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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Early 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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) It was an Urban civilization
3. Human Society is unique because it depends mainly on [UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004]
(A) Culture
(B) Economy
(C) Religion
(D) Science
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Mesolithic period
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B)Indus Valley civilization
5. The important reason to keep IndusValley civilization before Aryan civilization is [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) Script
(B) Town Planning
(C) Copper
(D) Potteries
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Archaeological excavations
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Archaeological excavations
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Utensils, jewellery, weapons, tools
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Harappan culture
11. Which colour was commonly used in the Harappan Pottery? [40th BPSC (Pre) 1995]
(A) Harappan culture
(B) Blue-grey
(C) Yellow
(D) Blue
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Harappan culture
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Pre-Aryan
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Cow
14. Which among the following Harappan site terracotta of ‘plough’ was found? [60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016]
(A) Dholavira
(b) Cow
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Lothal
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Cow
15. A ploughed field was discovered at [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Mohenjodaro
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Harappa
(D) Lothal
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Kalibangan
16. The Great Bath was found from the Indus Valley civilization at [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Mohenjodaro
(B) Harappa
(C) Lothal
(D) Kalibangan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Mohenjodaro
17. The ‘Great Bath’ was found at the archaeological site of [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Ropar
(B) Harappa
(C) Mohenjodaro
(D) Kalibangan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Mohenjodaro
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) J.H. Mackay
20. Which site of Indus Valley is now in Pakistan? [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 1994]
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Harappa
(C) Lothal
(D) Alamgirpur
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Harappa
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Saurashtra
22. Dadheri is a late Harappan site of [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
(A) Jammu
(B) Punjab
(C) Haryana
(D) U.P.
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Punjab
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Lothal
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Bhogava
25. Harappan civilization, Lothal, is located in [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
(A) Gujarat
(B) Punjab
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Sindh
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Gujarat
26. The port city of Indus Valley Civilization was [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Harappa
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Lothal
(D) Mohenjodaro
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Lothal
27. Which of the following is a Harappan port? [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(A) Alexandria
(B) Lothal
(C) Mahasthangarh
(D) Nagapattinam
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Lothal
28. Which of the following is not an Indus Valley Civilization site? [MPPCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Ropar
(C) Patliputra
(D) Lothal
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Patliputra
29. The largest site of Harappa in India is [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004]
(A) Alamgirpur
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Lothal
(D) Rakhigarhi
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Rakhigarhi
30. The biggest Harappan site in India is [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) Rakhigarhi
(B) Dholavira
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Lothal
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Rakhigarhi
31. The people of Indus valley believed in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Spirit and Brahma
(B) Ritual
(C) Sacrificial system
(D) Mother Goddess
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) Mother Goddess
32. The Indus valley people worshipped [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006]
(A) Shiva
(B) Indra and Varun
(C) Brahma
(D) Vishnu
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Shiva
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Sir John Marshall
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Rakhal Das Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) A. Cunningham
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Sindh Province in Pakistan
40. The first metal used by man was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Gold
(B) Silver
(C) Copper
(D) Iron
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Copper
41. An ivory scale in Harappan context was found at [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Lothal
(C) Dholavira
(D) Banawali
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Lothal
42. Which metal has so far not been discovered in Harappan sites? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011]
(A) Copper
(B) Gold
(C) Silver
(D) Iron
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Dholavira
45. Dholavira is located in the state of [UPPCS (Mains) 2010]
(A) Gujarat
(B) Haryana
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Gujarat
46. Which Harappan city is divided into three parts? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]
(A) Lothal
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Dholavira
(D) Surkotada
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Dholavira
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Dholavira
49. Which of the following sites has yielded evidence of a triple burial? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
(A) Kuntasi
(B) Dholavira
(C) Lothal
(D) Kalibangan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Lothal
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Human burials
51. For clothing, cotton cultivation was first introduced in [UPPCS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Egypt
(B) Mesopotamia
(C) Central America
(D) India
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Only 2
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Horse
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) Lion
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Kalibangan
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Sumerian
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (a) M. Rafique Mughal
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
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) (b) - 2
61. Match List-I (Ancient site) with List-II (Archaeological finding) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 2002]
List-I (Ancient site)
(a) Lothal
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Dholavira
(d) Banawali
List-II (Archaeological finding)
1. Ploughed field
2. Dockyard
3. Terracotta replica of a Plough
4. An inscription comprising ten large sized signs of the Harappan script
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 1 2 4 3
(D) 2 1 3 4
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) 2 1 4 3
62. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
List-I
(a) Harappan
(b) Hastinapur
(c) Nagarjuna Konda
(d) Paithan
List-II
1. Godavari
2. Ravi
3. Ganga
4. Krishna
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 3 4 1 2
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) 2 3 4 1
63. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below. [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]
List-I (Harappan Settlement)
(a) Harappa
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Lothal
(d) Ropar
List-II (River on which located)
1. Bhogava
2. Ghaggar
3. Ravi
4. Sutlej
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 1 3 2 4
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) 3 2 1 4
64. Indus Valley civilization is known [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003]
1. For its town planning
2. For Mohenjodaro and Harappa
3. For their agricultural work
4. For its industrialization
Code
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) All of these
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) All of these
65. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [UPPCS (Pre) 1996]
(A) Alamgirpur - Uttar Pradesh
(B) Lothal - Gujarat
(C) Kalibangan - Haryana
(D) Ropar - Punjab
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Kalibangan - Haryana
66. For the Harrapan Cultural sites and its position, which of the following is not correctly matched? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
(A) Alamgirpur - Uttar Pradesh
(B) Banawali - Haryana
(C) Daimabad - Maharashtra
(D) Rakhigarhi - Rajasthan
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Daimabad - Maharashtra
67. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below. [UPPCS (Pre) 2012]
List-I (Harappan Site)
(a) Manda
(b) Daimabad
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Rakhigarhi
List-II (Location)
1. Rajasthan
2. Haryana
3. Jammu-Kashmir
4. Maharashtra
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 4 1 2 3
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) 3 4 1 2
68. Which of the following sites of Harappan culture are located in Sindh? [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
1. Harappa
2. Mohenjodaro
3. Chanhundaro
4. Surkatada
Indicate the correct answer from the code given below.
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) 2 and 3
69. Indus Valley Civilization, which was placed on the banks of the river, they were? [UPPCS (Pre) 2009]
1. Sindhu
2. Chenab
3. Jhelum
4. Ganga
Choose the correct answer from the code given below.
Code
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) All four
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) 1, 2 and 3
70. What is the correct chronological order in which the following appeared in India?
1. Gold coins
2. Punch-marked silver coins
3. Iron plough
4. Urban culture
Select the correct answer using the code given below. [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(A) 3, 4, 1, 2
(B) 3, 4, 2, 1
(C) 4, 3, 1, 2
(D) 4, 3, 2, 1
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (D) 4, 3, 2, 1
71. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the given code. [MPPCS (Pre) 2008]
1. Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Ropar and Kalibangan are the main sites of Indus valley civilization.
2. People of Harappa developed the road, proper housing and drainage system.
3. People of Harappa were unknown about the use of metals.
Code
(A) 1 and 2 are correct
(B) 1 and 3 are correct
(C) 2 and 3 are correct
(D) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (A) 1 and 2 are correct
72. Assertion (A): Mohenjodaro and Harappa cities are dead now.
Reason (R): They were discovered during excavations.
In the context of the above, which one of the following is correct? [UPPCS (Pre) 2009]
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
73. Regarding the Indus Valley Civilization, consider the following statements.
1. It was predominantly a secular civilization and the religious element, though present, did not dominate the scene.
2. During the period, cotton was used for manufacturing textiles in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2011 MPPCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
👁Answer
Correct Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
