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Ch-3 In the Earliest Cities

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Harappan cities develop?

a)

About 2500 years ago

b)

About 3000 years ago

c)

About 4700 years ago

d)

About 2000 years ago

2.

Which one of the following refers to Citadel?

a)

The part to the East of Harappan Cities

b)

The part to the West of Harappan Cities

c)

The part to the North of Harappan Cities

d)

The part to the South of Harappan Cities

3.

What made the walls of Harappan to last thousand of years?

a)

Well built bricks and interlocking pattern

b)

The seasam wood

c)

The red stone

d)

The use of iron

4.

At which of the following places were Harappan cities found in Pakistan?

a)

Baluchistan and Kashmir

b)

Punjab and Sind

c)

Lahore and Islamabad

d)

Karachi and Islamabad

5.

What are the things which archaeologists have found almost all in Harappan cities?

a)

Red Pottery painted with designs in black

b)

Stone weights

c)

Seals

d)

All of these

6.

Name the materials that were used to make things in Harappan cities.

a)

Stone

b)

Shell

c)

Terracotta

d)

All of these

7.

When and where was cotton first grown?

a)

Mehrgarh in about 7000 years ago

b)

Hallur in about 5000 years ago

c)

Gujarat in about 2000 years ago

d)

Rajasthan in about 2500 years ago

8.

What was the use of Spindle whorls?

a)

Children played with it

b)

Spinning thread

c)

As a musical instrument

d)

To cultivate land

9.

Which raw material did the Harappan bring from distant places?

a)

Copper and tin

b)

Gold and Silver

c)

Gold and precious stones

d)

All of these

10.

Tick all the crops that Harappans Grow:

a)

Wheat and Barley

b)

Pulses and peas

c)

Rice and mustard

d)

Coffee and Jute

e)

Lineseed and seasame

11.

For stamping they used ____________________.

a)

soft stones

b)

coins

c)

Seals

d)

clay

12.

Identify this picture:

a)

Drainage system

b)

Assembly Hall

c)

Citadels

d)

The Great Bath

13.

Identify this picture.

a)

Mohenjodaro housing

b)

Assembly Hall

c)

Drainage System

d)

The Great Bath

14.

Why were Harappa and Mohenjodaro special?

a)

They were planned cities

b)

They were not special

c)

They had The Great Bath

d)

None of the above

15.

which river was near Harappa and Mohenjodaro?

a)

Nile

b)

Tigris

c)

Indus

d)

Euphrates

16.

How many storeys of houses were generally found in Harappan cities?

a)

One or two storeys

b)

Four to five storeys

c)

Multi storeys

d)

) None of these

17.

Where is the city of Harappa located now a days?

a)

Pakisthan

b)

Afganisthan

c)

Rajasthan

d)

India

18.

Where was the ‘great bath’ found?

a)

Harappa

b)

Kalibangan

c)

Lothal

d)

Mohenjodaro

19.

Plough was used for

a)

Digging the earth

b)

Drawing water from wells

c)

Rearing cattle

d)

Making seals

20.

A .................................... is a person who is trained to do only one kind of work, for example cutting stone or polishing beads or carving seals.

a)

trader

b)

farmer

c)

king

d)

specialist

21.

As the drains were covered, _____________________ holes were provided at intervals to clean them.

a)

Rectangular

b)

Inspection

c)

Oval

d)

None of them

22.

The weights found in Harrapan cities were made of ____________

a)

Carnelian

b)

Shell

c)

Chert

d)

Silver

23.

The ____________________ sent people to distant lands to get metal, precious stones and other things that they wanted.

a)

Rulers

b)

Servants

c)

Scribes

d)

Craft persons

24.

Harappan brought gold from which of the following place?

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Karnataka

c)

Iran

d)

Gujarat

25.

What was the first urban civilization of the Indian subcontinent?

a)

Egyptian Civilization

b)

Chinese Civilization

c)

Harappan Civilization

26.

We do not know a lot about the Indus Valley civilization because we cannot translate their writing.

a)

True

b)

False