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Questions : Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Harappa 1. Daya Ram Sahni
B. Mohenjodaro 2. Rakhaldas Banerji
C. Lothal 3. Amalanand Ghosh
D. Kalibangan 4. S.R. Rao
Codes: A B C D

(a) 2 1 4 3

(b) 4 2 1 3

(c) 1 2 3 4

(d) 1 2 4 3

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

The correct matching pairs are –

Harappa and Daya Ram Sahni,

Mohenjodaro and Rakhaldas Banerji,

Lothal and S. R. Rao,

Kalibangan and Amalanand Ghosh.

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Question : 1

Which of the following was unknown in Indus Valley Civilization?

a) Construction of drains

b) Construction of pillars

c) Construction of arches

d) Construction of wells

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a stadium?

a) Mohenjodaro

b) Dholavira

c) Kalibangan

d) Harappa

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

The people of Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of:

a) None of these

b) Stone

c) Wood

d) Pucca bricks

Answer: (d)

Houses of Indus Valley Civilization were one or two stories high, made of baked (Pucca) bricks, with flat roofs. Each was built around a courtyard, with windows overlooking the courtyard.

The outside walls had no windows. Each home had its own private drinking well and its own private bathroom. Clay pipes led from the bathrooms to sewers located under the streets.

Question : 4

Which of the following showed the greatest uniformity in Indus Civilization settlement?

a) Building

b) Religious practices

c) Bricks

d) Town planning

Answer: (d)

The greatest uniformity is noticed in the layouts of the towns, streets, structures, brick size, drains, etc.

Almost all the major sites (Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Kalibangan and others) are divided into two parts–a citadel on the higher mound on the western side and a lower town on the eastern side of the Indus Valley Civilization settlement.

Question : 5

The terra-cotta plough of the Harappan civilization was found at

a) Kalibangan

b) Lothal

c) Banawali

d) Mohenjo-daro

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Great Bath of Mohenjodaro?

  1. It is surrounded by corridors on all sides and is approached at either end a by a flight of steps in north and south
  2. A thin layer of bitumen was applied to the bed of the Bath to ensure that water did not seep in.
  3. Water was supplied by a large well in an adjacent room
  4. There was no drain for the outlet of the water was a big fault
Select the answer from the codes given below-

a) 2, 3, and 4

b) 1, 2, and 3

c) 1, 3, and 4

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (b)

There was a drain for the outlet of the water. The bath was surrounded by sets of rooms on sides for changing cloth. Scholars believe that the ‘Great Bath’ was used for ritual bathing.

Another structure here located to the west of the ‘Great Bath’ is the granary

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