Harappan civilisation practice test 2

Indian History free test series Harappan civilisation practice test 2 practice test 2

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1. 51. Which one of the following sites does not have evidence of pit-dwellings?
   
   
   
   
   1.   (a) Burzahom
   2.   (b) Sarai Khola
   3.   (c) Jalilpur
   4.   (d) Gufkral
2. 52. Ash-mounds, which mystified archaeologists for so long, have been discovered·at
   (i) Mahagara
   (ii) Pallavoy
   (iii) Kupgal
   (iv) Chirand
   (v) Utnur
   (vi) Kodekal
   Choose the answer from the codes given below:
   
   
   
   1.   (a) i, ii, iii and iv
   2.   (b) ii, iii, iv and v
   3.   (c) iii, iv, v and vi
   4.   (d) ii, iii, v and vi
3. 53. Which are the two Neolithic sites, having evidence of rice cultivation, which may possibly be the oldest evidence of rice in any part of the world, if their early dating is clearly established?
   (i) Amri
   (ii) Koldihwa
   (iii) Mahagara
   (iv) Gumla
   Select the answer from the codes given below:
   
   
   
   
   1.   (a) i and ii
   2.   (b) ii and iii
   3.   (c) iii and iv
   4.   (d) ii and iv
4. 54. Which one of the following Indus cities is not located in the state of Gujarat?
   
   
   
   
   1.   (a) Sutkagendor
   2.   (b) Surkotada
   3.   (c) Dholavira
   4.   (d) Lothal
5. 55. The corpus of Harappan inscriptions is now put in the region of
   
   
   
   1.   (a) 2000
   2.   (b) 2500
   3.   (c) 3000
   4.   (d) 3500
6. 56. The practice of placing domestic dogs in graves along with their masters, which was foreign to the Indian tradition, has been found to be in use at
   
   
   
   
   1.   (a) Mehrgarh
   2.   (b) Burzahom
   3.   (c) Lothal
   4.   (d) Kalibangan
7. 57. What is the ascending order of the following Harappan cities in terms of their population?
   (i) Harappa
   (ii) Mohenjodaro
   (iii) Lothal
   (iv) Kalibangan
   Choose the answer from the codes given below
   
   
   
   
   1.   (a) i, iii, iv and ii
   2.   (b) ii, iv, iii and i
   3.   (c) iii, iv, i and ii
   4.   (d) iv, iii, ii and i
8. 58. Which one of the following is not located outside the citadel of Harappa?
   (a) Granaries
   (b) Working Floors
   (c) Barracks
   (d) ‘H’ cemetery
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9. 59. Which of the following Indus sites have shown sufficient evidence of direct trade contacts with Mesopotamia?
   (i) Lothal
   (ii) Sutkagendor
   (iii) Banawali
   (iv) Mohenjodaro
   (v) Harappa
   (vi) Chanhudaro
   Select the answer from the codes given below
   
   
   
   
   
   1.   (a) All of them
   2.   (b) i, ii, iii and v
   3.   (c) i, iv and v
   4.   (d) ii, iv and v
10. 60. Which of the following animals are generally accorded the honour of a standard or manger in seals?
    (i) Humped cattle
    (ii) Humpless cattle
    (iii) Tiger
    (iv) Elephant
    (v) Rhinoceros
    (vi) Buffalo
    Select the answer from the codes given below:
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) i, ii, iii and iv
    2.   (b) ii, iii, iv and vi
    3.   (c) ii, iii, iv, v and vi
    4.   (d) All of them
11. 61. Which one of the following types of Harappan pottery is said to be the earliest example of its kind in the world?
    
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Polychrome
    2.   (b) Glazed
    3.   (c) Knobbed
    4.   (d) Perforated
12. 62. Bone tools, which are not indigenous to India, are found in large numbers at
    (i) Chirand
    (ii) Gufkral
    (iii) Mehrgarh
    (iv) Burzahom
    Select the answer from the codes below:
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) i, ii and iv
    2.   (b) ii, iii and iv
    3.   (c) i and iii
    4.   (d) ii and iv
13. 63. The most beautiful brick-work of the Harappans is found in the
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) fire altars
    2.   (b) dockyard
    3.   (c) temple-like structure
    4.   (d) great bath
14. 64. Which of the following animals are not represented either in the seals or in the terracottas?
    (i) Cow
    (ii) Horse
    (iii) Lion
    (iv) Tiger
    Choose the answer from the codes given below:
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) All of them
    2.   (b) i, ii and iii
    3.   (c) ii, iii and iv
    4.   (d) i, ii and iv
15. 65. Which one of the following Indus sites has revealed evidence of a violent death met by some people?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Lothal
    2.   (b) Harappa
    3.   (c) Mohenjodaro
    4.   (d) Kalibangan
16. 66. Turquoise, an important semiprecious stone, was acquired by the Harappans from
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Badakshan
    2.   (b) Central Asia
    3.   (c) Arabia
    4.   (d) Persia
17. 67. Which one of the following Vedic texts, apart from the Rig Veda Samhita, cites Indra as the destroyer of the Indus civilisation?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Atharva Veda Samhita
    2.   (b) Taittiriya Brahmana
    3.   (c) Aitareya Brahmana
    4.   (d) Satapatha Brahmana
18. 68. What has been the latest source for determining the period of the Indus civilisation?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Discovery of Harappan goods in Mesopotamia
    2.   (b) Discovery of Mesopotamian goods in Indus cities
    3.   (c) Identification of Meluha of the Sumerian texts with the Indus region
    4.   (d) Radiocarbon dating
19. 69. The burnt bricks of the Indus people are particularly significant for their
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) technical excellence
    2.   (b) aesthetic sense
    3.   (c) utilitarian value
    4.   (d) standardisation
20. 70. Which one of the Harappan cities is marked by the conspicuous absence of the terracotta figurines of the Mother Goddess?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Kalibangan
    2.   (b) Mohenjodaro
    3.   (c) Harappa
    4.   (d) Surkotada
21. 71. The Indus wheels are essentially solid wheels. However, an exception to this general rule is found in one of the terracotta toy vehicles, having spoked wheels, discovered at one of the Indus sites. Pick it out from the following:
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Harappa
    2.   (b) Kalibangan
    3.   (c) Dholavira
    4.   (d) Mohenjodaro
22. 72. Which of the following Harappan sites have revealed structures supposed to be fire altars, but whose identity is not clearly established?
    (i) Kalibangan
    (ii) Lothal
    (iii) Amri
    (iv) Chanhudaro
    (v) Surkotada
    (vi) Alamgirpur
    Choose the answer from the codes given below:
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) i, ii and iii
    2.   (b) ii, iii and iv
    3.   (c) iii, iv and v
    4.   (d) ii, iv and vi
23. 73. Which present day tribe of Pakistan has been identified by scholars to be the descendants of the Harappan people?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Valmikis
    2.   (b) Brahuis
    3.   (c) Pakthas
    4.   (d) Pathans
24. 74. At which one of the following late Harappan sites have archaeologists discovered four excellent bronze images?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Lothal
    2.   (b) Dholavira
    3.   (c) Bhagatrav
    4.   (d) Daimabad
25. 75. Majority of the Indus beads meant for export to Mesopotamia were made of
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Steatite
    2.   (b) Terracotta
    3.   (c) Carnelian
    4.   (d) Jade
26. 76. What is Epigraphy?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Study of coins
    2.   (b) Study of old writing used in inscriptions
    3.   (c) Study of inscriptions
    4.   (d) Study of material remains of the past
27. 77. Pick out the oldest age from the following:
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Bronze Age
    2.   (b) Neolithic Age
    3.   (c) Mesolithic Age
    4.   (d) Palaeolithic Age
28. 78. Which of the following cultures cannot be considered a proto-Harappan culture?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Amri culture
    2.   (b) Zhob culture
    3.   (c) Sothi culture
    4.   (d) Kot Dijian culture
29. 79. Indus civilisation belongs to which of the following periods?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Historical period
    2.   (b) Prehistorical period
    3.   (c) Post-Historical period
    4.   (d) Proto-Historical period
30. 80. According to the latest excavations, Manda is the—site of the Indus civilisation?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Northernmost
    2.   (b) Southernmost
    3.   (c) Easternmost
    4.   (d) Westernmost
31. 81. Which is the biggest building at Mohenjodaro?
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Great Bath
    2.   (b) Great Granary
    3.   (c) Assembly Hall
    4.   (d) Rectangular Building
32. 82. Which of the following is used in the floor of the Great Bath, besides burnt bricks and mortar?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Stone
    2.   (b) Terracotta
    3.   (c) Steatite
    4.   (d) Gypsum
33. 83. How many granaries are there in Harappa?
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Two
    2.   (b) Four
    3.   (c) Six
    4.   (d) Eight
34. 84. At which of the following Indus cities was a small pot supposed to have been an ink-well discovered?
    
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Mohenjodaro
    2.   (b) Chanhudaro
    3.   (c) Harappa
    4.   (d) Lothal
35. 85. Which of the following animals is not to be found in the seals representing Pasupati Mahadeva?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Elephant
    2.   (b) Tiger
    3.   (c) Lion
    4.   (d) Buffalo
36. 86. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacture of seals?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Limestone
    2.   (b) Terracotta
    3.   (c) Silver
    4.   (d) Steatite
37. 87. At which of the following Indus sites did the historians discover human skeletons huddled together, indicating their violent death?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Sutkagendor
    2.   (b) Surkotada
    3.   (c) Mohenjociaro
    4.   (d) Harappa
38. 88. Who among the following named the Indus civilisation as the ‘Harappan civilisation’ after the name of the Indus site of Harappa?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Sir ME M Wheeler
    2.   (b) Dr S R Rao
    3.   (c) Sir John Marshall
    4.   (d) Dr Sankhalia
39. 89. Which of the following domesticated animals was conspicuous by its absence in the terra-cottas of the Indus civilisation?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Sheep
    2.   (b) Cow
    3.   (c) Buffalo
    4.   (d) Pig
40. 90. Concrete evidence of the use of cotton clothes by the Harappans comes which of the following Indus sites?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Kalibangan
    2.   (b) Rangpur
    3.   (c) Sutkagendor
    4.   (d) Mohenjodaro
41. 91. The houses of all the Indus cities, except one, had side entrances. Pick out the particular city in which houses had entrances on the main street?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Chanhudaro
    2.   (b) Mohenjodaro
    3.   (c) Lothal
    4.   (d) Kalibangan
42. 92. Archaeological excavations reveal that the Indus people used different types of weapons. But which one of the following pairs was definitely not in their possession?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Sword and body armour
    2.   (b) Dagger and mace
    3.   (c) Bow and arrow
    4.   (d) Spear and axe
43. 93. Which of the following birds was worshiped by the Harappan people?
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Eagle
    2.   (b) Pigeon
    3.   (c) Crow
    4.   (d) Peacock
44. 94. The Indus people probably followed different methods of disposal of the dead, but the most common
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Cremation
    2.   (b) Inhumation or complete burial
    3.   (c) Immersion in river water
    4.   (d) Exposure to the natural elements
45. 95. Who among the following archaeologists has been claiming that he has successfully deciphered the Indus script, though others have not accepted his claim?
    
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) ME M Wheeler
    2.   (b) Gordon Childe
    3.   (c) K M Srivastava
    4.   (d) S R Rao
46. 96. Which of the following animal figures is fre-quently represented in most of the Indus seals?
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Elephant
    2.   (b) Humped bull
    3.   (c) Unicorn
    4.   (d) Rhinoceros
47. 97. One of the Indus sites has the uniqueness of having double burials, i.e. the practice of burying a male and a female together in a single grave. Pick it out from among the following
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Lothal
    2.   (b) Surkotada
    3.   (c) Ropar
    4.   (d) Banawali
48. 98. Which of the following races were found to be as the builders of the Indus civilisation after anthropological studies of the skeletons found at various Indus sites?
    (i) Alpine
    (ii) Mediterranean
    (iii) Mongoloid
    (iv) Proto-Austroloid
    (v) Semite
    Select the answer from the codes given below:
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) All of them
    2.   (b) i, ii, iii and iv
    3.   (c) ii, iii, iv and v
    4.   (d) i, iii, iv and v
49. 99. In almost all the Indus cities, except a few, the lower town was not fortified. Pick out from the following the cities where the lower town together with the citadel was also fortified by a brick wall.
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) Harappa
    2.   (b) Mohenjodaro
    3.   (c) Kalibangan
    4.   (d) Lothal
50. 100. Excavations at Lothal reveal
    (i) an artificial brick dockyard
    (ii) fire altars proving the existence of fire-cult
    (iii) a bronze rod or stick with measure marks
    (iv) rice husk indicating the earliest use of rice
    (v) the embossment of a ship on a seal and a terracotta model of a ship Select the answer from the codes given as follows
    
    
    
    
    1.   (a) All of them
    2.   (b) i, ii, iii and iv
    3.   (c) i, ii, iv and v
    4.   (d) ii, iii, iv and v