Bricks, Beads and Bones Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. The most important industry of harappan at chanhudro was

1. Bead making
2. Brick making
3. Handloom
4. Ship building

17. The roads and streets were laid out along an approximate...........pattern

1. Grid
2. Triangular
3. Square
4. Circle

18. What was the main feature of the Harappan Civilization?

1. Town planning
2. Art and architecture
3. Administration
4. Agriculture

19. Where Harappan civilization evidence were not found

1. Gujrat
2. Rajasthan
3. Maharashtra
4. Chhattisgarh

20. Where were large granaries found?

1. Lothal and Dholavira
2. Kalibangan
3. Banawali
4. Harappan and Mohenjodaro

21. Which of the following is not one of the features of the Harappan writing?

1. The harappan Script was pictographic and not alphabetical
2. It has been deciphered by James Prinsep
3. It had too many signs, somewhere between 375 and 400
4. The script was written from right to lef

22. Which of the following items has not been found in the harappan civilasation

1. Pottery and ornaments
2. Iron hand axe
3. Copper mirrors
4. Jewelry

23. Which of the following metal was not known to the Harappans?

1. Bronze
2. Silver
3. Copper
4. Iron

24. Which of the following things were found at craft production centres in Harappan civilization?
1. Carnelian
2. Jasper
3. Crystal
4. Quartz

1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1,2,3, 4
3. 2, 3, 4
4. 2, 4

25. Which of these is the feature of Harappan Civilization?

1. Urban planning
2. Drainage system
3. Citadel and Lower town
4. All of these

26. Which of these is the other name of Harappan Civilization?
(i) Aryan civilization
(ii) Indus Valley Civilization
(iii) Vedic Civilization
(iv) Early Civilization

1. Only (i) and (ii) are true
2. Only (i) and (iii) are true
3. Only (ii) and (iv) are true
4. Only (iii) and (ii) are true

27. Which of these was not worshipped by the Harappan?

1. Nature
2. Goddess
3. Indra
4. Pashupatinath

28. Which of these was the cause of decline of Harappan civilization?

1. Climatic Change
2. Floods
3. Deforestation
4. All of these

29. Which of these was the source of copper for Harappans?

1. Karnataka
2. Rajasthan
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Gujarat

30. Which town in Indus Vally Civilasation had no Citadel

1. Mohenjodaro
2. Harappa
3. Chanhudaro
4. Lothal