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Question 1. Which of the following statements about Harappan civilization is true?

  1. The Harappan culture was famous for its distinguished system of town planning.

  2. The most important public place for Mohenjodaro seems to be a great bath.

  3. Granary was the largest building of Mohenjodaro.

  4. The use of baked bricks in Harappan cities is remarkable.


Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:
  1.    1, 2 and 3
  2.    all of these
  3.    1 and 4
  4.    2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> all of these
Answer: (b)
All the statements are true. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization had achieved some spectacular standards when it came to town planning. Each city was carefully planned and at the peak of the civilization housed almost 40,000 people.
Great Bath is also the most important public place in Mohenjodaro and the Granary was the largest building. The use of baked bricks was also found in building houses.
Question 2. The dockyard at Lothal was well connected with the river:
  1.    Tapti
  2.    Narmada
  3.    Bhogavo
  4.    Ghaggar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Bhogavo
Answer: (c)
Question 3.
List-I
List-II
Harappan settlement
River
A. Lothal
1. Indus
B. Kalibangan
2. Satlej
C. Ropar
3. Ravi
D. Harappa
4. Ghaggar
E. Mohenjodaro
5. Bhogao
Codes: A B C D E
  1.    5 4 3 2 1
  2.    5 4 2 3 1
  3.    2 5 1 4 3
  4.    4 5 2 3 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 5 4 2 3 1
Answer: (b)
Question 4. The tank of Great Bath complex at Mohenjodaro had stairs on

  1. Northern side

  2. Southern side

  3. Eastern side

  4. Western side


Select the correct answer from the codes given below codes:
  1.    3 and 4
  2.    1 only
  3.    3 only
  4.    1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1 and 2
Answer: (d)
Question 5.
List-I
List-II
A. Lothal
1. Ploughed field
B. Kalibangan
2. Dockyard
C. Dholavira
3. Terracotta replica of a plough
D. Banawali
4. An inscription comprising ten large siged signs of the Harappan script.
  1.    A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4
  2.    A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
  3.    A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3
  4.    A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3
Answer: (c)
Question 6. Which of the following cannot be considered Proto-Harappan culture?
  1.    Amri culture
  2.    Kot-Diji culture
  3.    Jornie culture
  4.    Sothi culture
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Jornie culture
Answer: (c)
Question 7. On what evidence is South Russia/Central Asia regarded as the original home of the Aryans?
  1.    Racial
  2.    Archaeological
  3.    Philological
  4.    Anthropological
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Philological
Answer: (c)
Question 8. In which Indus Valley Civilization sites, was drainage system absent?
  1.    Rakhigarhi
  2.    Lothal
  3.    Dholavira
  4.    Banawali
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Banawali
Answer: (d)
Question 9. In the excavations of Harappan sites, bones of camels have been found at:
  1.    Mohenjodaro
  2.    Harappa
  3.    Lothal
  4.    Kalibangan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Kalibangan
Answer: (d) In the excavation of Indus Valley Civilization sites, the camel bones have been found at Kalibangan.
Question 10. Which of the following was one of the causes of Harappan decline?
  1.    All of these
  2.    Aryan attack
  3.    Earthquakes
  4.    Ecological change
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> All of these
Answer: (a) Definite reason to the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization is not known, as no reliable resource of that period is available at present. Every conclusion regarding the decline is based upon speculations of historians. It is commonly believed that ecological change, earthquake, Aryan attack, etc. were the causes of Harappan decline.

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