Harrapan Indus Valley Civilization MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. The harappan civilization was discovered in the year

1. 1901
2. 1921
3. 1935
4. 1942

2. A copper chariot of harappan times was discovered at

1. Kuntal
2. Rakhigarhi
3. Daimabad
4. Banawali

3. An advanced water management system of harappan times has been unearthed at

1. Dholavira
2. Lothal
3. Kalibangan
4. Alamgirpur

4. Cotton for textile was first cultivated in

1. Egypt
2. Mesopotamia
3. Central America
4. India

5. From which one of the following places, remains of wells have been found in houses belonging to the developed stage of the Indus valley civilization

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

6. Lothal is a site where dockyard of which of the following civilization were built

1. Indus valley
2. Mesopotamian
3. Egyptian
4. Persian

7. One of the following sites where the famous bull-seal of Indus valley civilization was found

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

8. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus valley, which one indicates commercial and economical development

1. Pottery
2. Seals
3. Boats
4. Houses

9. Rock cut architecture in harappan culture context has been found at

1. Kalibangan
2. Dholavira
3. Kotdiji
4. Amri

10. The archaeological finds from the alamgirpur in ghaziabad district reflected the

1. Harappa culture
2. Vedic culture
3. Mouryan culture
4. Gupta period culture

11. The earliest city discovered in India was

1. Harappa
2. Rangpur
3. Mohenjodaro
4. Sindh

12. The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of Mohenjodaro was made up of

1. Terracotta
2. Steatite
3. Bronze
4. Red limestone

13. The Indus valley civilization specialized in

1. Town planning
2. Architecture
3. Craftsmanship
4. All of the above

14. The Indus valley people traded with the

1. Chinese
2. Mesopotamian
3. Parthians
4. Romans

15. The Indus valley people were non Aryan because

1. It was urban
2. It has a pictographic script
3. It has an agricultural economy
4. It extended upto Narmada valley

16. The local name of Mohenjodaro is

1. Mound of the living
2. Mound of the dead
3. Mound of the great
4. Mound of the survivor

17. The people of Indus valley civilization built their houses of

1. Pucca bricks
2. Stone
3. Wood
4. All of these

18. Which of the following animals are not known for Indus valley civilisation

1. Bull
2. Horse
3. Elephant
4. Giraffe

19. Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan culture

1. Cow
2. Elephant
3. Rhinoceros
4. Tiger

20. Which one of the following Indus valley civilization site gives evidence of a dockyard

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

21. Which one of the following was not known to Harappans

1. Construction of wells
2. Construction of drains
3. Construction of pillars
4. Construction of arches

22. Who discovered the Indus valley civilization

1. Sir Leonard wooley
2. V.S Agrawal
3. Dayaram sahni
4. A.L.Basham