indus valley civilization Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1

What is the evidence found regarding the decline of Harappan civilization? Consider the statements :

  1. Silt is there is Harappa because of wind section which brought sand and slit. Houses and streets covered by slit deposits up to 30 ft above ground level.
  2. Human skeletons have been found lying on the streets.
Which of the above is/are correct?

a) Neither 1 nor 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Both 1 and 2

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Bronze statue of dancing girl has been excavated at:

a) Kalibangan

b) Chanhudaro

c) Harappa

d) Mohenjodaro

Answer: (d)

The most famous bronze ‘dancing girl’ figurine discovered at Mohenjodaro. It is a female figure, with right arm on the hip and left arm hanging in a dancing pose. 

She is wearing a large number of bangles. It is the first sculpture in dancing gesture discovered in the Indian subcontinent.

Question : 3

Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization site was located on the Iranian border?

a) Balakot

b) Kot Diji

c) Sutkagen Dor

d) Surkotada

Answer: (c)

Sutkagen Dor is the westernmost known archaeological site of Indus Valley Civilization. It is located about 480 km west of Makran coast near the Iran border in Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Sutkagen Dor would have been on the trade route from Lothal in Gujarat to Mesopotamia and was probably heavily involved in the fishing trade similar to that which exists today in the coast along with Balochistan.

Question : 4

Manda, the northern-most site of Indus Civilization in Jammu and Kashmir is located on the banks of which river?

a) Chenab

b) Zaskar

c) Sutlej

d) Jhelum

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

In Indus Valley Civilization, the script was:

a) Boustrophedon

b) None of these

c) Brahmi

d) Kharosthi

Answer: (a)

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