Indus Valley Civilization Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions

Question : 21

Which of the following was not one of the tools and implements used by Indus Valley people?

a) Forks and spoons

b) Grindings stones for flouring wheat, pestles and querns

c) Sickles and plough

d) Needles and razors

Answer: (a)

Question : 22

The excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by

a) Aurel Stein

b) M. Wheeler

c) J.H. Mackay

d) John Marshall

Answer: (c)

Chanhudaro was investigated in 1931 by the Indian archaeologist N. G. Majumdar and was excavated in 1935-36 by the British archaeologist Ernest John Henry Mackay.

Question : 23

Pair the Harappan settlements with the banks of rivers on which they were located:

Lothal I. Indus
Kalibangan II. Sutlej
Ropar III. Ravi
Harappa IV. Ghaggar
Mohenjodaro V. Bhogaon
A B C D E

a) II V I IV III

b) V IV III II I

c) V IV II III I

d) IV V II III I

Answer: (c)

Lothal Excavated by R. Rao in 1953 Location: Gujrat on Bhogva river near Gulf of Combay.

Kalibanga’s Location: Rajasthan on the bank of Ghaggar. Kalibanga means black bangles.

Harappa Location: Montgomery District of Punjab (Pakistan) on the bank of Ravi.

Mohanjodero excavated by R.D. Banerjee in 1922 Location: Larkana Dist. of Sind (Pakistan) on the bank of Indus.

Ropar – Located at the southern bank of the Sutlej, Punjab.

Question : 24

Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct:

  1. The first man-made port was found in Harappa.
  2. The main crops of the Indus Valley Civilization were wheat and barley.
  3. The largest Harappan settlement in India is Rakhigarhi in Haryana.
  4. The largest number of settlements are in Ghaggar-Haka village.
Which of the above statements are correct?

a) 2 and 3

b) none of these

c) 1 and 2

d) all of these

Answer: (a)

The statements 2 and 3 are correct. The Harappans cultivated wheat and barley, peas and dates and also sesame and mustard which were used for oil. However, the people cultivated rice as early as 1,800 BC in Lothal. The Harappans were the earliest people to grow cotton.

Rakhigarhi estimated to be the largest Harappan civilization site located in Hisar district of Haryana. This early Harappan settlement, considered bigger than Mohenjodaro, was listed among the 10 most endangered heritage sites in Asia.

Question : 25

Name the site which has revealed the earliest evidence of settled life?

a) Mehargarh

b) Kalibangan

c) Mohenjodaro

d) Harappa

Answer: (a)

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