Top 50 Objective GK Question & Answer - Indus Valley civilisation

1. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at 

A. Harappa

B. Mohenjo-Daro

C. Ropar

D. Kalibangan

Answer: Option B 

 

2. The Social System of the Harappans was 

A. Fairly egalitarian

B. Slave Labour based

C. Colour Varna based

D. Caste based

Answer: Option A

 

3. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard? 

A. Lothal

B. Kalibangan

C. Harappa

D. Mohenjo Daro

Answer: Option A

4. Which statement on the Harappan Civilization is correct? 

A. Horse sacrifice was known to them

B. Cow was sacred to them

C. Pashupati' was venerated by them

D. The culture was generally static

Answer: Option C

5. The Harappans did not know the use of 

A. Copper

B. Bronze

C. Gold

D. Iron

Answer: Option D

Answer: Option C

11. The granary discovered at Harappa was located

A. Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro

B. In the "Lower town'

C. Near the river Ravi

D. Beside the western gate of the city

Answer: Option C

12. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in

A. Sumer

B. Egypt

C. China

D. All the three

Answer: Option D

13. The Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period

2500-1800 BC on the basis of

A. Mystical insight by modern seers

B. Markings on seals

C. Radio carbon dating

D. Travellers written accounts

Answer: Option C

14. The most common animal figure found at all the Harappan

sites is

A. unihorn bull

B. cow

C. bull

D. tiger

Answer: Option A

15. One of the following Indus Valley site is in Pakistan

A. Lothal

B. Kalibangan

C. Alamgirpur

D. Harappa

Answer: Option D

16. The Harappan civilizations do not have homogeneity or

uniformity in

A. Weights and measures

B. Cereal crops

C. Burial practices

D. Both (B) and (C)

Answer: Option C

17. The local name of Mohenjodaro is

A. Mound of the living

B. Mound of the tree

C. Mound of the dead

D. Mound of the survivor

Answer: Option C

18. Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?

A. Kalibangan

B. Mohanjodaro

C. Harappa

D. Chanhudaro

Answer: Option D

19. Which of the following was common to both the Harappan

society and the Rigvedic society?

A. Horse

B. Female deities

C. Urban centres

D. Iron implements

Answer: Option A

20. Which among the following has not been found in the

excavation of Harappan sites?

A. Drains and well

B. Fort

C. Reservoirs

D. Temple with Shikhar

Answer: Option D

21. Which was the biggest building in Mohanjodaro?

A. Great Bath

B. Granary

C. Huge Hall

D. Two Story Building

Answer: Option B

22. Cereal(s) grown by the people of the Harappan Civilisation

was/were

A. Wheat

B. Rice

C. Millet

D. All the above

Answer: Option D

23. Which of the following statements about the Harappan

people is incorrect?

A. The Harappans were phallus worshippers

B. They worshipped gods in the form of human beings

C. They placed their gods in temples

D. They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess

Answer: Option C

24. Harappan weapons were made of

A. Stone

B. Copper

C. Bronze

D. All the above

Answer: Option D

25. Which is the correct chronology of the excavation of the site

in the Indus civilization?

I. Mohenjo-Daro

II. Chanhudaro

III. Harappa

IV. Lothal

A. III, I, II & IV

B. I, III, II & IV

C. II, I, III & IV

D. III, IV, II & I

Answer: Option A

26. The date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has

been fixed on the basis of

A. Pottery design

B. Stratification

C. Aryan invasion

D. Radio Carbon-14 dating

Answer: Option D

27. The first metal used by man was

A. Aluminium

B. Copper

C. Iron

D. Silver

Answer: Option B

28. The Ruins of Harappa and Mohanjodaro were found on

which of the following river bank?

A. Ravi

B. Indus

C. Beas

D. A and B both

Answer: Option D

29. Kalibangan is situated in

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Sindh

C. Rajasthan

D. Gujarat

Answer: Option C

30. The utensils of the Indus Valley people were mainly made of

A. clay

B. copper

C. bronze

D. brass

Answer: Option A

31. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped

__________

A. Vishnu

B. Pashupati

C. Indra

D. Brahma

Answer: Option B

32. Mohenjo-Daro is situated in

A. Montgomery district

B. Larkana district

C. Chandigarh area

D. Gujarat

Answer: Option B

33. Name the oldest civilization

A. Indus Valley civilization

B. Mesopotamian civlization

C. Egyptian civilization

D. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Answer: Option B

34. The Indus Valley civilisation can be said to belong to the

A. Paleolithic age

B. Primitive age

C. Neolithic age

D. Bronze age

Answer: Option D

35. Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?

A. Kalibangan

B. Harappa

C. Mohenjodaro

D. Chanhudaro

Answer: Option D

36. The script of the Indus Valley Civilization was

A. Dravidian

B. Persian

C. Sanskrit

D. Undecipherable

Answer: Option D

37. The archaeologist to initially discover the Mohenjo-Daro site

of the Indus Valley Civilization was

A. Sir John Marshall

B. Daya Ram Sahni

C. Sir Martimir Wheeler

D. Rakhal Das Banerji

Answer: Option D

38. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was

A. Urban Civilization

B. Agrarian Civilization

C. Mesolithic Civilization

D. Paleolithic Civilization

Answer: Option A

39. The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was

A. Worship of forces of nature

B. Organised city life

C. Pastoral farming

D. Caste society

Answer: Option B

40. Most depicted animal of the Indus Valley Civilization was?

A. Elephant

B. Lion

C. Bull

D. Dog

Answer: Option C

41. How were the streets of cities in Indus Valley Civilization?

A. Wide and Straight

B. Narrowand Unhygienic

C. Slippery

D. Narrow and Curved

Answer: Option A

42. Most of the large Harappan towns had for fortifications

which served the purpose of

A. safety from robbers

B. protection against cattle raiders

C. protection against floods

D. All the above

Answer: Option D

43. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the

manufacturing of Harappan seals?

A. Terracotta

B. Bronze

C. Copper

D. Iron

Answer: Option A

44. The town planning in the Harappan Civilisation was inspired

by a regard for

A. beauty and utility

B. uniformity

C. sanitation and public health

D. demographic factor

Answer: Option C

45. The people of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro culture belonged

to the

A. New Stone Age

B. Copper Age

C. Iron Age

D. Chalcolithic Age

Answer: Option D

46. The worship of Mother goddess was related

A. With the Aryan Civilization

B. With the Mediterranean Civilization

C. With the Indus Valley Civilization

D. With the Vedic Civilization

Answer: Option C

47. Which of the following animals was not known to the people

of Indus Valley Civilisation?

A. Horse

B. Cow

C. Giraffe

D. Elephant

Answer: Option C

48. Whose statue was an important creation of the people of

Indus Valley Civilization?

A. Natraj

B. Dancing Girl

C. Buddha

D. Narasimha

Answer: Option B

49. Which is the script of Indus Valley Civilization?

A. Tamil

B. Kharshthi

C. Unknown

D. Brahmi

Answer: Option C

50. Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the

traces of the Harappan Civilisation?

A. Sir John Marshall

B. RD Banerji

C. A Cunningham

D. Daya Ram Sahani

Answer: Option C