indus valley civilization quiz set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

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.

Answer: (a)

The Pashupati is the only possibly male deity of Indus Valley Civilization, as depicted on various seals.

This deity is surrounded by 4 wild animals and this gives an indication that it is Pashupatinath or a prototype of Lord Shiva. The deity is surrounded by 4 animals viz. an elephant, a tiger, a buffalo and a rhinoceros. Apart from this, there are 2 deers beneath the seat of the deity. The headdress of the deity has two horns.

It wears a number of bangles and has a pectoral around the neck, and an inscription of seven letters appears at the top.

Answer: (b)

There are over fifty-five burial sites in the Indus Valley which were found in Harappa. The burials are interpreted primarily as reflections of social structure and hierarchy.

The strongest evidence for this interpretation would be burial sites in Harappa, cemetery R-37 and Cemetery H. R-37 is the smaller site compared to Cemetery H, and has about 200 burials.

Archaeologists believe it was a restricted cemetery that was used by a particular group or family that lived in Harappa.

Answer: (b)

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.

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.