Indus Valley Civilization Questions and Answers
1) The Harappan Civilization was discovered in which year
A) 1921
B) 1901
C) 1935
D) 1942
Ans) 1921
2. Which of the following technique used for making bronze statues during Harappa Civilisation? [ History Quiz]
A. Lost Wax Casting
B. Stone carving
C. Wood carving
D. Ivory carving
Ans: A
3. Which of the following statement is correct about terracotta?
A. It is clay like earthenware
B. It is a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous.
C. The terracotta representations of human form are crude in the Indus Valley.
D. All of the above
Ans: D
4. The bust of bearded man figure was found in which of the following archaeological site?
A. Mohenjo-Daro
B. Lothal
C. Harappa
D. Dholavira
Ans: A
Explanation: The bust of bearded man was found in Mohenjo-Daro and its figure made of Steatite. Hence, A is the correct option.
5. The stone sculpture of male torso was found in which of the following archaeological site?
A. Mohenjo-Daro
B. Lothal
C. Harappa
D. Dholavira
Ans: C
6). Which of the following artefact of the Harappa Civilization was mainly used for commercial purposes?
A. Bronze/metal sculpture
B. Stone sculpture
C. Seal
D. Terracotta sculpture
Ans: C
7) Which among the following is the most unique feature of Dholavira site of the Indus Valley Civilization?
[A] Its cities were horizontally divided in multiple parts
[B] Its cities were unevenly divided
[C] Its cities were divided into 3 parts
[D] None of it
Ans) C
8) Which among the following places have given the earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian subcontinent?
[A] Pratapgarh
[B] Mehrgarh
[C] Quetta
[D] Kalat
Ans) B
9)At which among the following sites of Indus Valley Civilization, the rows of distinctive fire altars with the provision of ritual bathing have been found
A] Mohen-jo-daro
[B] Harappa
[C] Kalibangan
[D] Lothal
Ans) C
10) Which of the following Indus Valley Sites was discovered by RD Bannerjee
[A] Kali Banga
[B] Harappa
[C] Lothal .
[D] Mohenjodaro
Ans) D
11) Which one of the following archaeologists discovered the Harappa site of the Indus Valley civilization
[A] R.D Bannerjee
[B] Sir William Jones
C] Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar
[D] Daya Ram Sahini
Ans) D
12) In the Indus Valley Civilization, Great Bath was found at which place
[A] Mohenjodaro
[B] Harappa
[C] Rakhi Garhi
[D] Ropar
Ans) A
13) The script of Indus Valley people was
[A] Desi Script
[B] Pictographic Script
[C] Brahmi Script
[D] Kharosti Script
Ans) B
14) Which among the following Harappan site has been divided into three parts
[A] Dholavira
[B] Surkotda
[C] Daimabad
[D] Mohenjodaro
Ans) A
15) At which Indus Valley Site, the beared man in steatite image has been found
[A] Harappa
[B] Mohenjodaro
[C] Lothal
[D] Kalibanga
Ans) B
16) Which of the following is the most common motif of the Indus Seals
[A] Unicorn
[B] Bull
[C] Rhinoceros
[D] Elephant
Ans) B
17) The people of Indus valley civilization usually build their houses of
A) Pucca bricks
B) Stone
C) Wood
D) all of these
Ans) A
18) Which of the following animal was not known to Harrapan people
A) Bull
B) Horse
C) Elephant
D) Giraffe
Ans) D
19) Which of the following Indus civilization site gives the evidence of dockyard
A) Harappa
B) Lothal
C) Mohenjodaro
D) Rakhigarhi
Ans) B
20) The local name of Mohenjodaro is
A) Mound of the Living
B) Mound of the Great
C) Mound of the Dead
D) Mound of the survivor
Ans) C
21) The predominant funerary practice at Harappa was
A) Crenation
B) Burying ash kept in an urn
C) Making a memorial to mark the site
D) Extended burial fo the body with pottery
Ans) D
22) Kalibangan means
A) means black bangles
B) has evidence of furrow marks in its proto
C) has evidence of regular use of horse
D) has evidence of practice of a firecult
Ans) A
Vedic Culture Questions
1) Patanjali is well-known for the compilation of
Ans) Yoga Sutra
2) Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the
Ans) 6th –5 th Century BC
3) The God which is the most prominent in ‘Rigaveda’ is
Ans) Indira
4) The Rigvedic God Varuna was
Ans) Guardian of the cosmic order
5) Upanishad are books on
Ans) Philosphy
6) The words Satyameva Jayate in the state Emblem of the India haver been adopted from which of the following
Ans) Mundak Upanishad
7) Who was the first Europian to designate Aryan as a race
Ans) Max Muller
8) In which language was the Shrimad Bhagavat Gita originally written
Ans) Sanskrit
9) The expounder of Yoga Phhilosophy was
Ans) Patanjali
10) The word Gotra was occurs first time in
Ans) Rigveda
11) Purushasukta is founded in the
Ans) Rigaveda
12) the literal meaning of word arya
Ans) Superior
13) The staple food of Vedic Aryan was
Ans) Milk and its products
14) Who wrote Sanskrit Grammar
Ans) Panini
15) Which of the vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells
Ans) Atharvaveda
16) The great law giver of ancient time was
Ans) Manu
17) The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought for
Ans) 18 days
18) Nyaya Darshan was propagated by
Ans) Gautama
19) Ashtadhyayi was written by
Ans) Panini
20) Who composed the Gayatri Mantra
Ans) Vishwamitra
21) The Manu Smriti mainly deals with
Ans) Laws
22) Author of Nayaya Sutra was
Ans) Gautam
23) The most important text of vedic mathmatics is
Ans) Sulva Sutra
24) Who is hailed as the God of Medicine by the practioners of Ayurveda
Ans) Dhanwantari
25) The word veda means
Ans) Knowledge
26) Which metal was first used by Vedic People
Ans) Copper
27) The origin of the Indian music could be traced to
Ans) Samveda
28) Which were the main food grain consumed by the Vedic people
Ans) Wheat Barley and Rice
29) The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was
Ans) Milk and its products
30) The text which the king used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
Ans) Bali
31) Which of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formulae
Ans) Yajur veda
32) The term Upanished Liteallyn implies
Ans) Sitting near
33) Who compiled the tales of The Panchatantra
Ans) Vishnu Sharma
34) From where the famous Gayatri Mantra has been taken
