NCERT MCQs • The Indus Valley Civilisation 23
9. Consider the following pairs. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are
(Chap 6, Class-XI, Old NCERT) correct?
Harappan Sites Present day location (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
1. Rojdi Gujarat
j Ans. (c)
2. Banawali Haryana
Exp. Both the statements (1) and (2) are correct with
3. Rangpur Rajasthan reference to the Indus Valley Civilisation.
4. Alamgirpur Uttar Pradesh As Harappan culture developed and matured into an
urban civilisation, which emerged in Sind and Punjab.
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly The Central zone of mature Harappan culture was in
matched? Sindh and Punjab. From here, it spreads southwards
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 4 and eastwards. It extended from Jammu in the North to
j Ans. (d) the Narmada estuary in the South.
Exp. Pairs (1), (2) and (4) are matched correctly. In this way Harappan culture covered parts of Punjab,
Rojdi is a later phase Harappan site in Kathiawar Haryana, Sindh, Baluchistan, Gujarat, Rajasthan and
Peninsula in Gujarat. the fringes of Western Uttar Pradesh.
Banawali is a Harappan site in Fatehabad district of Town Planning and Structure
Haryana. It saw two cultural phases- pre-Harappan and
Harappan similar to Kalibangan in Rajasthan. 12. Indus Valley Civilisation, which was placed on
Alamgirpur is a Harappan site in Meerut district of Uttar the banks of, which of the following rivers?
Pradesh. It is considered as the Easternmost site of the (Chap 6, Class-XI, Old NCERT) (UPPSC Pre 2009)
Civilisation. 1. Sindhu 2. Chenab
Pair (3) is matched incorrectly as Rangpur is an Indus
3. Jhelum 4. Ganga
Valley city in Gujarat. Here, a later Harappan culture
was found. Codes
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1, 2 and 3
10. The Late Harappan phase is found in (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) All of these
(Chap 6, Class-XI, Old NCERT)
j Ans. (b)
1. Rangpur 2. Surkotada
Exp. Indus Valley Civilisation was placed on the bank
3. Rojdi 4. Rakhigarhi of Indus ( Sindhu ), Chenab and Jhelum river.
Codes The prominent site of this Civilisation such as
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 3 and 4 Chanhudaro and Mohenjodaro was situated on the
j Ans. (d) bank of Indus river whereas Harappa was situated on
the bank of Ravi river.
Exp. The Late Harappan phase is found in Rangpur,
Rojdi and Rakhigarhi. On the basis of urbanisation and The Indus Valley sites in Jammu and Kashmir and
development of culture the Harappa Civilisation has Punjab were also situated on the bank of Jhelum and
been divided into three phases Pre-Harappa, Mature, Chenab rivers.
Harappa and Late Harappa. Rangpur, Rojdi and Besides these other sites such as Kalibangan and
Rakhigarhi are late Harappan sites. Lothal was situated on the bank of Ghaggar- Hakra
Surkotada is a site of mature phase of Harappan culture. (Saraswati) and Bhogva river respectively.
It was a Harappan coastal city in Gujarat. Ganga river became the cradle of civilisation only after
1000 BC when Mahajanapadas and Magadha Empire
11. With reference to the Indus Valley Civilisation, was established.
consider the following statements.
(Chap 6, Class-XI, Old NCERT) 13. Which among the following statements is not
true with respect to town planning of Harappan
1. The Harappan culture extended from Jammu in
the North to Narmada in South, and from Makaran
culture? (Chap 3, Class-VI, New NCERT)
coast of Baluchistan in the West to Meerut in the (a) The Harappan cities were divided into two or more
North-East. parts.
2. The spread of Harappan Civilisation was Eastwards (b) The part to the East of city was smaller and
and Southwards from the Sind and Punjab. represented citadel.
