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| 1. Indus Civilization existed in [UPPCS (Pre) 1996; BPSC (Pre) 1994] (A) Pre-historical age (B) Early historical age (C) Historical age (D) Later historical age 2. Indus Valley civilization was Non- Aryan because [UPPSC (GIC) 2010] (A) It was an Urban civilization (B) It has its own script (C) It has an agricultural economy (D) It extended upto the Narmada valley 3. Human Society is unique because it depends mainly on [UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004] (A) Culture (B) Economy (C) Religion (D) Science 4. Which of the following is related to Harappa civilization? [MPPCS (Pre) 1990] (A) Sumerian civilization (B) Indus Valley civilization (C) Vedic civilization (D) Mesopotamian civilization 5. The important reason to keep Indus- Valley civilization before Aryan civilization is [UPPCS (Pre) 1990] (A) Script (B) Town Planning (C) Copper (D) Potteries 6. The Indus Valley culture was different from the Vedic Civilization because [UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004] (A) It had the amenities of a developed city life (B) It has a pictographic script (C) It had a lack of knowledge of iron and defensive arrow (D) All of the above 7. The source of knowledge about Harappan culture is [UPPCS (Pre) 1994, 96] (A) Rock edicts (B) Writing in terracotta seals (C) Archaeological excavations (D) All of the above 8. Which of the following throw light on Harappan culture? [UPPCS (Pre) 1993] (A) Inscription (B) Archaeological excavations (C) Handwriting seals on the utensils (D) Religious books 9. The main source of knowledge about the inhabitants of Indus valley civilization is the discovery of [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996] (A) Seals (B) Utensils, jewellery, weapons, tools (C) Temple (D) Scripts 10. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the [IAS (Pre) 1994] (A) Harappan culture (B) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India (C) Vedic texts (D) Silver Punch-marked coins 11. Which colour was commonly used in the Harappan Pottery? [40th BPSC (Pre) 1995] (A) Red (B) Blue-grey (C) Yellow (D) Blue 12. The beginning of idol worship is to be considered in [UPPCS (Pre) 1992] (A) Pre-Aryan (B) Vedic Period (C) Mauryan Period (D) Kushan Period 13. Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan culture? [IAS (Pre) 2001] (A) Cow (B) Elephant (C) Rhinoceros (D) Tiger 14. Which among the following Harappan site terracotta of ‘plough’ was found? [60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016] (A) Dholavira (B) Banawali (C) Kalibangan (D) Lothal (E) None of the above/More than one of the above 15. A ploughed field was discovered at [UPPCS (Mains) 2005] (A) Mohenjodaro (B) Kalibangan (C) Harappa (D) Lothal 16. The Great Bath was found from the Indus Valley civilization at [UPPCS (Pre) 1992] (A) Mohenjodaro (B) Harappa (C) Lothal (D) Kalibangan 17. The ‘Great Bath’ was found at the archaeological site of [UPPSC (GIC) 2010] (A) Ropar (B) Harappa (C) Mohenjodaro (D) Kalibangan 18. Which of the following statements about the Indus civilization is not true? [UPPCS (Pre) 1992] (A) Accurate drainage system in cities (B) Trade and commerce were in an advanced stage (C) Worshipping of Mother Goddess (D) People knew about iron 19. The excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by [UP Lower Sub.(Pre) 2015] (A) J.H. Mackay (B) Sir John Marshall (C) R.E.M. Wheeler (D) Sir Aurel Stein 20. Which site of Indus Valley is now in Pakistan? [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 1994] (A) Kalibangan (B) Harappa (C) Lothal (D) Alamgirpur | 21. Rangpur, where the contemporary of Harappan civilization were found, is in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (A) Punjab (B) Eastern Uttar Pradesh (C) Saurashtra (D) Rajasthan 22. Dadheri is a late Harappan site of [UPPCS (Mains) 2014] (A) Jammu (B) Punjab (C) Haryana (D) U.P. 23. Which site of Indus Valley Civilization is located in India? [West Bangal PSC (Pre) 2018] (A) Harappa (B) Mohenjodaro (C) Lothal (D) None of the above 24. The Harappan city represented by the archaeological site of Lothal was situated on the river [UPPCS (Mains) 2012] (A) Narmada (B) Mahi (C) Bhogava (D) Bhima 25. Harappan civilization, Lothal, is located in [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 UPPCS (Mains) 2009] (A) Gujarat (B) Punjab (C) Rajasthan (D) Sindh 26. The port city of Indus Valley Civilization was [UPPCS (Pre) 1999] (A) Harappa (B) Kalibangan (C) Lothal (D) Mohenjodaro 27. Which of the following is a Harappan port? [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011] (A) Alexandria (B) Lothal (C) Mahasthangarh (D) Nagapattinam 28. Which of the following is not an Indus Valley Civilization site? [MPPCS (Pre) 2013] (A) Kalibangan (B) Ropar (C) Patliputra (D) Lothal 29. The largest site of Harappa in India is [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] (A) Alamgirpur (B) Kalibangan (C) Lothal (D) Rakhigarhi 30. The biggest Harappan site in India is [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2016] (A) Rakhigarhi (B) Dholavira (C) Kalibangan (D) Lothal 31. The people of Indus valley believed in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] (A) Spirit and Brahma (B) Ritual (C) Sacrificial system (D) Mother Goddess 32. The Indus valley people worshipped? [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006] (A) Shiva (B) Indra and Varun (C) Brahma (D) Vishnu 33. Who was the director of the archaeological excavation that led to the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjodaro? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997] (A) Lord Macaulay (B) Sir John Marshall (C) Clive (D) Colonel Tad 34. Two Indians who were associated with discovery of Indus Valley Civilization, are [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2003] (A) Rakhal Das Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni (B) John Marshall and Ishwari Prasad (C) Ashirwadi Lal Srivastava and Rangnath Rao (D) Madhosarup Vats and V.B. Rao 35. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? [UPPCS (Mains) 2006] (A) Harappa – Daya Ram Sahni (B) Lothal – S.R. Rao (C) Surkotada – J.P. Joshi (D) Dholavira – B.K. Thapar 36. The first archaeologist who excavated Harappa, but could not recognize its significance, was [UPPCS (Mains) 2006] (A) A. Cunningham (B) Sir John Marshall (C) Mortimer Wheeler (D) George F. Dales 37. Who among the following was not associated with the excavation of Harappa and Mohenjodaro? [56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015] (A) R.D. Banerjee (B) K.N. Dikshit (C) M.S. Vats (D) V.A. Smith 38. From which one of the following places, remains of wells have been found in houses belonging to the developed stage of the Indus Valley Civilization? [UPPCS (Pre) 2004] (A) Harappa (B) Kalibangan (C) Lothal (D) Mohenjodaro 39. Mohenjodaro is situated in which of the following? [MPPCS (Pre) 2012] (A) Gujarat state of India (B) Punjab state of India (C) Sindh Province in Pakistan (D) Afghanistan 40. The first metal used by man was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012] (A) Gold (B) Silver (C) Copper (D) Iron 41. An ivory scale in Harappan context was found at [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] (A) Kalibangan (B) Lothal (C) Dholavira (D) Banawali | 42. Which metal has so far not been discovered in Harappan sites? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011] (A) Copper (B) Gold (C) Silver (D) Iron 43. Which one among the following sites is located in the valley of Ghaggar and its associated rivers? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010] (A) Alamgirpur (B) Lothal (C) Mohenjodaro (D) Banawali 44. From where the evidence of rockcut architecture were found, with reference to Harappa civilization? [UPPCS (Pre) 2006] (A) Kalibangan (B) Dholavira (C) Kot Diji (D) Amri 45. Dholavira is located in the state of [UPPCS (Mains) 2010] (A) Gujarat (B) Haryana (C) Punjab (D) Rajasthan 46. Which Harappan city is divided into three parts? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013] (A) Lothal (B) Kalibangan (C) Dholavira (D) Surkotada 47. In which of the following site remnants of three townships have been revealed? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2015] (A) Mohenjodaro (B) Sanghol (C) Kalibangan (D) Dholavira 48. A highly advanced water management system of Harappan times has been unearthed at [UPPCS (Mains) 2010] (A) Alamgirpur (B) Dholavira (C) Kalibangan (D) Lothal 49. Which of the following sites has yielded evidence of a triple burial? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (A) Kuntasi (B) Dholavira (C) Lothal (D) Kalibangan 50. Recently, from excavations of Harappan site Sonauli what was found? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004] (A) Human burials (B) Animal burials (C) Residential building (D) Protecting wall 51. For clothing, cotton cultivation was first introduced in [UPPCS (Pre) 2006] (A) Egypt (B) Mesopotamia (C) Central America (D) India 52. Which of the following characterises / characterise the people of Indus Civilization? 1. They possessed great places and temples. 2. They worshipped, both male and female deities. 3. They employed horse-drawn chariots in warfare. Select the correct answer using the code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2013] (A) 1 and 2 (B) Only 2 (C) All of these (D) None of these 53. One of the following sites from where the famous bull-seal of Indus Valley Civilization was found. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008] (A) Harappa (B) Chanhudaro (C) Lothal (D) Mohenjodaro 54. Which one of the following animals is not depicted on the Harappan seal? [UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2009] (A) Bull (B) Elephant (C) Horse (D) Sheep 55. Remains of which animal have not been discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011] (A) Lion (B) Horse (C) Cow (D) Elephant 56. A horned deity engraved on a terracotta cake has been recovered from [UP Lower (Spl) (Pre) 2008] (A) Banawali (B) Kalibangan (C) Lothal (D) Surkotada 57. Which of the following civilization flourished on the bank of River Nile? [UPPCS (Mains) 2004] (A) Roman Civilization (B) Indus Valley Civilization (C) Greek Civilization (D) Egyptian Civilization 58. What is the correct North- South sequence of the following civilizations? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] (A) Maya – Aztec – Muisca – Inca (B) Maya – Muisca – Inca – Aztec (C) Aztec – Muisca – Maya – Inca (D) Aztec – Maya – Muisca – Inca 59. The first ancient civilization to develop the art of writing in a proper system was? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] (A) Indus (B) Egypt (C) Sumerian (D) China 60. Which of the following match is not correct regarding the origin of Harappan civilization? [RAS/RTS (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2013] List-I (a) M. Rafique Mughal (b) E.J.H. Mackay (c) Mortimer Wheeler (d) Amalandanda Ghosh List-II 1. Harappan civilization was inspired by Mesopotamian civilization 2. Migration of people from Sumer 3. Migration of ‘idea of civilization’ 4. Pre-Harappan culture matured to make Harappan civilization (A) (a) – 1 (B) (b) – 2 (C) (c) – 3 (D) (d) – 4 |
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