Indian History and Culture 1 Harappan Civilisation 1. Regarding the Indus Valley Civilisation, 6. Which of the following characterises consider the following statements /characterise the people of Indus Valley 1. It was predominantly a secular Civilisation? civilisation and the religious element, 1. They possessed great palaces and though present, did not dominate the temples. scene. 2. The worshipped both male and female 2. During this period, cotton was used for deities. manufacturing textiles in India. 3. They employed horse-drawn chariots Which of the statements given above in warfare. is/are correct? [IAS 2011] Select the correct statement/statements (a)Only1 (b)Only2 using the codes given below (c) Both1and2 (d)Neither1nor2 (a) 1 and 2 2. What is the Vedic name of river Ravi? (b) Only 2 [HPPSC 2012] (c) 1, 2 and 3 (a)Purushni (b)Chandrabhaga (d) None of these (c)Arjikiya (d)Satadru 7. The main occupation of the people of the 3. Indus Valley Civilisation was The Indus Valley Civilisation flourished [Astt Comm 2005] during [SSC (10+2) 2009] (a) agriculture (a) 5000− 3500 BC (b) 3000− 1500 BC (b) cattle rearing (c) 2500− 1750 BC (d)1500− 500 BC (c) hunting 4. Which was the first metal used by man? (d) trade (a)Copper (b)Silver 8. The Indus Valley people had trade (c)Bronze (d)Brass relations with 5. The greatest stylistic forms of temple (a) Egypt architecture during the early medieval period were the Nagara, the Dravida and (b) Greece the Vesara. Which of the following was (c) Ceylon the geographical spread of the Dravida (d) Mesopotamia style? [NDA/NA 2013] 9. The main channels of our knowledge (a) Between Vindhyan and Krishna rivers about the Indus Valley Civilisation are (b) Between Krishna and Cauvery rivers (a) inscriptions [CDS 2010] (c)Between Vindhyan and Cauvery (b) coins rivers (c) palm and barch leaf manuscripts (d) Between Godavari and Krishna rivers (d) archaeological excavations 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (d) 2 ObjectiveGeneralKnowledge2750+ 10. With reference to the Indus Valley 20. Match the following [IFS 1991] Civilisation,considerthefollowinganimals ListI ListII 1. Bull 2. Elephant (Harappan Site) (State) 3. Rhinoceros A. Kalibangan 1. Haryana The figure / figures of which of the above B. Mohenjodaro 2. Rajasthan animal(s) is/are found on the Indus seals? C. Banwali 3. Gujarat (a)Only1 (b)1and2 [IAS 2009] D. Surkotda 4. Sind (c)2and3 (d)Allofthese Codes 11. Which one among the following ABCDABCD statement regarding Jorwe Culture is not (a)2 1 3 4 (b)2 4 1 3 correct? [CDS 2012] (c)3 4 2 1 (d)4 2 1 3 (a)Pravara-Godavari Valley was the 21. Use of plough has been evidenced at nuclear zone of Jorwe Culture (a)Kalibangan (b)Lothal (b)The main sites of Jorwe Culture are (c)Harappa (d)Banwali Daimabad, Inamgaon, Jorwe and 22. Nevasa The Stone Age people had the first (c) At Daimabad one gets archaeological domestic [IAS 1990] evidences of symbolic burial (a)asses (b)dogs (d)Practically all Jorwe settlements in (c)horses (d)sheep the Northern Deccan were suddenly 23. Nomad man started settling in [CRPF 2002] deserted (a) Palaeolithic Age (b) Mesolithic Age 12. Which one of the following was not an (c) Neolithic Age (d) None of these Indus Valley Civilisation site? [NDA 2000] 24. Match the following [IES 2009] (a)Lothal (b)Patliputra ListI ListII (c)Rangpur (d)Suktagendor A. Pleistocene 1. Ice Age 13. Rice cultivation is associated with Harappan site of B. Palaeolithic 2. Old Stone Age Neolithic New Stone Age (a)Kalibangan (b)Harappa C. 3. (c)Ropar (d)Lothal D. Mesolithic 4. Middle Stone Age E. Chalcolithic 5. Copper Stone Age 14. Which of the following Harappan sites had a dock? Codes (a)Harappa (b)Mohenjodaro ABCDEABCDE (c)Lothal (d)Alamgirpur (a)1 2 3 4 5 (b)5 4 3 2 2 15. The famous figure of a dancing girl found in (c)3 2 1 4 5 (d)4 1 3 5 2 the excavations of Harappa was made up of 25. The earliest evidence of silver in India is [IAS 1994] (a)terracotta (b)steatite found in the (c)bronze (d)redlimestone (a) Harappan culture (b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India 16. The Indus Valley people knew the use of (c) Vedic texts [CDS 2000] (d) Silver punch marked coins (a) gold, silver, copper, bronze but not iron 26. (b)copper, iron, gold but not bronze During the Neolithic Age in India, the only metal known to the people was [RRB 2010] (c) silver, lead, iron but not gold (a)iron (b)copper (d)gold, tin, bronze but not copper (c)gold (d)silver 17. The Indus Valley Civilisation was 27. Statement I Mahavira initially joined a discovered in [RRB 2011] group of ascetics called Nirgranthas. (a)1902 (b)1921 (c)1922 (d)1932 Statement II The sect was founded 200 18. The main characteristic of the Indus Valley years earlier by Parsva. [Bank PO 2012] Civilisation was Codes (a) town planning (a)Both the statements are true and (b) drainage system Statement II is the correct (c) welllaidoutroads explanation of Statement I (d) pacca house (b)Both the statements are true, but 19. The Indus Valley Civilisation is known as Statement II is not the correct Pre-Aryan Civilisation because of the explanation of Statement I evidence of (c) Statement I is true, but Statement II (a)art (b)copper is false (c)pottery (d)script (d)Statement I is false, but Statement II is true HarappanCivilisation 3 28. Out of the following remains excavated in 35. There are similarities between the seals Indus Valley, which one indicates the found at Mohenjodaro and commercial and economic development? (a)Egypt (b)China (a)Pottery (b)Seals [CPO SI 2002] (c)Sumeria (d)Afghanistan (c)Boats (d)Houses 36. The script of Indus Valley Civilisation 29. On the basis of available evidence, the was/is Indus Valley Civilisation contributed two (a)Persian (b)Dravidian important things to mankind which were (c)Sanskrit (d)Undeciphered (a) mathematics and decimal system 37. Which of the following animals were [IAS 2003] (b) script and language domesticated by the Harappans? [IES 2006] (c) wheat and cotton (d) rearing animal (a) Goat, oxen, pig, buffalo 30. Which of the following crops were grown (b) Oxen, elephant, horse, pig by the people of the Indus Valley (c) Buffalo, sheep, dog, pig Civilisation? [SSC (10+2) 2011] (d) Camel, oxen, buffalo, pig 1. Wheat 2. Barley 3. Cotton 4. Peas 38. The tools and weapons of Harappan Select the correct answer using the codes Civilisation were mostly made of [IFS 2003] given below (a)stone (b)stoneandcopper (a)1,2and4 (b)1,2,3and4 (c) copper, bronze and iron (c)1and2 (d)1,2and3 (d) copper, tin and bronze 31. Which one of the following archaeologists 39. Which of the following was/were not initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site related to Buddha's life? [Bank PO 2012] of the Indus Valley Civilisation? 1. Kanthaka 2. Alara Kalama (a) Sir John Marshall 3. Channa 4. Goshala Maskariputra (b) Rakhal Das Bannerji (c) Daya Ram Sahni Select the correct answer using the codes (d) Sir Martimer Wheeler given below (a)Only1 (b)Only4 32. Match the following [IAS 2007] (c)1and2 (d)3and4 ListI ListII 40. The Harappan site showing evidence of (HarappanSettlement) (River) two cultural phases, Harappan and A. Mohenjodaro 1. Indus pre-Harappan is [IES 1993] B. Ropar 2. Ghaggar (a) Kalibangan (b) Mohenjodaro C. Kalibangan 3. Sutlej (c) Chanhudaro (d) Banwali D. Harappa 4. Ravi 41. Consider the following statements Codes 1. Lime mortar was never used at Mohen- ABCDABCD jodaro in the construction of dwellings. (a)1 324 (b)2 4 13 2. At Dholavira, stone was never used in (c)1 423 (d)2 3 14 the construction of dwellings. 33. From the scattered skeletal remains of the Which of the statement (s) given above Harappans found at different sites, the is/are correct? [IAS 2009] most appropriate conclusion to be drawn (a)Only1 (b)Only2 would be that there was [IAS 2003] (c)Both1and2 (d)Neither1nor2 (a) mass execution 42. The Indus Valley houses were built of (b) casual burial of human bodies (a)bamboos (b)bricks (c) some kind of military assault (c)wood (d)stone (d) great epidemic 43. During the Indus Valley Civilisation period 34. Which of the following are Indus Valley the dominant number used for weights sites in India? [SSC (10+2) 2009] and measures was 1. Rangpur 2. Banwali (a)6 (b)8 (c)12 (d)16 3. Suktangendor 4. Alamgirpur 44. The Indus Valley Civilisation belongs to Select the correct answer using the codes the [IES 1994] given below (a) Neolithic Age (b) Palaeolithic Age (a)1and4 (b)1,2and3 (c) Chalcolithic Age (d) Mesolithic Age (c)1,2and4 (c)Allofthese 10. (d) 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (b) 31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (d) 41. (b) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (c) 4 ObjectiveGeneralKnowledge2750+ 45. At which Harappan site have traces of a 52. Match the following [IAS 2002] horse been found? ListI ListII (a)Kalibangan (b)Lothal (AncientSite) (ArcheologicalFinding) (c)Surkotada (d)Suktagendor A. Lothal 1. Ploughed field 46.