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Question 31. Harappan people had a common burial system, which is proved by
  1.    The earth burials with the head of the dead normally laid towards the north
  2.    The burial of commonly used items with the dead
  3.    Both (a) and (b) above
  4.    The burial of the dead body in the sitting posture  
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Both (a) and (b) above
Answer: (c)
Question 32. The site of Mohenjodaro was discovered by:
  1.    S.R. Rao
  2.    N.G. Majumdar
  3.    R.D. Banerji
  4.    Dayaram Sahni
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> R.D. Banerji
Answer: (c)
The site of Mohenjodaro was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, two years after major excavations had begun at Harappa, some 590 km to the north.
Large-scale excavations were carried out at the site under the direction of John Marshall, K. N. Dikshit, Ernest Mackay, and other directors through the 1930s.
Question 33. Which of the following types of burial is not observed at Mohenjodaro?
  1.    Post-cremation burial
  2.    Double burial
  3.    Fractional burial
  4.    Complete burial
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Double burial
Answer: (b)
Question 34. The Harappan towns and cities were divided into large______________ blocks
  1.    Circular
  2.    Semi-circular
  3.    Rectangular
  4.    Square
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Rectangular
Answer: (c)
Question 35. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been obtained from:
  1.    Burzahom
  2.    Mehargarh
  3.    Chirand
  4.    Brahmagiri
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Mehargarh
Answer: (b) The site of Mehrgarh provides evidence for the earliest agricultural and pastoral communities in South Asia. The first inhabitants of Mehrgarh, dating to around 6500 BC, were farmers who cultivated wheat and barley as their main grain crops and had herds of cattle, sheep and goats.
Question 36. Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a dockyard?
  1.    Dholavira
  2.    Lothal
  3.    Mohenjodaro
  4.    Harappa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lothal
Answer: (b) The Indus Valley Civilization site Lothal gives evidence of a dockyard. Lothal was discovered by S.R. Rao in 1954 A.D. The dockyard is located in eastern side of Lothal.
Question 37. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the town planning during the Harrapan Period?

  1. The most interesting urban feature of Harappan civilization is its town-planning

  2. The drainage system of the Harappans was elaborate and well laid out

  3. The main street is connected by narrow lanes

  4. The residential buildings are built in the upper town (citadel)


Select the answer from the codes given below:
  1.    2, 3, and 4
  2.    1, 2, and 3
  3.    1, 3, and 4
  4.    1, 2, 3 and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 2, and 3
Answer: (b)
The residential buildings are built in the lower town. Almost all the major sites (Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Kalibangan and others), are divided into two parts–a citadel on the higher mound on the western side and a lower town on the eastern side of the settlement.
The citadel contains large structures which might have functioned as administrative or ritual centres.
Question 38. Evidence of trephination as a remedy for certain diseases comes from some of the following

  1. Lothal

  2. Harappa

  3. Burzahom

  4. Kalibangan


Choose the right answer from the following combinations
  1.    1, 2 and 3
  2.    2, 3 and 4
  3.    All
  4.    1, 3 and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 3 and 4
Answer: (d)
Question 39. Which of the following sites of Harappan culture gives evidence of ‘Sindoor’?
  1.    Balakote
  2.    Naushero
  3.    Mohenjodaro
  4.    Harappa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Naushero
Answer: (b) Naushero gives the evidence of Sindoor in Harappan culture. The site of Naushero, located 6 km away from Mehargarh had developed Kotdijian settlement. It was a smaller settlement but sharing fully the developmental process towards maturity of urbanization.
Question 40. The primary purpose of a seal in the Indus Valley Civilization was probably
  1.    to signify ownership of property
  2.    to indicate social status
  3.    as a medium of exchange in trade
  4.    to signify royally
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> to signify ownership of property
Answer: (a)

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