indus valley civilization Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

At the time of excavation of Harappan site, the Director General of Archaeological Survey of India was John Marshall from 1902-28. In 1921, he focused on the Indus Valley, which led to the discovery of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, the ancient cities Harappa and Mohenjodaro.

Answer: (a)

Animals like buffaloes, sheeps and pigs and the humped bull were bred. Animals like elephant, camels and dogs were also domesticated. There is no evidence found about horses in the excavation of Indus Valley Civilization.

Answer: (a)

The vast majority of the beads are made of fired steatite, which was a widely used raw material, beginning with the Ravi period and continuing through the Late Harappan period. Beads that are made of hard stone, such as Agate, Carnelian, are relatively less common, with a significant drop in numbers for stones, such as Lapis Lazuli, Grossular Garnet, Serpentine and Amazonite.

Answer: (c)

Turquoise and Jade might have been brought from Central Asia. Trading network, both internal (within the country) and external (foreign), was a significant feature of the urban economy of the Harappans.

As the urban population had to depend on the surrounding countryside for the supply of food and many other necessary products, there emerged a village-town (rural-urban) interrelationship.

Similarly, the urban craftsmen needed markets to sell their goods in other areas. It led to contact between the towns.

The traders also established contacts with foreign lands particularly Mesopotamia where these goods were in demand.

Answer: (d)