This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Drainage > The Indus – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Indus Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What physical feature gave the Indus valley natural protection? A) Red Sea. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) Fertile Crescent. D) Himalayan Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himalayan Mountains. 2. What is the name of the seasonal winds that cause the wet and dry seasons in India? A) Hurrican. B) Tsunami. C) Monsoon. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoon. 3. 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. 4. One's caste was determined by A) Gender. B) Wealth. C) Occupation. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occupation. 5. 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. 6. What kind of food did they GROW? A) Tomatoes. B) Bananas. C) Bread. D) Wheat/Barley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wheat/Barley. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. What happened to end the Indus Valley civilization? A) A destructive earthquake happened. B) No one is sure what happened. C) They ran out of food. D) The river changed course. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No one is sure what happened. 10. Which word best describes a large land mass that is smaller than a continent? A) Country. B) Subcontineent. C) State. D) Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subcontineent. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. Building and streets in Indus Valley cities were arranged in a ..... A) Hill. B) Grid System. C) Circle. D) Cul-de-sac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grid System. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Why don't we know much about the Indus civilization? A) We can't speak their language. B) We can't read the writing. C) Their are no artifacts left from the civilization. D) We don't know where it is?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We can't read the writing. 20. 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. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesThe Indus Quiz 2The Indus Quiz 3Drainage Of India QuizIndian Drainage QuizLakes QuizThe Brahmaputra QuizThe Ganga Geography Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books