Indus Valley Civilization Quiz Questions

1)  The Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in the year...
A) 1901
B) 1921
C) 1935
D) 1942
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2)  The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of...
A) Pucca bricks
B) Stone
C) Wood
D) All of these
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3)  Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization ?
A) Sir Leonard Wooley
B) V.S. Agrawal
C) Dayaram Sahni
D) A.L. Basham
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4)  Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan Culture ?
A) Cow
B) Elephant
C) Rhinoceros
D) Tiger
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5)  Which of the following animals was not known to the Indus Valley Civilization ?
A) Bull
B) Horse
C) Elephant
D) Giraffe
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6)  The "Indus Valley Civilization" Specialized in ...
A) Town Planning
B) Architecture
C) Craftsmanship
D) All of these
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7)  The earliest city discovered in India was ...
A) Rangpur
B) Mohenjodaro
C) Harappa
D) Sindh
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8)  An advanced 'water management system' of Harappan times has been unearthed at ...
A) Dholavira
B) Lothal
C) Kalibangan
D) Alamgirpur
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9)  The Indus Valley people traded with the ...
A) Chinese
B) Mesopotamians
C) Parthians
D) Romans
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10)  The Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because ...
A) It extended up to the Narmada Valley
B) It had an agricultural economy
C) It has a pictographic script
D) It was urban
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11)  Where does 'Mehrgarh', the Neolithic archaeological site situated ?
A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Iran
D) Afganistan
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12)  When was Indus Valley Civilization existed ?
A) 6000 - 2000 BCE
B) 8000 - 4000 BCE
C) 3300 - 1300 BCE
D) 12000 - 10000 BCE
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13)  Where does the main site of Indus Valley Civilization 'Harappa' located today ?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Iran
D) Afganistan
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14)  What was the language in use during Indus Valley Civilization ?
A) Urudu
B) Hindhi
C) Harappan Language
D) Tamil
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15)  Who was the first director general of the Archaeological Survey of India, who interpreted a Harappan stamp seal in 1875 ?
A) Vascoda gama
B) R. D. Banerji
C) Joseph
D) Alexander Cunningham
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