This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Harrapan Civilization – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harrapan Civilization Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The people of Harappa and Mohanjodaro culture belongs to the? A) Chalcolithic Age. B) Copper age. C) Iron age. D) New stone age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chalcolithic Age. 2. The crop which does not seem to have been known to the people of the Harappan culture is A) Rice. B) Barley. C) Cotton. D) Ragi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ragi. 3. Who is the excavator of Harappa site? A) Daya ram Sahni. B) K. Thapar. C) Mackey. D) Rakhal das Bannerji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daya ram Sahni. 4. The credit for Harappa excavation goes to . A) D.R. Sahni. B) N.G. Mazumdar. C) O. Stein. D) R.D. Banerji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D.R. Sahni. 5. Almost all Harappan towns had large granaries because A) Taxes were paid in kind, and therefore, granaries acted as a sort of public treasuries. B) Surplus produce of the countryside was stored in the towns. C) Food-grains were stored for the purpose of trade. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. The Harappan people worshiped which God? A) Vishnu. B) Lord-Shiva. C) Indra. D) Varuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord-Shiva. 7. Two most important Harappan crops were A) Cottom and Sugarcane. B) Rice and peas. C) Wheat and barley. D) Sesamum and mustard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat and barley. 8. On the basis of available evidence, the Harappan civilization contributed two important things to mankind which were A) Growing wheat and cotton. B) Copper and bronze smelting technology. C) Making soak-pits and earthen pipes. D) Knowledge of mathematics and decimal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing wheat and cotton. 9. Which one of the following is a site of the Harappan civilization wherein a Persian Gulf seal has been unearthed? , A) Kalibanga. B) Dholavira. C) Mohenjodaro. D) Lothal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dholavira. 10. The Harappan site, where the citadel and the lower town, both are fortified separately is- A) Harappa. B) Mohenjodaro. C) Kalibanga. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalibanga. 11. A circular button shaped seal called the Persian gulf seal has been obtained from which Harappan site? A) Kalibangan. B) Lothal. C) Banwali. D) Mohenjodaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lothal. 12. Harappa was located on the river A) Sindhu. B) Ganga. C) Ravi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ravi. 13. In the Harappan buildings mostly burnt bricks were used, not stones, because A) Without iron tools stone-cutting was difficult. B) Bricks provided better flood defence. C) Bricks were ideally suited for the moist climate. D) Stone was not readily available. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stone was not readily available. 14. Who is the archeologist, Harappan Site was discovered A) R.D Banarjee. B) D. R Sanhi. C) T.K Taper. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. R Sanhi. 15. Which metal was not known to Harappan people? A) Tin. B) Iron. C) Copper. D) Gold and Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron. 16. Harappa is situated on the bank of which river? A) Sindhu. B) Ghagger. C) Bias. D) Ravi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bias. 17. What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization? A) 2400 BC - 1750 BC. B) 2500 BC - 1750 BC. C) 2500 BC - 1700 BC. D) 2400 BC - 1700 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2500 BC - 1750 BC. 18. Which Harappan sites are situated on bank of river sindhu? A) Chanhudaro, Kotdiji, Harappa. B) Mohenjodaro, Chanhudaro, Kotdiji. C) Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Chanhudaro. D) Kotdiji, Harappa, Mohenjodaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohenjodaro, Chanhudaro, Kotdiji. 19. Excavations at which one of the following sites give evidence of continuous habitation and cultural evolution from the Stone Age to the Harappan culture? A) Kalibangan. B) Mehargarh. C) Dholavira. D) Allahdino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mehargarh. 20. From the scattered skeletal remains of the Harappans found at different sites, the most appropriate conclusion to be drawn would be that there was A) Mass execution or human sacrifice. B) Malaria or any other pathogenic condition. C) Casual burial of human bodies. D) Some kind of military assault. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some kind of military assault. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesHarrapan Civilization Quiz 1Harrapan Civilization Quiz 3Ancient India QuizAncient Indian History QuizBuddhism QuizChandragupta QuizGupta Period QuizIndus QuizJainism QuizRig Vedic Period QuizSangam Age Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books