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d) Lothal
Answer: c) Dholavira
1. Which of the following Indus Valley 7. The script of the Indus Valley
Civilization sites had a dockyard? (SSC Civilization is: (SSC GD 2016)
CGL 2016) a) Fully deciphered
a) Harappa b) Partially deciphered
b) Mohenjo-Daro c) Undeciphered
c) Lothal d) Oral
d) Kalibangan Answer: c) Undeciphered
Answer: c) Lothal 8. Which of the following was a major
2. The Great Bath was found in which port city of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Indus Valley site? (SSC CHSL 2016) (SSC CHSL 2016)
a) Harappa a) Harappa
b) Mohenjo-Daro b) Mohenjo-Daro
c) Lothal c) Lothal
d) Dholavira d) Dholavira
Answer: b) Mohenjo-Daro Answer: c) Lothal
3. Which material was used 9. Which site is famous for the discovery
predominantly for the construction of of the "Great Bath"? (SSC CGL 2016)
houses in the Indus Valley Civilization? a) Harappa
(SSC GD 2016) b) Mohenjo-Daro
a) Stone c) Lothal
b) Brick d) Dholavira
c) Wood Answer: b) Mohenjo-Daro
d) Iron 10. Which of the following metals was
Answer: b) Brick unknown to the people of the Indus
4. The Indus Valley Civilization is noted Valley Civilization? (SSC GD 2016)
for which of the following features? (SSC a) Copper
CGL 2016) b) Bronze
a) Monumental architecture c) Iron
b) Advanced urban drainage systems d) Gold
c) Large-scale iron production Answer: c) Iron
d) Pyramids 11. Which of the following was a key
Answer: b) Advanced urban drainage feature of Indus Valley urban planning?
systems (SSC CHSL 2016)
5. Which animal is not depicted on the a) Circular streets
seals of the Indus Valley Civilization? b) Monumental palaces
(SSC CHSL 2016) c) Grid layout
a) Bull d) Narrow alleys
b) Elephant Answer: c) Grid layout
c) Horse 12. The Indus Valley Civilization was
d) Tiger primarily located in the present-day:
Answer: c) Horse (SSC CGL 2016)
6. Which Indus Valley site is known for a) India and Nepal
its water management systems? (SSC b) India and Pakistan
CGL 2016) c) India and Afghanistan
a) Harappa d) India and Bangladesh
b) Mohenjo-Daro Answer: b) India and Pakistan
c) Dholavira
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13. Which of the following materials was 19. The Indus Valley Civilization was
commonly used to make seals in the contemporaneous with which of the
Indus Valley Civilization? (SSC CPO following civilizations? (SSC CHSL 2016)
2016) a) Mesopotamian Civilization
a) Clay b) Roman Civilization
b) Stone c) Greek Civilization
c) Metal d) Byzantine Civilization
d) Wood Answer: a) Mesopotamian Civilization
Answer: b) Stone 20. Which of the following sites was
14. Which Indus Valley site is known for known for cotton cultivation in the Indus
its large granaries? Valley Civilization? (SSC CPO 2016)
a) Harappa a) Harappa
b) Mohenjo-Daro b) Mohenjo-Daro
c) Kalibangan c) Lothal
d) Lothal d) Kalibangan
Answer: a) Harappa Answer: b) Mohenjo-Daro
15. The Indus Valley Civilization is also 21. Which of the following was not a
known as the: (SSC CHSL 2016) feature of Indus Valley Civilization? (SSC
a) Vedic Civilization CHSL 2016)
b) Aryan Civilization a) Urban drainage systems
c) Harappan Civilization b) Grid pattern of streets
d) Mauryan Civilization c) Large palaces and temples
Answer: c) Harappan Civilization d) Use of baked bricks
16. Which of the following items was a Answer: c) Large palaces and temples
key trade commodity in the Indus Valley 22. Which of the following crops was
Civilization? (SSC CGL 2016) grown by the people of the Indus Valley
a) Silk Civilization? (SSC CGL 2016)
b) Cotton a) Rice
c) Wool b) Wheat
d) Pottery c) Maize
Answer: b) Cotton d) Potato
17. The famous bronze statue of a Answer: b) Wheat
dancing girl was found at which Indus 23. The script of the Indus Valley
Valley site? (SSC GD 2016) Civilization was: (SSC GD 2016)
a) Harappa a) Alphabetic
b) Mohenjo-Daro b) Pictographic
c) Lothal c) Cuneiform
d) Kalibangan d) Hieroglyphic
Answer: b) Mohenjo-Daro Answer: b) Pictographic
18. Which of the following features was 24. The Indus Valley people worshipped
not part of the Indus Valley Civilization? which god associated with a bull? (SSC
(SSC CGL 2016) CGL 2016)
a) Urban drainage systems a) Indra
b) Large temples b) Shiva
c) Grid street planning c) Brahma
d) Use of seals d) Vishnu
Answer: b) Large temples Answer: b) Shiva
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25. Which of the following tools were the 31. The Harappan seals were primarily
Indus Valley people unaware of? (SSC used for which purpose? (SSC CGL 2016)
CHSL 2016) a) Religious purposes
a) Copper tools b) Trade and administrative use
b) Bronze tools c) Decoration
c) Iron tools d) Identification of persons
d) Stone tools Answer: b) Trade and administrative use
Answer: c) Iron tools 32. The people of the Indus Valley
26. Which Indus Valley site is known for Civilization used which material for
its evidence of ploughed fields? (SSC CPO constructing their houses? (SSC CHSL
2016) 2016)
a) Harappa a) Stone
b) Kalibangan b) Wood
c) Mohenjo-Daro c) Mud bricks
d) Lothal d) Baked bricks
Answer: b) Kalibangan Answer: d) Baked bricks
27. The Indus Valley Civilization is 33. Which of the following gods was
believed to have declined due to: (SSC worshipped by the people of the Indus
CGL 2016) Valley Civilization? (SSC GD 2016)
a) Aryan invasion a) Vishnu
b) Climate change and flooding b) Brahma
c) Famine c) Pashupati (Proto-Shiva)
d) Internal conflicts d) Indra
Answer: b) Climate change and flooding Answer: c) Pashupati (Proto-Shiva)
28. Which of the following metals was 34. Which of the following was an
most extensively used in the Indus Valley important feature of the Indus Valley
Civilization? (SSC GD 2016) Civilization? (SSC CGL 2016)
a) Iron a) Large temples
b) Bronze b) Systematic town planning
c) Gold c) Pyramids
d) Silver d) Centralized monarchy
Answer: b) Bronze Answer: b) Systematic town planning
29. Which animal was most frequently 35. The dancing girl statue is made of
represented on the seals of the Indus which metal? (SSC CHSL 2016)
Valley Civilization? (SSC CGL 2016) a) Iron
a) Elephant b) Bronze
b) Bull c) Copper
c) Horse d) Silver
d) Camel Answer: b) Bronze
Answer: b) Bull 36. Which of the following is the correct
30. Which site is associated with evidence pair regarding Indus Valley sites and
of the dockyard in the Indus Valley their special features? (SSC CGL 2016)
Civilization? (SSC CPO 2016) a) Lothal - Great Bath
a) Kalibangan b) Mohenjo-Daro - Dockyard
b) Mohenjo-Daro c) Harappa - Granaries
c) Lothal d) Kalibangan - Bead making
d) Harappa Answer: c) Harappa - Granaries
Answer: c) Lothal 37. Which of the following is NOT an
Indus Valley site? (SSC GD 2016)
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a) Mohenjo-Daro c) 1935
b) Harappa d) 1942
c) Pataliputra Answer: b) 1921
d) Lothal 43. Which one of the following Harappan
Answer: c) Pataliputra sites is located in Gujarat? (SSC CHSL
38. Which Indus Valley Civilization site 2016)
has evidence of fire altars? (SSC CGL a) Harappa
2016) b) Kalibangan
a) Harappa c) Lothal
b) Mohenjo-Daro d) Rakhigarhi
c) Kalibangan Answer: c) Lothal
d) Lothal 45. Which of the following is considered a
Answer: c) Kalibangan major reason for the decline of the Indus
39. Which of the following statements Valley Civilization? (SSC GD 2016)
about the Indus Valley Civilization is a) Invasion by Aryans
incorrect? (SSC CHSL 2016) b) Spread of diseases
a) It had a well-planned urban layout c) Over-reliance on iron tools
b) It had an elaborate system of writing d) Weak rulers
c) It had extensive trade with Mesopotamia Answer: a) Invasion by Aryans
d) It made extensive use of iron tools 46. The city of Harappa is located on the
Answer: d) It made extensive use of iron bank of which river? (SSC CGL 2016)
tools a) Ganga
40. The Indus Valley Civilization is also b) Yamuna
known for its expertise in: (SSC CPO c) Ravi
2016) d) Narmada
a) Metallurgy Answer: c) Ravi
b) Cotton weaving 47. Which of the following was not a
c) Pottery characteristic of the Indus Valley
d) All of the above Civilization? (SSC CHSL 2016)
Answer: d) All of the above a) Urban planning
41. Which of the following statements b) Religious texts
about the Indus Valley Civilization is c) Use of seals
true? (SSC CGL 2016) d) Trading activities
a) It had large temples dedicated to gods Answer: b) Religious texts
b) It had a system of writing that has been 48. Which of the following is the main
fully deciphered source of our knowledge about the Indus
c) The people did not know the use of Valley Civilization? (SSC CGL 2016)
copper a) Religious texts
d) The people of the civilization were b) Seals and archaeological findings
well-acquainted with urban drainage c) Vedic texts
systems d) Writings by foreigners
Answer: d) The people of the civilization Answer: b) Seals and archaeological
were well-acquainted with urban drainage findings
systems 49. What was the main occupation of the
42. The discovery of the Indus Valley people of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Civilization was first made in which (SSC GD 2016)
year? (SSC GD 2016) a) Hunting
a) 1901 b) Agriculture
b) 1921 c) Pottery
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d) Metalwork
Answer: b) Agriculture
50. Which of the following Harappan
sites is located in present-day Haryana?
(SSC CPO 2016)
a) Rakhigarhi
b) Dholavira
c) Lothal
d) Kalibangan
Answer: a) Rakhigarhi