GS 1 - Indus Valley Civilization

1. Which of the following Harappan city sites had 4.The largest number of settlements are in
bipartite division-high citadel and lower town? Ghaggar-Haka village.
(i) Harappa Which of the above statements are correct?
(ii) Mohenjodaro (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(iii) Kalibangan (c) all of these (d) none of these
(iv) Surkotada 4. Consider the following statements:
Select
the correct answer from the codes given 1. The Harappan economy was based on

below:
agriculture.

Codes: 2. In Indus Valley
Civilization, an elaborate
(a) (i) only (b) (i) and (ii) drainage systems are found.

(c) (i), (ii) and (iii) (d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) 3. In Indus Valley Civilization, sugarcane was

2. Consider the following statements and select the unknown.
correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion 4. In Kotdiji, pre-Harappan settlement has not
(A): The worship of Mother
Goddess been found.
as a feature of
Harappan
religion Which of the above statements is/are correct?
was prevalent in all the main
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
Harappan cities.
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 3 and 4 only
Reason
(R): The female terracotta figurines
5. Which of the following Harappan sites are located
have been discovered in large
in Haryana?
numbers from Harappa and
Mohenjodaro. 1. Banavali 2. Kalibangan
Codes: 3. Rakhigarhi 4. Ropar
Indicate your answer from the codes below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A. Codes:
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
correct explanation of A. (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 and 4
(c) A is true, 6. Which of the following statements about
but R is false
Harappan civilization is true?
(d) A is false, but R is true
3. Consider
the
following statements and mark the 1. Harappan
culture
was famous for its
option which is correct: distinguished
system
of town planning.
1. The first man-made port was found in 2. The most important public place for
Mohenjodaro seems to be great bath.
Harappa.
2. The main crops of Indus Valley Civilization 3. Granary was the largest building of
were wheat and barley. Mohenjodaro.
3. The largest Harappan settlement in India is 4. The use of baked bricks in Harappan cities is
Rakhigarhi in Haryana. remarkable.

 Select the correct answer from the codes given
Select
the correct answer from the codes given below:
below: Codes:
Codes: (a) 1 only (b) 3 only
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3 1 and 2
(c) (d) 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 3 (d) all of these 11. Match
List-II and select the correct
List-I with
7. Which of the following animals as figures answer from the codes given below the lists:
surround the male deity in the Indus Valley List-I List-II
Harappa
A. 1. Workmen’s quarters
Civilization?
B. Lothal 2. Dockyard
1. Elephant 2. Tiger
C. Kalibangan 3. Dancing girl
3. Rhinoceros
4.
Buffalo
D. Mohenjodaro 4. Furrowed land
5. Deer Codes:
Select
the correct answer from the codes given A B C D
below: (a) 1 2 3 4
Codes: (b) 2 1 4 3
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b)
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (c) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 5 (d) 1 2 4 3
8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct 12. Match
List-I with List-II and select the correct
answer from the codes given below the lists: answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II List-I List-II
A. Cemetries H and R 37 1. Daimabad
(Harappan settlement) (River)
B. Dockyard 2. Mohenjodaro
A. Lothal 1. Indus
C. Pashupati Mahadev 3. Harappa
B. Kalibangan 2. Sutlej

C. Ropar 3. Ravi
Seal
Harappa
D. 4. Ghaggar
D. Copper chariot 4. Lothal
E. Mohenjodaro 5. Bhogavo
Codes: Codes :
A B C D A B C D E
(a) 3 4 2 1 (a) 5 4 2 3 1
(b) 4 3 2 1 (b) 2 5 1 4 3
(c) 1 2 3 4 (c) 4 5 2 3 1
(d) 1 3 2 4 (d) 5 4 3 2 1
9. Which of the following Harappan sites are located 13. Match
List-I with
List-II the correct
and select
in the Kutch region? answer from the codes given below the lists:
1. Desalpur 2. Dholavira
List-I List-II
3. Lothal 4. Rojdi Harappa
A. 1. Daya Ram Sahni
Select
the correct answer from the codes given B. Mohenjodaro 2. Rakhaldas Banerji
below: C. Lothal 3. Amalanand Ghosh
Codes: D. Kalibangan 4. S.R. Rao
Codes:
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4
A B C D
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(a) 1 2 3 4
10. The tank
of Great Bath complex at Mohenjodaro (b) 2 1 4 3
had stairs on (c) 1 2 4 3
1. Northern side 2. Southern
side (d) 4 2 1 3
3. Eastern side 4. Western
side
14. Which of the following pairs is correctly All
(a) (b) 1, 2 and 3
matched? (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
List-I List-II 19. Horse remains are found it :
A. Manda 1. Jammu and Kashmir
(a) Surkotada (b) Kalibangan
B. Sutkangendor
2. Baluchistan

(c) Dholavira (d) Manda
C. Daimabad 3. Maharastra
Choose the correct answer from the following :
D. Alamgirpur
4. Uttar Pradesh
(a) I, II and III (b) II, IV and I
Choose
the correct answer from the codes given (c) I, III and IV (d) I and III
below: 20. Some of the following is/are correct regarding
Codes: Harappan civilization.
(a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 1. Three principal varieties of wheat occur
(c) all of these (d)
none of these 2. Three varieties of barley were cultivated
15. Pair the
Harappan settlements with the banks of 3. Lentils were cultivated
rivers on which they were located: 4. Among oil seeds, mustard, linseed and
A. Lothal I. Indus sesamum have been found
B. Kalibangan
II.
Sutlej Which are those ?
C. Ropar III. Ravi (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 3 and 4
D. Harappa IV. Ghaggar (c) Only 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3
E. Mohenjodaro
V. Bhogao 21. Math list ‘A’ consisting of Harappan sites with
A B C D E list ‘B’ consisting of Industries related to list ‘A’
(a) V IV II III I sites.
(b) II V I IV III A B
(c) IV V II III I
1. Nageshwar (a) Shell-working
(d) V IV III II I 2. Kuntasi (b) Bead-making
16. Some of the following place (s) has/have revealed
3. Harappa (c) Copper-working
archaeological evidence regarding pit-dwellings: 4. Rahman Dheri (d) Terracotta cakes
1. Dholavira
2. Burzahom 5. Balakot (e) Shell-bangles
3. Gufkral 4. Shortugai 6. Chanhudaro
Which
are those sites ? Choose the correct answer :
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 (a) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e, 6-a
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e, 6-b
17. Evidence
of some of the animals are extremely (c) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c, 5-b, 6-e
rare in Harappan context: (d) 1-d, 2-b, 3-e, 4-b, 5-c, 6-a
1. Buffalo 2. Camel 22. List A consists of some Harappan sites and list
3. Horse 4. Pig B consists of the measurements of the scales
Choose
the right combination : found at places mentioned in list A. Match them
(a) All (b) 1, 2 and 3 correctly.
(c) Only 3 (d) Only 2 A B
18. Evidence
of trephination as a remedy for certain
1. Harappa (a) 25.56 mm
diseases comes from some of the following
2. Mohenjodaro (b) 93.4 mm
1. Lothal 2. Harappa 3. Lothal (c) 6.7056 mm
3. Burzahom
4. Kalibangan
Choose the correct answer :
Choose
the right answer from the following (a) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c (b) 1-a, 2-c, 3-a
combinations (c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a (d) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c