Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1 : The excavations of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were carried

out by the then Director General of Archaeological Survey of India, whose
name was
1. John Hubert Marshall
2. John Galt
3. Herbert Simon
4. Sean Gilbert Marshall

Question 2 : The Indian who was involved in the excavations of Harappa

and Mohenjo-daro was
1. SD Rathore
2. KK Menon
3. RD Banerjee
4. RD Sharma

Question 3 : Kalibangan is located at

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Punjab

Question 4 : Harappa was located on the banks of the river

1. Ganga
2. Sutlej
3. Ravi
4. Kosi

Question 5 : The Indus Valley Civilization was initially called

1. Harappa Civilization
2. Mohenjo-daro Civilization
3. Punjab-Sindh Civilization
4. Lathal Civilization

Question 6 : Which is the biggest Harappan Civilization site

1. Ropar
2. Lothal
3. Kalibangan
4. Rakhigarhi
Question 7 : In Sindhi language, the world ‘Mohenjo-daro’ means
1. The land of the living
2. Mount of the Dead
3. God’s own Land
4. The people of Sindh

Question 8 : ‘The Great Bath’ & ‘The Great Granary’ belong to which site
1. Kalibangan
2. Bhirrana
3. Mohenjo-daro
4. Lothal

Question 9 : Which of the following is known as the ‘Lancashire of India’

1. Lothal
2. Ropar
3. Chanhudaro
4. Kalibangan

Question 10 : Which of the following is the only Indus city without a citadle
1. Chanhudaro
2. Kalibangan
3. Ropar
4. Surkotada

Question 11 : The literal meaning of ‘Kalibangan’ is

1. Black Bangle
2. Black Garden
3. Black Fort
4. None of the above

Question 12 : First site to be excavated after independence was

1. Ropar
2. Mohenjo-daro
3. Bhirrana
4. Banawali
Question 13 : Which of the following is the ‘Manchester of Harappan
Civilization’ for its cotton trade
1. Lothal
2. Ropar
3. Banawali
4. Dholavira

Question 14 : Which of the following is called the ‘Provincial capital’ of

Harappan Civilization
1. Ropar
2. Rakhigari
3. Mohenjo-daro
4. Bhirrana

Question 15 : Which site provides the first actual remains of horse bones
1. Surkotada
2. Ropar
3. Kalibangan
4. Bhirrana

Question 16 : Which is the only city with oval shaped settlements

1. Banawali
2. Bhirrana
3. Sutkagen-Dor
4. Lothal

Question 17 : Which is the latest Indus city discovered

1. Rakhigarhi
2. Dholavira
3. Banawali
4. Bhirrana

Question 18 : Which of the following were found in Mohenjo-daro

1. Bronze image of a dancing girl
2. Steatite image of a bearded man
3. Seal representing Mother Goddess with a plant growing from her womb and
woman to be sacrificed by a man with a knife
4. All of the above

Question 19 : Which of the following were found in Harappa

1. Dancing Nataraj
2. Stone ‘lingam’ and ‘yoni’ figurines
3. A red sandstone naked male Torso showing traces of Jainism
4. All of the above

Question 20 : Black bangles were found in which site

1. Kalibangan
2. Kot Diji
3. Amri
4. None of the above

Question 21 : In which of the following sites was found the evidence of

burying a dog with a human burial
1. Ropar
2. Lothal
3. Alamgirpur
4. Banawali

Question 22 : In which of the following sites was found a jar depicting scene
from the story ‘cunning fox’ from Panchatantra
1. Alamgirpur
2. Lothal
3. Rakhigarhi
4. Banwali

Question 23 : Where is Rakhigarhi located

1. Gujarat
2. Haryana
3. Rajasthan
4. Afghanistan
Question 24 : In which of the following sites were found specialized drills
for bead making
1. Chanhudaro
2. Amri
3. Kalibangan
4. Kot Diji

Question 25 : In which of the following sites was found the seated male
sculpture of the ‘Priest King’
1. Amri
2. Kalibangan
3. Kot diji
4. Mohenjo-daro

Question 26 : Which of the following thinkers suggested that External

aggression (Aryan Invasion) was the reason behind the decline of Indus
Valley Civilization
1. KUR Kennedy
2. Walter Fairservis
3. GF Hales
4. Stuart Piggott and Gordon-Childe

Question 27 : Who suggested that the destruction of the Indus Valley

Civilization was due to change in the course of river Ghaggar
1. GF Hales
2. KUR Kennedy
3. MR Sahni
4. Walter Fairservis

Question 28 : “The most unique feature of this site is its dockyard, the world’s
first tidal port, which served as a main sea-port for the Indus People”
The above statement holds true for which site?
1. Ropar
2. Lothal
3. Rakhigarhi
4. Banwali
Question 29 : Lothal is located at
1. Ahmedabad
2. Rajasthan
3. Chandigarh
4. Sindh

Question 30 : Banawali is located at

1. Ahmedabad
2. Rajasthan
3. Chandigarh
4. Haryana

Question 31 : Where is Ropar located

1. Chandigarh
2. Rajasthan
3. Haryana
4. Ahmedabad

Question 32 : In which of the following sites was the evidence of antelope

found
1. Amri
2. Mohenjo-daro
3. Kot Diji
4. Harappa
VERY SHORT ANSWERS QUESTION

1. List the raw materials required for craft production in the Harappan
civilisation and discuss how these might have been obtained.

2. “Our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilization is poorer than that of
the other Civilizations”. Explain it by your arguments?

3. What were the confusions in the mind of Cunningham while studying

Harappan civilization?

4. What were the differences in the techniques adopted by Marshall and

Wheeler in studying Harappan civilization

5. “Burials are a better source to trace social differences prevalent in the

Harappan civilization”. Discuss.
Short answers

Question 1.
Who was John Marshall? How did he mark a change in the Indian archaeology? (Delhi
2016)

Question 2.
Who was R.E.M Wheeler? Mention any one of his contributions in the field of
archaeology? (Delhi 2016)

Question 3.
Who was Cunningham? Mention any one account used by him to locate the early
settlements of Harappan’ civilisation. (Delhi 2013)

Question 4.
How were Harappan seals and sealings used to facilitate long distance communication?
What did the sealings convey? (HOTS; All India 2013)

Question 5.
Mention the two sections of the Harappan settlements and give one main feature of
each. Or Give two features of the Harappan settlements? (Delhi 2011)

Question 6.
Give any two features of Harappan writing. (Delhi 2008)

Question 7.
Describe the distinctive features of domestic architecture of Mohenjodaro. (All India
2017)

Question 8.
Mention any two changes that were observed after 1900 BCE in Harappan Civilisation.
What could have brought these changes? Explain. (Delhi 2016)

Question 9.
Why do archaeologists and historians find the Harappan script enigmatic? Explain
reasons. (HOTS; Delhi 2016)

Question 10.
Who was John Marshall? How did he mark a change in the Indian archaeology? (Delhi
2016)

Question 11.
Who was R.E.M Wheeler? Mention any one of his contributions in the field of
archaeology? (Delhi 2016)
Question 12.
Who was Cunningham? Mention any one account used by him to locate the early
settlements of Harappan’ civilisation. (Delhi 2013)

Question 13.
How were Harappan seals and sealings used to facilitate long distance
communication? What did the sealings convey?

Question 14.
Mention the two sections of the Harappan settlements and give one main feature of
each.or Give two features of the Harappan settlements? (Delhi 2011)

Question 15.
Give any two features of Harappan writing. (Delhi 2008)
 Long answer

Question 1
How did architectural features of Mohenjodaro indicate planning? Support the statement
with examples. Delhi 2014

Question 2.
“The archaeological records provide no immediate answer to the central authority in
Harappan society”. Analyse different views given in the same. (HOTS; Delhi 2013)

Question 3
What are the aspects of Harappan economy that have been reconstructed from
archaeological evidence? (All India 2013)

Question 4.
What are the evidences found by the archaeologists which show that the Harappans
had contacts with distant lands? Does it show that the contact proved to have good
trade relations with each other. (All India 2011)
or
To what extent had the Harappans established trade relations with the world? (Delhi
2013

Question 5.
What factors in your opinion are responsible for the collapse of a mature Harappan
Civilisation by 1800 BCE? (HOTS; All India 2009)

Question 6.
Describe the contribution of John Marshall, Director General of the ASI to Indian
archaeology, (All India 2009)

Question 7.
Explain briefly the distinctive features of Harappan drainage system. (Delhi 2008)
or
Describe briefly the drainage system of Harappan cities. (Delhi 2012)
or
Mention two features of the drainage system of the Harappan cities. (All India 2015)
or
“The drainage system in Harappan Civilisation indicates town planning”. Support the
statement with suitable examples.