodaro
Which of the following Harappan sites was found the earliest evidence of surgery?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (c) Kalibangan
Which of the following Harappan sites shows the earliest evidence of Earthquake
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Dholavira
Correct Answer is: (c) Kalibangan
Three-paired cemetry was found in:
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Lothal
(c) Chanhudaro
(d) Mohenjodaro
Correct Answer is: (b) Lothal
Which amongst the following is not a site of Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Banawali
(b) Rakhigarhi
(c) Hastinapur
(d) Ropar
Correct Answer is: (c) Hastinapur
On which object, do we mainly find the inscriptions of Harappan civilization?
(a) On pillars
(b) On rocks
(c) On caves
(d) On seals
Correct Answer is: (d) On seals
Which site of Harappan civilization has yielded a beautiful bronze image of a chariot?
(a) Daimabad
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Rakhigarhi
Correct Answer is: (a) Daimabad
Which amongst the following civilizations was not contemporary with the Harappan civilization?
(a) Greek civilization
(b) Egyptian civilization
(c) Mesopotamian civilization
(d) Chinese civilization
Correct Answer is: (d) Chinese civilization
In which Indus Valley Civilization sites, was drainage system absent?
(a) Banawali
(b) Dholavira
(c) Lothal
(d) Rakhigarhi
Correct Answer is: (a) Banawali
In which Indus Valley Civilization sites, the people were known to water reservoir technique?
(a) Banawali
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Dholavira
(d) Chanhudaro
Correct Answer is: (c) Dholavira
Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a Lipstick?
(a) Chanhudaro
(b) Banawali
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (a) Chanhudaro
The site of Alamgirpur is located on the bank of river:
(a) Maskra
(b) Hindon
(c) Chinab
(d) Bhader
Correct Answer is: (b) Hindon
Which one of the following sites has yielded the cultural remains from Neolithic to Harappan period?
(a) Amri
(b) Mehargarh
(c) Kotdiji
(d) Kalibangan
Correct Answer is: (b) Mehargarh
In the Indus Valley Civilization period, Lapis-Lazuli was imported from:
(a) Badakhshah
(b) Iran
(c) Mesopotamia
(d) Gujrat
Correct Answer is: (a) Badakhshah
The Indus Valley Civilization was:
(a) Father base
(b) Mother base
(c) Same rights of mother and father
(d) None of these
Correct Answer is: (b) Mother base
Which of the following was one of the causes of Harappan decline?
(a) Ecological change
(b) Earthquakes
(c) Aryan attack
(d) All of these
Correct Answer is: (d) All of these
A ploughed field was discovered at:
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Lothal
Correct Answer is: (c) Kalibangan