MCQ Questions

Question No. 1

Fill in the blanks:

Answer :

(a) The city of Harappa was situated in present _____________.

(b) The houses in Harappan cities were built of ________________.

(c) The grain was stored in the _________.

(d) The Indus Valley civilisation arose on the banks of the river ________________.

(e) The citadel belonged to the ____ part of Mohenjodaro.

Question No. 2

True or False:

Answer :

(a) The earliest cities developed on the river banks.

(b) In 1930 the ruins of Mohenjodaro were discovered.

(c) The upper part of the Harappa city was built on a raised ground.

(d) A dockyard has been found at Lothal.

(e) All the people took bath in the Great Bath.

Question No. 3

One word answer:

Answer :

(a) An object believed to protect one from evil influence.

(b) A fort like structure built on a raised platform.

(d) The lower area between hills with a river flowing through it.

(c) A place where ships are built, repaired and loaded and unloaded.

Question No. 4

Match the following columns:

Answer :

Question No. 5

Answer the following questions :

Answer :

(1) Why do we call the Harappan civilisation the first civilisation in India?

(2) Write a short note on the chief buildings in the citadel.

(3) What were the main items of food of the Harappan people?

(4) When and where did the Harappan civilisation flourish?

(5) When did the earliest cities come into existence? Write the names of any five such cities.

(6) Describe the plan of the city of Mohenjodaro.

(7) Throw some light on the town planning of the Indus Valley people.

(8) What were the causes of the decline of the Harappan civilisation?

Question No. 6

The Great Bath has been discovered in ___________.

Answer :

Lothal

Harappa

Mohenjodaro

Question No. 7

Which of these groups of people did not usually live in cities, but the countryside?

Answer :

rulers

farmers and herders

craftspersons

Question No. 8

The alloy of tin and _________ is called bronze.

Answer :

zinc

copper

none of these

Question No. 9

The city of Lothal was situated beside a river which was a tributary of __________.

Answer :

Ganga

Sabarmati

Narmada

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