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Questions : With reference to the Harappan civilization, consider the following statements :
  1. The city of Dholavira was in the form of a parallelogram guarded by a fortification.
  2. A ploughed field, showing a grid of furrows, located outside the town wall has been discovered at Kalibangan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) 1 only

(c) 2 only

(d) Both 1 and 2

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

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Question : 1

The use of lime and costly burnt bricks, instead of sundried bricks, by the Indus Valley people for construction purposes is a proof of

a) Better planning

b) Knowledge of the manufacture of lime

c) Advanced technology

d) A moist climate on account of the close proximity of the civilization to the river valleys

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Harappan people had a common burial system, which is proved by

a) The earth burials with the head of the dead normally laid towards the north

b) The burial of commonly used items with the dead

c) Both (a) and (b) above

d) The burial of the dead body in the sitting posture  

Answer: (c)

Question : 3

Which of the following types of burial is not observed at Mohenjodaro?

a) Post-cremation burial

b) Double burial

c) Fractional burial

d) Complete burial

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

Almost all the people of Indus Valley Civilization were:

a) Mediterranean

b) Nordic

c) Proto-Austroloid

d) Nigroid

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

Which of the following was not worshipped by Indus Valley people?

a) Vishnu

b) Mother Goddess

c) Peepal

d) Shiva

Answer: (a)

The numerous seals and figurines discovered in the excavations carried out at various sites connected with the Harappan culture point out to the religious beliefs of the Indus Valley people.

Worship of Mother Goddess: A large number of excavated terracotta figurines are those of a seminude figure which is identified with some female energy or Shakti or Mother Goddess, who is the source of all creation. Worship of Pashupati or Lord Shiva: The Pashupati seal in which the three-faced male god is shown seated in a yogic posture, surrounded by a rhino and a buffalo on the right, and an elephant and a tiger on the left, make the historians conclude that the people of those days worshipped Lord Shiva.

Discovery of a large number of conical or cylindrical stones shows that the people worshipped lingam, the symbol of Lord Shiva. Worship of Trees: The worship of trees was widespread. The Pipal tree was considered most sacred.

Other Objects of Worship: People also worshipped animals, such as the bull, buffalo and tiger. Besides animals, these people also worshipped the Sun, the Fire and the Water.

There was no evidence of the God Vishnu worshipped by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.

Question : 6

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:

List-I List-II
Harappan settlement River
A. Lothal 1. Indus
B. Kalibangan 2. Satlej
C. Ropar 3. Ravi
D. Harappa 4. Ghaggar
E. Mohenjodaro 5. Bhogao
Codes : A B C D E

a) 2 5 1 4 3

b) 5 4 3 2 1

c) 5 4 2 3 1

d) 4 5 2 3 1

Answer: (c)

The correct matching pairs are –

Lothal and Bhogavo, Kalibangan and Ghaggar, Ropar and Sutlej, Harappa and Ravi, Mohenjodaro and Indus.

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