This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Drainage > The Indus – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Indus Quiz 1 (49 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What physical feature gave the Indus valley natural protection? A) Himalayan Mountains. B) Fertile Crescent. C) Mediterranean Sea. D) Red Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayan Mountains. 2. What was the first ancient city archeologists discovered in the Indus River Valley? A) Harrappa. B) Pakistan. C) Medina. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harrappa. 3. One's caste was determined by A) Gender. B) Wealth. C) Location. D) Occupation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occupation. 4. Why were the seasonal monsoons favorable to the development of the Indus Valley civilization? A) Brought rain, and flooding but also watered crops. B) Deposited fertilizer to grow crops. C) People did not want to live in the terrible climate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought rain, and flooding but also watered crops. 5. What kind of food did they GROW? A) Bread. B) Tomatoes. C) Wheat/Barley. D) Bananas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat/Barley. 6. What does the water in the Indus River mainly come from? A) Melting glaciers. B) The sink. C) The pacific ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting glaciers. 7. Why was fertile soil so favorable to the development of the Indus Valley civilization? A) It prevented attacks from enemies. B) Brought rain and flooding to water crops. C) It allowed settlers to plant and harvest crops in one location. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It allowed settlers to plant and harvest crops in one location. 8. What happened to end the Indus Valley civilization? A) A destructive earthquake happened. B) They ran out of food. C) The river changed course. D) No one is sure what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one is sure what happened. 9. Which word best describes a large land mass that is smaller than a continent? A) Country. B) Subcontineent. C) Region. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subcontineent. 10. India's agriculture is largely regulated by: A) Unpredictable snow stroms that melt in the mountains. B) Predictable droughts in the "Great Indian Desert". C) Predictable thunderstorms throughout the coastline. D) Unpredictable Monsoon that flooded the Indus-Ganges plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unpredictable Monsoon that flooded the Indus-Ganges plains. 11. The two major rivers in India are A) Nile and Ganges. B) Nile and Tigris. C) Ganges and Indus. D) Euphrates and Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganges and Indus. 12. What were the capital cities of ancient Indus Valley? A) Ur and Sumer. B) Babylon and Thebes. C) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. D) Harappa and Memphis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. 13. Mohenjo-daro designed and built one of the first A) Building complex. B) Park system. C) Drainage and sewage system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drainage and sewage system. 14. Building and streets in Indus Valley cities were arranged in a ..... A) Hill. B) Circle. C) Cul-de-sac. D) Grid System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grid System. 15. What is one name that Ancient India was often called? A) Harappan. B) India. C) Ancient India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappan. 16. What are the two major cities of the Harappan civilization? A) Harappa and Ganges. B) Alexandria and Mohenjo-Daro. C) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. D) Ganges and Mohenjo-Daro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. 17. The people of India depend on the summer monsoon to A) Carry melting snow to the dry lands. B) Create natural passages in the Himalaya Mountains. C) Bring cold air to the subcontinent. D) Provide seasonal rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provide seasonal rain. 18. Why don't we know much about the Indus civilization? A) We don't know where it is?. B) Their are no artifacts left from the civilization. C) We can't speak their language. D) We can't read the writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We can't read the writing. 19. What geological features keep it isolated from the rest of the continent of Asia? A) The Himalayan Mountains. B) The Missouri River. C) The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. D) Ural Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Himalayan Mountains. 20. How many stories high were the houses usually? A) 7 stories high. B) 1 story high. C) 3 stories high. D) 2 stories high. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 stories high. 21. Why was the Indus River so favorable to the development of the Indus Valley civilization? A) It brought rain to the area. B) It was hard to cross. C) It deposited silt in the valley making it fertile for farming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It deposited silt in the valley making it fertile for farming. 22. Where was the Indus Valley Civilization located? A) South Asia. B) South America. C) South India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Asia. 23. Buildings and streets in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were arranged in a A) Mountain. B) Grid. C) Circle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grid. 24. Which Country was the Indus River Valley from? A) Pakistan. B) Indonesia. C) Germany. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pakistan. 25. Who created the first indoor plumbing system A) Inca. B) Mohenjo Daro. C) Bob's Porta-potties. D) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohenjo Daro. 26. What were two things that these ancient people developed in the Indus River Valley? A) Sewer system, grid-like streets. B) Written language, temples. C) Roads, irrigation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sewer system, grid-like streets. 27. The Indus River Valley Civilization was located in which two present day countries? A) China and Japan. B) United States and Canada. C) India and Pakistan. D) India and Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India and Pakistan. 28. Why is India called a subcontinent? A) Because it's called a subcontinent. B) Because India is not a continent, it is a country. C) Because of the mountain ranges that separate India from Asia. D) Because India is an island on the sea, and all islands are considered subcontinents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of the mountain ranges that separate India from Asia. 29. What prevented ancient India from being in contact with other civilizations? A) Religion. B) Himalayas. C) No language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayas. 30. What river did people in ancient India settle along? A) Nile River. B) Amazon River. C) Tigris River. D) Indus River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus River. 31. Why were the surrounding landforms favorable to the development of the Indus Valley civilization? A) The physical features provided natural barriers for protection. B) Fertile soil allowed settlers to plant and harvest crops. C) It gave the people timber to build homes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The physical features provided natural barriers for protection. 32. Ancient India and Egypt were similar because they both A) Had the Nile River and river deltas. B) Were a part of the Fertile Crescent. C) Had rivers and natural boundaries. D) Shared the written language of hieroglyphics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had rivers and natural boundaries. 33. What formed when India smashed into Asia? A) The Himalaya and Hindu Kush Mountains. B) Texas. C) England. D) Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Himalaya and Hindu Kush Mountains. 34. This mountain range separates India from the rest of Asia. A) Indialius. B) Alps. C) Himalayas. D) Carpathian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayas. 35. Which of the following statements does NOT explain why the Himalayas are important to India? A) Almost all the great rivers of India have their sources in the Himalayan ranges. B) The Himalayas have been protecting India from outside invaders since the early times thus serving as a defense barrier. C) Mount Everest at 29, 029 ft (8, 848 m) is the highest peak in the Himalayas. D) The Himalayas play a very significant role in influencing the climate of India. By intercepting the summer monsoons, The Himalayas cause precipitation in the form of rain or snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mount Everest at 29, 029 ft (8, 848 m) is the highest peak in the Himalayas. 36. The earliest civilizations in India developed along which river? A) Brahmaputra. B) Ganges. C) Krishna. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus. 37. The Vedas are ..... A) A mountain range in northern India. B) Aryan Religious books. C) Nomadic herders who moved into the Indus River Valley. D) Early inhabitants of the Indus River valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryan Religious books. 38. The Indus River Valley Civilizations' cities were structured: A) In ovals, with small square buildings. B) In grids, with separate areas for residential and governmental buildings. C) In triangles, centered around the pyramids. D) In squares, separated by social classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In grids, with separate areas for residential and governmental buildings. 39. Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were located near the: A) The Desert. B) Arabian Sea. C) City of Bodh Gaya. D) Indus River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus River. 40. What was a "seal" ? A) A way to hold an envelope together. B) A barking animal. C) A way to mark an object made by someone. D) An ancient ritual of religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A way to mark an object made by someone. 41. Archaeologists know that Mohenjo-Daro was carefully planned because A) The fertile soil eventually turned into desert. B) The city was built on a flat plain. C) Streets sparated regular blocks of homes and buildings. D) The city was used for farming instead of trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Streets sparated regular blocks of homes and buildings. 42. When did farming develop in South Asia? A) 2020. B) 2010. C) 2000. D) 5000 BCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5000 BCE. 43. About how many years ago did India smash into Asia? A) 5 or 6 years ago. B) 50 or 60 million years ago. C) 5 or 6 million years ago. D) 50 or 60 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50 or 60 million years ago. 44. What is a subcontinent? A) A small landmass in India. B) A large landmass smaller than a continent. C) A continent that takes the place of another. D) The study of the stars and planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A large landmass smaller than a continent. 45. What is a strong, seasonal wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia? A) Hurricane. B) Tsunami. C) Monsoon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoon. 46. What were the two major cities of the Indus River Valley Civilization? A) Mohenjodaro and India. B) Israel and India. C) Poplar Bluff and Missouri. D) Mohenjodaro and Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohenjodaro and Harappa. 47. Why do we know less about the Indus Valley than other civilizations? A) We haven't found ancient artifacts and ruins. B) We have not discovered the location of the civilization. C) We can't interpret their writing. D) We do not have anyone who has survived from the civilization to ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We can't interpret their writing. 48. India is a ....., meaning it is a part of Asia. A) Subcontinent. B) Continent. C) Region. D) Landform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subcontinent. 49. What river ran through the Indus Valley civilization? A) Euphrates River. B) Tigris River. C) Huang Ho River. D) Indus River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indus River. Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesDrainage Of India QuizIndian Drainage QuizLakes QuizThe Brahmaputra QuizThe Ganga Geography Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books