indus valley civilization Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (a)

Most of the inscriptions are found on seals mostly made out of stone. Some inscriptions are also found on copper tablets, bronze implements and small objects made of terracotta, stone and faience.

Answer: (b)

The Harappan people were aware of a number of metals except for iron. They manufactured gold and silver objects. The gold objects include beads, armlets, needles and other ornaments. But the use of silver was more common than gold.

A large number of silver ornaments, dishes, etc. have been discovered. A number of copper tools and weapons have also been discovered. The common tools included axe, saws, chisels, knives, spearheads and arrowheads.

It is important to note that the weapons produced by the Harappans were mostly defensive in nature as there is no evidence of weapons like swords, etc. Stone tools were also commonly used.

Answer: (b)

The earliest evidence of surgery was found from Kalibangan. Archaeologists made the discovery that the people of Indus Valley Civilization, even from the early Harappan periods, had knowledge of medicine and surgery.

Answer: (c)

The major rivers included the Indus, the Saraswati, Hakra-Ghaggar and their tributaries. This makes it the most geographically extensive of all ancient civilisations thus discovered. Far larger, in fact, than both Egypt and Mesopotamia together approximately 1,300,000 square miles.

The archaeological excavations reveal that this culture was spread over a vast area which included not only the present-day states of India such as Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Western Uttar Pradesh but also Pakistan and some parts of Afghanistan.

Some important sites of this civilization are

1. Manda in Jammu and Kashmir;
2. Shortughai in Afghanistan;
3. Harappa in Western Punjab (Pakistan);
4. Mohenjodaro and Chanhudaro in Sind;
5. Kalibangan in Rajasthan;
6. Lothal and Dholavira in Gujarat;
7. Banawali and Rakhigarhi in Haryana;
8. Daimabad in Maharashtra,
9. while Sutkagendor on the Makran Coast (near Pakistan-Iran border) is the westernmost site of the Harappan civilization and
10. Alamgirpur in western Uttar Pradesh marks its easternmost limit.

Answer: (b)