Indus Valley Civilization MCQ for UPSC

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Which city of Indus Valley Civilisation was divided into three parts?

(a) Lothal

(b) Kalibangan

(c) Dholavira

(d) Suskotda

Option c – Dholavira

From where the copper chariot of Harappan times was found?

(a) Kunal

(b) Rakhigarhi

(c) Daimabad

(d) Banawali

Option c – Daimabad

Which among the following Harappan sites is not located in Gujarat?

(a) Surkotada

(b) Lothal

(c) Dholavira

(d) Banawali

Option d – Banawali

Which among the following Harappan site terracotta of ‘plough’ was found?

(a) Dholavira

(b) Banawali

(c) Kalibangan

(d) Lothal

Option b – Banawali

Which one among the following sites is located in the valley of Ghaggar and its associated rivers?

(a) Alamgirpur

(b) Lothal

(c) Mohenjodaro

(d) Banawali

Option d – Banawali

Which among the following place is not related to Indus Valley Civilisation?

(a) Kalibangan

(b) Ropad

(c) Patliputra

(d) Lothal

Option c – Patliputra

The copper chariot of the Indus Valley civilization was found in which of the following place?

(a) Kunal

(b) Rakhigarhi

(c) Diamabad

(d) Banawali

Option c – Diamabad

Which one among the following Indus cities was known for water management?

(a) Lothal

(b) Mohenjodaro

(c) Harappa

(d) Dholavira

Option d – Dholavira

Which Harappan city is divided into three parts?

(a) Lothal

(b) Kalibangan

(c) Dholavira

(d) Sukotada

Option c – Dholavira

Dholavira is located in the state of

(a) Gujarat

(b) Haryana

(c) Punjab

(d) Rajasthan

Option a – Gujarat

A highly advanced water management system of Harappan times has been unearthed at

(a) Alamgirpur

(b) Dholavira

(c) Kalibangan

(d) Lothal

Option b – Dholavira

From where the evidence of rock-cut architecture was found, with reference to the Harappa civilization?

(a) Kalibangan

(b) Dholavira

(c) Kot Diji

(d) Amri

Option b – Dholavira

In which of the following site remnant of three townships have been revealed?

(a) Mohenjodaro

(b) Sanghol

(c) Kalibangan

(d) Dholavira

Option d – Dholavira

Which among the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Alamgipur – Uttar Pradesh

(b) Banawali – Haryana

(c) Daimabad – Maharashtra

(d) Rakhigarhi – Rajasthan

Option d – Rakhigarhi – Rajasthan

Which place of Harappan civilization is located in Maharashtra? I. Harappan II. Mohenjodaro III. Diamabad IV. Surkotda Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) I and II

(b) Only III

(c) II, III, and IV

(d) All of these

Option b – Only III

The Harappan city represented by the archaeological site of Lothal was situated on the river

(a) Narmada

(b) Mahi

(c) Bhogava

(d) Bhima

Option c – Bhogava

An ivory scale in the Harappan context was found at

(a) Kalibangan

(b) Lothal

(c) Dholavira

(d) Banawali

Option b – Lothal

The largest Harappan site in India is

(a) Harappan

(b) Kalibangan

(c) Rakhigarhi

(d) Mohenjodaro

Option c – Rakhigarhi

Which of the following is a Harappan port?

(a) Alexandria

(b) Lothal

(c) Mahasthangarh

(d) Nagapattinam

Option b – Lothal

Which site of Indus Valley Civilisation is located in India?

(a) Harappa

(b) Mohenjodaro

(c) Lothal

(d) None of these

Option c – Lothal

Lothal is located in

(a) Gujarat

(b) Punjab

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Sindh

Option a – Gujarat

Surkotada was discovered by

(a) Yagude Sharma

(b) Rangnath Rao

(c) JP Joshi

(d) RS Bisht

Option c – JP Joshi

Surkotda is an archaeological site located in

(a) Gujarat

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Haryana

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Option a – Gujarat

Indus Valley Civilisation was non-Aryan because

(a) it was an Urban Civilisation.

(b) it has its own script.

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(c) it has an agricultural economy.

(d) it extended up to the Narmada valley.

Option a – it was an Urban Civilisation.

What is the most significant feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation?

(a) Burnt brick buildings

(b) First true arches

(c) Buildings of worship

(d) Art and architect

Option a – Burnt brick buildings

Dated to the first half of the third millennium BCE, the earliest known use of iron comes from the West Asian site/s of?

(a) Tell Asmar in Mesopotamia

(b) Chagar Bazar in Mesopotamia

(c) Alaca Huyuk in Anatolia

(d) All the above

Option d – All the above

Which of the following animals is the most depicted on the Harappan seals?

(a) Cow

(b) Bull

(c) Lion

(d) Deer

Option b – Bull

The first use of the wheel appears to have been

(a) the advancement of metallurgy

(b) drawing a cart

(c) spinning

(d) pottery

Option b – drawing a cart

What was the staple food of the Indus people?

(a) Rice

(b) Wheat

(c) Corn

(d) Potatoes

Option b – Wheat

The Indus Valley civilization is considered non-Aryan because

(a) it was urban

(b) it had a pictographic script

(c) it had an agricultural economy

(d) it extended up to the Narmada Valley

Option b – it had a pictographic script

What was unique to the Harappan civilization in comparison to Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations?

(a) Pictographic script

(b) Temples

(c) Rectangular town planning

(d) Drainage system

Option c – Rectangular town planning

Mohenjodaro is situated in

(a) the province of Sind in Pakistan

(b) in the state of Gujarat in India

(c) in the state of Punjab in India

(d) in Afghanistan

Option a – the province of Sind in Pakistan

The term Dravidian refers to a stratum of the Indian population, which can be classified as

(a) Proto Australoid

(b) Palaeo-Mediterranean

(c) Caucasoid

(d) Alpine

Option b – Palaeo-Mediterranean

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