Indus valley Mohenjodaro harrapa Quiz for Exams

Indus valley Mohenjodaro harrapa Quiz for Exams
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa Objective history questions

1. Evidence of furrowed fields comes from—
(A) Ropar
(B) Rangpur
(C) Manda
(D) Kalibanga
Ans. (D)

2. Evidence of Indus valley civilization can be obtained from—
(A) Seals of Mesopotamia
(B) Mesopotamia seals found in Harappa
(C) Seals at both the places.
(D) None of the above
Ans. (A)


3. The Indus valley people built up their houses of—
(A) Stones
(B) Mud
(C) Unbacked bricks
(D) Backed bricks
Ans. (D)

4. The metals known to the Indus valley people were —
(A) Gold, Silver, Copper, Bronze, Tin, Iron
(B) Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, Iron but .not Bronze
(C) Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Bronze but not Tm
(D) Gold, Silver, Copper, Bronze, Tin but not Iron
Ans. (D)

5. Which of the following was absent in Indus valley civilization?
(A) Boats
(B) Wheels
(C) Metallic currency
(D) Tiger
Ans. (C)


6. Which of the sites reveal both Harrappan & Pre-Harrappan culture—
(A) Ropar & Lothal
(B) Banwali & Kalibanga
(C) Sutkagendor & Harrappa.
(D) Alamgirpur & Boghava
Ans. (A)

7. Mohenjodaro & Harrappa stopped flourishing—
(A) From 1500B.C.
(B) From 1750B.C.
(C) From 2000 B.C.
(D) From 1000 B.C.
Ans. (C)

8. Which was the rare animal in Harrappa?
(A) Horse
(B) Mice
(C) Cat
(D) Tiger
Ans. (A)

9. The people who were primarily responsible for the formation of the Indus valley civilization belong to—
(A) The Proto-Australoiod race
(B) The Mediterraneanrace
(C) The Brachycaphal race
(D) The Nordic race
Ans. (B)

10. The largest concentration of Harrappan sites has been found along the—
(A) Sutlej
(B) Indus
(C) Ghaggar-Hakra
(D) Ravi
Ans. (C)



11. Harrappa is situated in—
(A) Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh .
(B) Jodhpur district of Rajasthan
(C) Sahiwal district of Pakistan
(D) Amritsar district of Punjab
Ans. (C)

12. Where is the great granary discovered in the excavations of the Indus valley sites situated?
(A) Loth1
(B) Kalibanga
(C) Harappa
(D) Mohen-Jo-daro
Ans. (C)

13. The Indus valley people worshipped—
(A) Indra
(B) Maruti
(C) Ganesh
(D) Pashupati
Ans. (D)

14. At which site of the Indus valley civilization has dockyard been found?
1A) Kalibanga
(B) Ropar
(C) Lothal
(D) Rangpur
Ans. (C)

15. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) The people of the Indus valley civilization were familiar with gold
(B) The people of the Indus valley civilization were familiar with Iron
(C) The people of the Indus valley civilization were familiar with wheat
(D) The people of the Indus valley civilization knew the art of writing
Ans. (A)

16. In which of the following centres of ancient civilization cotton was known as sindhu?
(A) Crete
(B) Egypt
(C) Sumer
(D) Greece
Ans. (C)

17. The great Bath of the Indus valley civilization has been found at—
(A) Mohenjodaro
(B) Harappa
(C) Roper
(D) Ellora
Ans. (A)

18. Rice was not known to Indus valley people has been founded by —
(A) Dr. R. S. Sharma
(B) Dr. A. L. Basham
(C) Dr. M. Wheeler
(D) Dr. R. C. Mazumdar
Ans. (B)


19. The excavations in the Indus valley at Mohenjodaro started in—
(A) 1902
(B) 1912
(C) 1922
(D) 1932
Ans. (A)

20 . To which regions was the Indus valley civilization confined—
(A) Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh, Kathiawar
(B) Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh, N. W. F. P.
(C) Punjab, Sindh, Parts of N.W.F.P. & Kathiawar
(D) Punjab, Sindh, a part of NW.F.P. part of Ganga-Yamuna Doab
Ans. (D)