Career Point Shimla Class Assignment A-1 Harappan Civilization 1. What were the main C. Puranas characteristics of the Indus Valley D. None of these Civilization? 5. At which Harappan site traces of a A. Town Planning horse have been found? B. Drainage System A. C. Both A and B B. Surkotda D. None of these C. 2. To which age the Indus Valley D. Banwali Civilization belongs? 6. Which metal was not known to the A. Neolithic Age Harappan people? B. Palaeolithic age A. Copper C. Maesolithic age B. Bronze D. Chalcolithic age C. Silver 3. Which metals were mostly used to D. Iron make the tools and weapons of Harappan Civilization? 7. What was the main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley A. Iron and Silver Civilization? B. Gold A. Agriculture C. Copper and Bronze B. Trade D. Clay C. Both A and B 4. What are the main sources of our D. None of these knowledge about the indus Valley Civilization? 8. In which culture the earliest evidence of silver in India is found? A. Veda A. Mauryan Culture B. Archaelogical excavations

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Career Point Shimla B. Gupta’s culture D. Rangpur

C. Harrapa Culture 12. Which town of Indus Valley Civilization was flooded and destroyed D. Mughal Culture more than seven times? 9. By which evidence the Indus Valley A. Harrapa Civilzation is known as pre-Aryan Civilization? B. Mohenjodaro

A. Town Planning C. Sutkagendor

B. Script (Undecipher) D. Ropar

C. Trade 13. Which soil was used to make bricks in Indus Valley Civilzation? D. Coins A. Alluvial soil 10. At which places in Indus Valley Civilization rice husks have been B. Black soil found? C. Laterite soil A. and Dholavira D. Red soil B. Surkothda and Rakhigadi 14. In which civilization the cotton C. Chahundaro and was cultivated first?

D. Lothal and Rangpur A. Indus Valley Civilization

11. At which place in Harappan B. Arabian Civilization Civilization a beared man in steatite C. Both A and B has been found? D. None of the above A. Mohenjodaro or Mound of the dead – Clay figure of mother 15. From which place the Indus goddess, Dice, College people used to import Amethyst?

B. Chanhujadaro – Inkpot, A. Maharashtra Lipistic, ikkas of bronze B. Iran C. Kalibangan – decorated C. Afghanistan bricks, bangle factory, wheels of a toy cart, wells in every house, bones of D. Khetri camel, tiled floor

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Career Point Shimla 16. At which place in Indus valley 20. Which town of the Indus Valley Civilization the evidence of chess and Civilization literally means “Mound of a measuring scale have been found? Dead”?

A. Dholavira A. Balakot B. Harappa B. Mohenjodaro C. Mohenjodaro C. Lothal D. Chahunjadro 21. With which countries Indus D. Ropar people had trade relations? 17. Which town in Indus Valley A. Mesopotamia and Civilization had no Citadel? Afghanistan A. Chanhudaro B. Sumeria and Central Asia B. Mohanjodaro C. Persia and Bahrain C. Harappa D. All of the above D. Lothal 22. In Harappa, how many granaries 18. Beside Chanhudaro which city of have been found? the Indus Valley Civilization was A. 5 associated with bead-maker shops? B. 6 A. Daimabad C. 7 B. Lothal D. 3 C. Balakot 23. By whom and when Harappa was D. Surkotda excavated? 19. Has any evidence of a worshipping A. R Bisht in 1922 place in Indus Valley Civilization been found or not? B. R D Banerjee in 1921

A. Yes at Mohenjodaro C. Daya Ram Sahani in 1921

B. Yes at Harappa D. MS Vats in 1931

C. Yes at Lothal 24. Which was the most famous building in Harappa? `D. No evidence of any worshipping place has been found A. The Granary

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Career Point Shimla B. Houses 29. In which year and by whom the Harappan city Chanhudaro was C. Factory excavated? D. None of the above A. Daya Ram Sahani in 1921 25. In which harappan city, the H- B. RD Banerjee in 1922 cemetry of alien people was found? C. Aurel Stein in 1931 A. Mohenjodaro D. MG Majumdar in 1931 B. Harappa 30. Where the Harappan city C. Lothal Chanhudaro was situated? D. Chanhujadro A. Gujarat 26. Which was the biggest building in B. Haryana Mohenjodaro? C. Afghanistan A. The granary D. In now in B. The great bath 31. For what chanhudaro was famous? C. Pearl factory A. Pearl factory D. Bangles factory B. Bronze industry 27. In which Harappan city a piece of the cotton fabric was found? C. Beads and bangle factory

A. Mohenjodaro D. Seal

B. Chnhujadaro 32. When and by whom the lothal was excavated? C. Lothal A. YD Sharma in 1953 – Ropar D. Daimabad B. SR Rao and MS Vats in 1957 28. In which Harappan City a bronze was found? C. RS Bisht in 1974 – Banwali

A. Kalibangan D. Aurel Stein in 1931- Sutkagender (Baluchistan) B. Lothal 33. In which of the Harappan city C. Harappa remains of a dockyard was found? D. Mohenjodaro

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Career Point Shimla A. Harappa D. Dholavira

B. Mohenjodaro 38. How many seals have been found in Harappa Civilization C. Lothal A. 2000 Approx. D. Surkotada B. 5000 Approx. 34. In which of the Harappan city rice husks were found? C. 1200 Approx.

A. Lothal and Rangpur D. 3500 Approx.

B. Lothal and Dholavira 39. To which age Harappan culture belongs? C. Mohenjodaro and Ropar A. Iron age D. Daimabad and Amri B. Stone age 35. In which of the Harappan city a measuring scale was found? C. Bronze age (Neolithic age also) A. Lothal D. None of them B. Harappa 40. What were the residential houses C. Mohenjodaro of Indus people made of? D. Kalibangan A. Mud 36. On the bank of which river B. Stone Kalibanga was situated? C. Copper A. Indus D. Baked bricks B. Ravi 41. The statue of a dancing girl made C. Ghaggar out of ….. was found in Mohenjodaro. D. Sutlej A. Copper 37. In which Harappan city evidence B. Silver of bangles was found? C. Bronze A. Kalibangan D. Lomestones B. Chanhudaro

C. Surkotda

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Career Point Shimla 42. Which was the most frequently A. Ropar depicted animal? B. Mohenjo daro A. Elephant C. Kalibhangan B. Unicorn (Humped Bulls) D. Harappa C. Rhino 47. Where was found a swimming pool D. Tiger called ‘Great Bath’?

43. A Seal depicting Mother Goddess A. Mohenjo daro with a plant growing from her womb B. Harappa has been found from. C. Rangapur A. Harappa D. Lothal B. Kalibangan 48. What was the main feature of C. Daimabad Harappa Civilization? D. Mohenjodaro A. Art and Architecture 44. The Harappan site Surkotada was B. Rural Planning located in C. Town Planning A. Rahasthan D. Administrative System B. Gujarat 49. Where were the large granaries C. Haryana were found? D. Uttar Pradesh A. Harappa and Mohenjo daro 45. The Harappan site at which bones B. Alamgirpur of Camel were discovered. C. Lothal and Dholavira A. Kalibhangan D. Kalibangan

B. Harappan 50. Where was Banvali located? A. Punjab C. Mohenjodaro B. Gujarat D. Dholavira C. Haryana D. Rajastan 46. Which of the following Indus site located in district of Sindh in Pakistan?

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Career Point Shimla Answer Key 1. C 26. A 2. A 27. A 3. C 28. D 4. B 29. D 5. B 30. D 6. D 31. C 7. C 32. B 8. C 33. C 9. B 34. A 10. D 35. A 11. A 36. C 12. B 37. A 13. A 38. A 14. C 39. C 15. A 40. D 16. C 41. C 17. A 42. B 18. B 43. D 19. D 44. B 20. C 45. A 21. D 46. B 22. B 47. A 23. C 48. C 24. A 49. A 25. B 50. C

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