indus valley civilization Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 36

With reference to the Harappan civilization, consider the following statements :

1. The city of Dholavira was in the form of a parallelogram guarded by a fortification.
2. A ploughed field, showing a grid of furrows, located outside the town wall has been discovered at Kalibangan.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 37

Pick out the incorrect statement about Town planning in Indus Civilization?

a) The windows of the houses opened onto the main streets.

b) There was systematic town planning on the lines of grid system.

c) There was a fortified citadel on the western site and a lower town on the eastern side.

d) There was remarkable and well developed underground drainage system.

Question : 38

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

a) Forks and spoons

b) Needles and razors

c) Sickles and plough

d) Grindings stones for flouring wheat, pestles and querns

Question : 39

Indus Civilization existed in

a) Historical age

b) Pre-historical age

c) Early historical age

d) Later historical age

Question : 40

The main Indus civilisation crops did not include

a) Wheat

b) Cotton

c) Sugarcane

d) Barley