indus valley civilization Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 31

Which one among the following is not the characteristic feature of the Harappan settlement?

a) The citadel was walled but the lower town was not walled

b) Drains and water chutes from the second storey were often built inside the wall

c) Houses generally had separate bathing areas and toilets

d) Doorways and windows generally faced the side lanes and rarely opened onto the main streets

Answer: (c)

Question : 32

Which of the following is the latest site found?

a) Kalibangan

b) Lothal

c) Amri

d) Dholavira

Answer: (d)

Dholavira is the latest Indus Valley Civilization site. This site was discovered by J.P. Joshi in 1967-68. Dholavira is located at Kutch district in Gujarat.

Question : 33

Three-paired cemetry was found in:

a) Mohenjodaro

b) Chanhudaro

c) Lothal

d) Kalibangan

Answer: (c)

In Indus Valley Civilization, the three pairedcemetery was found from excavation of Lothal.

Question : 34

The Indus Valley Civilization people traded with the:

a) Chinese

b) Mesopotamians

c) Parthians

d) Romans

Answer: (b)

The people of Indus Valley Civilization mainly traded with the Mesopotamians. Dilmun and Makan were intermediate trading stations between Meluha and Mesopotamia. Meluha is the earliest name of Indus area.

Question : 35

Which of the following Harappan sites are located in the Kutch region?

  1. Desalpur
  2. Dholavira
  3. Lothal
  4. Rojdi
Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:

a) 3 and 4

b) 1, 2, 3 and 4

c) 1 and 2

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (c)

Desalpur (Gunthli) is a site belonging to Indus Valley Civilization located at Nakhtrana Taluka, Kutch district, Gujarat, India. This site is of modest dimensions, (130 m (427 ft) by 100 m (328 ft)) situated on the northern banks of the once depredatory (erosive) stream, Bamu-Chela, an affluent of the Dhrud river.

Dholavira is an archaeological site in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch district, in the state of Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name from a modern village 1 km (0.62 mi) south of it.

It is one of the five largest Harappan sites and most prominent archaeological sites in India belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization.

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