This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Indus – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indus Quiz 1 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main occupation of the people of the Indus valley civilization was A) Cattle rearing. B) Trade. C) Hunting. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 2. The script of Indus valley has been A) Difficult to be deciphered. B) Not deciphered. C) About to be deciphered. D) Deciphered (translated). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not deciphered. 3. The use of lime and costly burnt bricks, instead of sundried bricks, by the Indus Valley people for construction purposes is a proof of A) A moist climate on account of the close proximity of the civilization to the river valleys. B) Advanced technology. C) Better planning. D) Knowledge of the manufacture of lime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A moist climate on account of the close proximity of the civilization to the river valleys. 4. Indus Valley Civilisation became known from excavations at A) Mohanjodaro. B) Ropar. C) Harappa. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa. 5. Which of the following statements regarding the Indus Valley Civilization is not true? A) The excavations at Harappa are attributed to R.B. Daya Ram Sahni. B) The Assembly Hall was discovered at Mohenjo-Daro. C) The open courtyard was the basic feature of house planning. D) The Indus Valley people were not acquainted with the art of spinning and weaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The open courtyard was the basic feature of house planning. 6. Which one of the following statements about the Indus culture is the least possible? A) The Indus culture sprang directly as an urban culture. B) The Indus culture originated from the peasant cultures of sind & Baluchistan. C) The Indus culture originated from the Kalibanga I culture. D) The Indus culture is an expression of Sothi culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Indus culture originated from the peasant cultures of sind & Baluchistan. 7. Which of the following toilet and cosmetic objects were not perhaps known to Indus Valley people? A) Antimony rods. B) Ivory combs. C) Copper mirrors. D) Hair-dyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hair-dyes. 8. Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites gives evidence of a dockyard? A) Lothal. B) Dholavira. C) Harappa. D) Mohenjodaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lothal. 9. The primary purpose of a seal in the Indus Valley Civilization was probably A) To signify royally. B) As a medium of exchange in trade. C) To signify ownership of property. D) To indicate social status. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To signify ownership of property. 10. Indus valley did not maintain trade relation with A) Afghanistan. B) Rajasthan. C) Iran. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iran. 11. Who was the main male God worshipped by Indus people? A) Lord Vishnu. B) Vishnu. C) Indra. D) Brahma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Vishnu. 12. Garments of Indus valley people were of A) Cotton, wool & silk. B) Cotton & wool. C) Cotton only. D) Cotton & silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton & wool. 13. The Indus Valley houses werebuilt of A) Bricks. B) Stone. C) Wood. D) Bamboos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bricks. 14. The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centers and Mesopotamia was: A) Elam. B) Oman. C) Bahrain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bahrain. 15. Manda, the northern-most site of Indus Civilization in Jammu and Kashmir is located on the banks of which river? A) Jhelum. B) Sutlej. C) Zaskar. D) Chenab. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chenab. 16. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to the A) NeolithicAge. B) Chalcolithic Age. C) Mesolithic Age. D) Palaeolithic Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NeolithicAge. 17. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was A) Civic organization. B) Industries. C) Sea transport. D) Rural settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sea transport. 18. Which of the following is the most common motif of the Indus Seals? A) Rhinoceros. B) Unicorn. C) Bull. D) Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unicorn. 19. Brahmani bull for Indus valley people was A) Sacrificial animal. B) Sacred animal. C) Unknown animal. D) Well known animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sacred animal. 20. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by: A) Dayaram Sahni. B) R.D. Banerji. C) Cunningham. D) Wheeler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dayaram Sahni. 21. The Indus people did not have trade relations with. A) Afganistan. B) China. C) Iraq. D) Central Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 22. Indus Valley civilization traded with: A) Bengal. B) Sumer. C) China. D) Crete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sumer. 23. The Indus valley civilization flourishedduring A) 1500 - 500 B.C. B) 5000 - 3500 B.C. C) 3000 - 1500 B.C. D) 2500 - 1750 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2500 - 1750 B.C. 24. Indus valley civilization is an example of A) Continuous story. B) Proto-history. C) Pre-history. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proto-history. 25. Which of the following is not one of the proofs of maritime activities of the Indus Valley people? A) The drawing of a ship on a seal. B) The discovery of a dockyard at Lothal. C) Discovery of a number of articles which were not produced or found in the country. D) Commercial links of the Harappans with the West Asian countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The drawing of a ship on a seal. 26. Which of the following sites is the largest of all Indus settlements excavated? A) Kalibangan. B) Mohenjodaro. C) Lothal. D) Dholavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dholavira. 27. The word 'Sindhan' used by the Indus people denoted A) Cotton. B) Silk. C) Copper. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 28. The Indus valley civilization ended in A) 1500 BC. B) 1300 BC. C) 1200 BC. D) 1000 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1500 BC. 29. Almost all the people of Indus Valley Civilization were: A) Proto-Austroloid. B) Nordic. C) Nigroid. D) Mediterranean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediterranean. 30. The Indus people imported lead from. A) South India. B) Central Asia. C) Saurashtra. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South India. 31. In Indus Valley Civilization, the script was: A) Kharosthi. B) Brahmi. C) Boustrophedon. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boustrophedon. 32. Rabi crops of the Indus Valley are A) Barley and rice. B) Wheat and Barley. C) Rice and wheat. D) Wheat and cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat and Barley. 33. The chief Indus food crop was: A) Barley. B) Rice. C) Millet. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wheat. 34. Indus valley civilization might have been destroyedby A) Mongols. B) Mughals. C) Aryans. D) Dravidians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aryans. 35. Which of the following was not one of the tools and implements used by Indus Valley people? A) Grindings stones for flouring wheat, pestles and querns. B) Sickles and plough. C) Needles and razors. D) Forks and spoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forks and spoons. 36. The Indus Valley Civillisation reached its zenith in ..... BC: A) 500. B) 2500. C) 3500. D) 1700. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2500. 37. Which one of the following was not an Indus Valley Civilization site? A) Patliputra. B) Lothal. C) Suktagendor. D) Rangpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patliputra. 38. Evidence of mixed cropping is seen from which site of Indus Civilization? A) Chanhudaro. B) Dholavira. C) Lothal. D) Kalibangan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalibangan. 39. Which one of the following was the port city of the Indus Valley Civilisation? A) Mohenjodara. B) Lothal. C) Harappa. D) Kalibangan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lothal. 40. Which of the following is not a feature of the religious life of the Indus civilization? A) Pipal and Acacia trees were regarded as celestial plants. B) The tree of life figures with great frequency on the seals. C) The people had faith in amulets and charms, which shows that they were afraid of demons. D) The Indus deities, like the Vedic deities, were predominantly male. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Indus deities, like the Vedic deities, were predominantly male. 41. Which metal was unknown to Indus Valley Civilization? A) Iron. B) Copper. C) Gold. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron. 42. Which one of the following sites of the Indus Valley Civilization had an ancient dockyard? A) Lothal. B) Rangpur. C) Kalibangan. D) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lothal. 43. Which is the only Indus site with a dockyard? A) Kalibanga. B) Surkotda. C) Lothal. D) Amri. 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