indus valley civilization quiz set 8 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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

a) Lothal

b) Harappa

c) Mohenjodaro

d) Dholavira

Question : 2

Which of the following is not considered an Indo-Aryan language?

a) Arabic

b) Avesta

c) English

d) Persian

Question : 3

Evidence of mixed cropping is seen from which site of Indus Civilization?

a) Chanhudaro

b) Lothal

c) Dholavira

d) Kalibangan

Question : 4

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Kalibangan - Haryana

b) Alamgirpur - Uttar Pradesh

c) Lothal - Gujarat

d) Ropar - Punjab

Question : 5

The first archaeologist who excavated Harappa, but could not recognize its significance, was

a) Mortimer Wheeler

b) A. Cunningham

c) Sir John Marshall

d) George F. Dales

Question : 6

With reference to the Harappan civilization consider the following statements:

1. The city of Dhaulavira was in the form of parallelogram guarded by a fortification
A ploughed-ficl , showing a grid of furrows, located outside the town-wall has been discovered at Kalibangan

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) Neither 1 nor 2

d) Both 1 and 2