Indus Valley Civilization

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👉 Script – Undecipherable
👉 Time Period – 2500BC - 1750BC Top MCQ
हद + Eng

👉 Harappa Located in – Pakistan

👉 Harappa is on the banks of- Ravi
👉 Mohenjodaro excavated by – R D Banerjee
 टश सरकार ने कस को भारतीय पुरातत्व वभाग का नदे शक बनाया था ?
Which person was made the Director of Archaeological Department of India
by the British Government ?

A) Charles Darwin 🔰Important point-

B) Alexander Lewis •John Marshall was very interested in
C) John Marshall getting information about Harappan
D) Lord Bentinck civilization, so he appointed Dayaram Sahni
ji to excavate Harappa.

Ans : C

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 हड़प्पावा सय क सामा जक व ा क्या थी?
The Social System of the Harappans was?

A. Fairly egalitarian 🔰Theegalitarian

Social System of Harappans was fairly
(equality and equal rights).
B. Slave Labour based
C. Colour Varna based The archaeological record of the Indus civilization
D. Caste based provides practically no evidence of armies, kings,
slaves, social conflict, prisons, and other oft-
negative traits that we traditionally associated with
Ans :A early civilizations.

If there were neither slaves nor kings, a more

egalitarian system of governance may have been
practiced.
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सधु घाट क ाचीन संसकृ् त और आज के ह धम के बीच जै वक संबंध कसक पूजा से सा बत
होता है?
The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus Valley and
Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of?

A.Pashupati, Indra and the Mother 🔰 There has been evidence that the
people of the Indus Valley Civilization
Goddess
believed in some form of animal, stone
B.Stones, trees and animals
and nature worship.
C.Vishnu and Lakshmi
D. Shiva and Sakti

Ans : B
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 सधु घाट सभ्यता का कार कहां पाया गया था?
The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in?

A. Sumer 🔰civilizations
The developments and features of the early
of Mesopotamia (Sumer), Egypt,
B. Egypt
India (Indus River Valley, Harappa), China (Shang
C. China dynasty), and Mesoamerica (Olmec), starting
D. All the three from the creation of villages to the formation of
civilizations.
Ans :D These civilizations appear to have developed in
response to their environment and in reaction to
their human need for survival and security.

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 सधु नद का एकमा ऐसा शहर कौन सा था जो बना कलेबंद वाला था?
Which was the only city of the Indus without fortification?

A.Kalibangan 🔰which
Chanhu Daro is the only harappan city
does not have a fortified citadel.
B.Mohanjodaro
C. Harappa The Chanhu Daro has given evidence of
D.Chanhudaro factories of various figurines, seals, toys,
bone implements so it has been interpreted
that it was a settlement with lots of artisans
Ans :D and was an industrial town.

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 नम्न ल खत म से कौन सी बात हड़प्पा समाज और ऋग्वै दक समाज दोन म समान थी?
Which of the following was common to both the Harappan society and the
Rigvedic society?

A.Horse
🔰 Horse was common to both the
Harappan society and the Rigvedic
B.Female deities society.
C.Urban centres
D.Iron implements

Ans :A
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 हड़प्पा सभ्यता (2300-1750 ईसा पूव) क त थ कस आधार पर तय क गई है?
The date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has been fixed on the
basis of?

A. Pottery design 🔰 Recently Indian archeologists using the

technique of radio carbon dating, are inclined
B. Stratification
to believe that the period of Harappan culture
C. Aryan invasion extended from 2500 B.C. to 1500 B.C.
D. Radio Carbon-14 dating

Ans :D
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 मोहनजोदड़ो क सबसे बड़ी इमारत कौन सी थी?
Which was the biggest building in Mohanjodaro?

A. Great Bath
B.Granary
🔰which
Granary: A granary has been found
the largest building of the
C. Huge Hall Mohenjo-Daro.
D. Two Story Building

Ans :B

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 हड़प्पा ल क खुदाई म नम्न ल खत म से क्या नह मला है?
Which among the following has not been found in the excavation of
Harappan sites?

A.Drains and well 🔰 No temples have been excavated

from the sites of Harappan Civilization.
B.Fort
Harappan people used to worship
C.Reservoirs 'Mother and Pashupati Maharaj.
D. Temple with Shikhar
Yoni and Lingam worship culture was
also prevalent in Harappa.
Ans :D

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 सधु सभ्यता/हड़प्पा सभ्यता का समय काल क्या था ?
What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization ?

A. 2400 BC-1700 BC
B. 2500 BC - 1700 BC
🔰Bronze
The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a
Age civilization (3300-1300 BCE;
C. 2400 BC - 1750 BC mature period 2600-1900 BCE) extending
D. 2500 BC 1750 BC from what today is northeast Afghanistan
to Pakistan and northwest India.

Ans : D

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 हड़प्पा सभ्यता क खोज सबसे पहले कस वष ई थी ?
In which year was the Harappan civilization first discovered ?

A. 1905 🔰It liesoldinbank/bed

Punjab Province, Pakistan, on an
of the River Ravi.
B. 1921
C. 1926 Harappa was the first site of the civilization
D. 1932 to be excavated in 1921.

The excavation team was led by Daya Ram

Ans : B Sahni.

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 हड़प्पा कस नद के तट पर त है?
Harappa is situated on the banks of which river ?

A) Indus
•Harappa is situated on the banks of Ravi river.
B) Sutlej
C) Ravi •Harappa is an archaeological site in the Punjab
D)Chenab province of northeastern Pakistan.

•It is situated on the banks of river Ravi, 20

Ans : C kilometers west of Sahiwal city.

• Indus Valley Civilization is also called Harappan

Civilization because of the name of this city.

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 सधु घाट सभ्यता के कस शहर को 'मुद का ट ला' कहा जाता है ?
Which city of the Indus Valley Civilization is called the ‘mound of the dead’ ?

A) Sutka Gendor
Mohenjo Daro is an archaeological site
B) Manda
in Sindh province of Pakistan. Many
C) Harappa remains of the Indus Valley Civilization
D) Mohenjo Daro have been found here.

Ans : D

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 कृ म ट गोद वाला एकमा सधु ल कौन सा था ?
Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard ?

(A) Lothal 🔰Lothal was theCivilization.

port city of Indus Valley
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Harappa It was located at Saragwala, Gujarat. The dockyard
(D) Mohenjo Daro was located away from the main current to avoid
deposition of silt.
Ans : A

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 सधु घाट सभ्यता क ल प थी ?
The script of the Indus Valley Civilization was ?

A. Dravidian 🔰 People living in Harappa or Mohenjo-daro

today are even more likely to be the
B. Persian
inheritors of that civilization.
C. Sanskrit
D. Undecipherable The key to the Indus script linguistically is
Dravidian, then culturally the key to the Indus
script is Vedic.
Ans : D

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 वशाल स्नानघर कस लेवल क जगह पर पाया गया था ?
The giant bathroom was found at which archaeological site ?

A) Roper •The largest bathhouse was found in

B) Harappa Mohenjodaro.
C) Mohenjodaro •It is believed that there will always be hot
D) Kallibanga water at this place.

• Apart from this, it is believed that religious

Ans : C activities would also be performed at this
place.

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 हड़प्पा सभ्यता म बहने वाली न दयाँ अ धकतर कहाँ से नकलती ह ?
Where do the rivers flowing in the Harappan civilization mostly originate ?

A) From the Himalayas 🔰 Important point-

•The rivers flowing in the Indus Valley
B) From the Pamir
Civilization mostly originate from the Himalayas,
Plateau like Ravi, Indus, Ghaggar, Sutlej, Beas etc.
C) From Miyawali salt
mountain range •Indus has five tributaries. Their names are:
D) none of these Vitasta, Chandrabhaga, Iravati, Vipasa and
Shatadru. Among these, Shatadru is the biggest
tributary.

Ans : A
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 सधु घाट सभ्यता क च ात्मक ल प म कस जानवर का सबसे अ धक उपयोग कया गया था ?
Which animal was used the most in the pictographic script of the Indus
Valley Civilization ?

A) Fish
B) lion
🔰 As the Indus Valley Civilization is
believed to be located on the banks of
C) elephant the river, fish must have been found in
D) horses abundance, hence fish must have been
used the most.
Ans : A

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 हड़प्पावा सय के ापा रक संबंध थे ?
The Harappas had commercial relations with ?

A. China 🔰millennium
The trade relationship during the later 3rd
was a direct one: ships from
B. Jawa
Meluhha (the Indus) docked in Mesopotamian
C. Mesopotamia ports.
D. Burma (Now, Myanmar)
On the other hand, there is nothing to suggest
that people from Mesopotamia reached the
Ans : C Indus, so it is clear that the Harappans
conducted the trade between the two
civilizations.

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 भारत म खोजा गया सबसे पहला शहर था ?
The earliest city discovered in India was ?

A. Harappa 🔰 •The Indus Valley Civilization has its

earliest roots in cultures such as that of
B. Punjab
Mehrgarh, approximately 6000 BC.
C. Mohenjo Daro
D. Sindh
Ans : A

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 हड़प्पा म म के बतन पर सामान्यतः कस रंग का योग कया जाता था ?
Which color was generally used on pottery in Harappa ?

A) Red 🔰 Important point-

• In the early Harappan civilization, foot
B) blue-green
-operated wheel was used and the
C) Blue color of the utensils made was mostly
D) green red.
Ans : A

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 मोहनजोदड़ो ल क खुदाई कसने क थी ?
Who excavated the site of Mohenjo-Daro ?

[A] Rakhal Das Banerjee 🔰siteRakhal Das Banerjee excavated the

of Mohenjo-Daro in 1922 on the
[B] D. Sharma
right bank of the Indus river.
[C] Daya Ram Sahani
[D] G. Majumdar

Ans : A

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 सधु सभ्यता म नवीनतम पाया गया ल कौन सा है ?
Which is the latest found site in the Indus Civilization ?

A] Surkotada
[B] Kalibanga 🔰 •M.S. Vats and B.B. Lal excavated
the site of Dholavira in the Kachch area
[C] Dholavira
in Gujarat, India.
[D] Lothal

Ans : C

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 नम्न ल खत म से कस हड़प्पा ल म युगल दफ़नाना पाया गया था ?
Couple burial was found in which of the following Harappan sites ?

A. Mohenjodaro 🔰Lothal
•Couple burial was found from
at the Harappan sites.
B. Harappa
C. Chanhudado •Lothal was one of the southernmost
D. Lothal city of the ancient Indus valley
civilisation located in the Bhal region of
Gujarat.
Ans : D

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 मोहनजो-दारो और म पाए गए मुहर के बीच समानताएं ह ?
There are similarities between the seals found at Mohenjo-Daro and ?

A. Egypt
B. China
🔰 One seal from Mohenjo-daro shows a half-
human, half-buffalo monster attacking a tiger.
C. Sumeria
D. Afghanistan This may be a reference to the Sumerian
myth of a monster created by Aruru—the
Sumerian earth and fertility goddess—to fight
Gilgamesh, the hero of an ancient
Ans : C

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 सधु घाट सभ्यता म कस जानवर के अवशेष नह मले ह ?
Remains of which animal have not been found in the Indus Valley
Civilization ?

A) Lion
B) horse Ans : A
🔰found
•Remains of lion have not been
in Indus Valley Civilization.
C) Cow
D) elephant

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 डॉकयाड सधु घाट सभ्यता के नम्न ल खत म से कस ल पर पाया गया था ?
The dockyard was found in which of the following sites of Indus valley
civilization ?

A) Chanhudaro 🔰 •The Indus Valley Civilization was spread

from present-day North-East Afghanistan to
B) Lothal
Pakistan and North-West India.
C) Kalibangan
D) Banawali •The civilization flourished in the river
basins of the Ghaggar-Hakra river and the
Indus.
•Indus valley civilization is one of the four
Ans : B oldest civilizations in the world.

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 स ु घाट सभ्यता का वशाल स्नानघर कहाँ पाया जाता है ?
The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at ?

A. Harappa 🔰known
•The Great Bath is one of the best-
structures among the ruins of
B. Mohenjo-Daro
the ancient Indus Valley Civilization at
C. Ropar Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan.
D. Kalibangan

Ans : B

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 सधु घाट सभ्यता के लोग का मुखय् वसाय ________ था?
The main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley Civilization was
__________?

A. Agriculture 🔰Indus
The main occupation of the people of the
Valley Civilization was Agriculture.
B. Warfare
Main Crops: Wheat, Barley, Rice, Dates,
C. Hunting
Mustard, and Cotton.
D. Fishing
Harrapan were the earliest people to produce
Cotton.

Ans : A

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 कृ म ट गोद वाला एकमा सधु ल कौन सा था ?
Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard ?

A. Lothal 🔰siteLothal was an important Indus Valley

in present-day Gujarat. It was first
B. Kalibangan
excavated in 1955.
C. Harappa
D. Mohenjo Daro Lothal is the only Indus site with an
artificial brick dockyard.

Ans : A It must have served as the main seaport of

the Indus Valley people.

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 हड़प्पावासी इसका उपयोग नह जानते थे ?
The Harappans did not know the use of ?

A. Copper 🔰Iron was not used in the the Harappan

cities.
B. Bronze
C. Gold Harappan cities are the part of Indus Valley
D. Iron Civilisation, which was held after the
Chalcolithic period of stone age.
Ans : D

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 नम्न ल खत म से कौन सा राज ान राज्य म त हड़प्पा ल का प रपक्व चरण है ?
Which among the following is a mature-phase of Harappan site situated in
the state of Rajasthan ?

A. Manda 🔰valley
Kalibangan, an ancient site of the Indus
civilization is in northern Rajasthan
B. Chanhudaro state, northwestern India.
C. Nageshwar
D. Kalibangan The site contains both pre-Harappan and
Harappan remains, and therein can be seen
the transition between the two cultures.
Ans : D

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 हड़प्पा कस नद के तट पर त था ?
On which river’s banks was Harappa situated ?

A. Luni 🔰Harappa was situatedRavi.on the banks of the river

B. Bhogava
C. Indus The Indus Valley civilization was discovered first
D. Ravi in 1921 at the modern site of Harappa situated in
the province of West Punjab in Pakistan.

The city lies on the banks of the river Ravi, a left-

Ans : D bank tributary of river Indus.

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 नम्न ल खत सधु घाट सभ्यता ल म से कौन सा एक स्टे डयम का माण दे ता है ?
Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a
stadium ?

a) Dholavira
b) Mohenjodaro 🔰 The correct answer is Dholavira.
c) Kalibangan The evidence of a large open area with
d) Harappa terraced stands, identified as 'stadium
was found at Dholavira.
Ans :a

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 नम्न ल खत म से कस पुरातत्व वद् ने सधु घाट सभ्यता के हड़प्पा ल क खोज क ?
Which one of the following archaeologists discovered the Harappa site of
the Indus Valley civilisation ?

[A] Rakhal Das Banerjee 🔰in 1920-21

The first Harappan sites were discovered
by archaeologists Dr. D. R. Sahni
[B] D. Sharma
and Dr. R. D. Banerjee (Harappa in Punjab
[C] Daya Ram Sahani and Mohenjo-Daro in Sind- both in Pakistan
[D] G. Majumdar now), fresh sites are still being unearthed,
adding insights into the rich culture of the
Harappan civilization.

Ans : C

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 मोहनजोदड़ो क मुहर नम्न ल खत म से कसके समान थ ?
The seals of Mohenjo daro were similar to that of which of the following ?

A. Afganistan
B. Sumeria 🔰 One seal from Mohenjo-daro
shows a half-human, half-buffalo
C. Egypt
D. Mesopotamia monster attacking a tiger.

Ans : B

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 लोथल का गोद खाना नद से अ तरह जुड़ा आ था ?
The dockyard at Lothal was well connected with the river ?

a) Tapti 🔰Sabarmati
Lothal is located between the
river and its tributary
b) Narmada
Bhogavo, in the Saurasthra region of
c) Bhogavo Gujarat.
d) Ghaggar
Its dockyard was well connected with
the river Bhogavo.

Ans : c

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स ु घाट सभ्यता क च ा र ल प म अं ेजी भाषा के कस अ र का सवा धक योग होता था ?
Which letter of the English language was used the most in the Chitrakshar
script of the Indus Valley Civilization ?

A) N
B) C
C) U
Ans : C
D) V

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 सधु घाट सभ्यता के कस ल म जल नकासी व ा अनुप त थी?
In which Indus Valley Civilization sites, was drainage system absent ?

a) Rakhigarhi 🔰from
Banawali is an archeological site
the Indus Valley Civilization
b) Lothal
period in Fatehabad region, Haryana ,
c) Dholavira
d) Banawali Banawali, which was earlier called
Vanavali, is on the left bank of the
Saraswati River.
Ans : D

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 सधु घाट सभ्यता के नम्न ल खत म से कस ल पर एक ाचीन गोद खाना था ?
Which one of the following sites of the Indus Valley Civilization had an
ancient dockyard ?

a) Rangpur
b) Harappa 🔰Lothal,
The Dockyard was found at
one of the sites of the
c) Lothal
d) Kalibangan Indus Valley civilisation in Gujarat.

Ans : c

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 नम्न ल खत म से कौन सा हड़प्पाकालीन शहर नह था ?
Which of the followings was NOT a Harappan city ?

A. Lothal 🔰Bolan
Mehrgarh is a neolithic site located near the
pass on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan,
B. Dholavira
Pakistan, to the west of the Indus River Valley.
C. Mehrgarh
D. Sokhta koh It is the earliest known neolithic site in the
Northwest Indian sub-continent, with early
evidence of farming (wheat and barley),
herding (cattle, sheep, and goats), and
Ans : C metallurgy.

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 नम्न ल खत म से कौन सा हड़प्पा का सबसे वस्तृत शहर था ?
Which among the following was the most extensive Harappan city ?

a) Rakhigarhi 🔰townRakhigarhi was a large Harappan

known in 1963, when the area
b) Lothal
was first surveyed.
c) Ropar
d) Banavali Archaeologists found it the biggest
Harappan city, larger and more
extensive.
Ans : a

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 स्वतं ता के बाद भारत म पाए गए सबसे बड़े ल कहाँ पाए गए ह ?
The largest of sites found in the post-independence India is found at ?

a) Haryana
b) Punjab
🔰 •The state which has accounted for
highest number of Harappan sites after
c) Gujarat independence is Gujarat.
d) Rajasthan
•Gujarat has been one of the main centre
Ans : c of the Indus Valley Civilization.,

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 हड़प्पा का न ा सबसे पहले कस ने बनाया था ?
Which person drew the map of Harappa for the first time ?

A) James Renal 🔰 Important point-

During this time, the work of building railway
B) Alexander
lines for trade was going on in India, hence when
Cunningham the railway lines were being established from
C) Charles Darwin Lahore to Karachi, this area was excavated and
D)Alexander Lewis some information about the Harappan
civilization was obtained.

Ans : B

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