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BRICKS BEADS AND TOWNS

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Harappan Civilization was founded on what river

a)

Ganges River

b)

Brahmaputra River

c)

Indus River

d)

Tiber River

2.

What did the Harappans use to build with?

a)

Mud & sand

b)

Fire baked bricks

c)

Wood

d)

Leaves

3.

What other city formed on the same river as the Harappan?

a)

Mohenjo-Daro

b)

Harappa

c)

Delhi

d)

Mumbai

4.

How were the roads arranged?

a)

There was no arrangement

b)

Triangular patterns

c)

In circles

d)

The roads were arranged into a series of grid-systems.

5.

Which one of these was a technological innovation of the Harrappan civilization

a)

Wheel

b)

Aquaducts

c)

Pulley

d)

Wells

6.

City dwellers of the Harappa city made tools out of what?

a)

Copper

b)

Bronze

c)

Steel

d)

Stone

7.

The Harappan civilization created a (blank) standardized system.

a)

Housing

b)

Justice

c)

Measuring

d)

Weight

8.

What was built on top of the Harappa City in 1856

a)

Graveyard

b)

Another city

c)

A railroad

d)

A house

9.

Where did the Harappans store food for the entire city?

a)

Granaries

b)

In their homes

c)

At a grocery store

d)

In a basment

10.
(4) Why do historians know less about the Harappan civilization than they know about ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia?
a)
The writings of ancient India have not been deciphered.
b)
Ancient India was not advanced enough to have a writing system.
c)
Ancient India did not need a writing system because they did not trade.
d)
Ancient India did have a writing system called Sanskrit.
11.

What is today's problem with the Harappan writing system?

a)

The Harappan civilization had no writing system.

b)

Scholars have not yet learned to read it.

c)

The "Seals" only tell stories about animal legends.

d)

It disappeared with the Harappan civilization.

12.

What is the name of the tank discovered at Mohen-jo-daro?

a)

Taj Mahal

b)

Spice Hole

c)

Disneyland

d)

Great Bath

13.

Reasons for decline in Harappan civilization.

a)

Earthquakes,drought,invasion

b)

Attacks,decrease in product

c)

Less population,no spices,unhappy citizens

d)

Global warming,rivers turning into ice

14.

The Harappan Civilization destroyed the foundation of the Indian Civilization.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What would the Harappan people bury with the dead bodies?

a)

Jewellery

b)

Gold,Silver

c)

Earthen pots

d)

Ships

16.

The place where a huge dockyard has been discovered

a)

Mumbai

b)

Coimbatore

c)

Lothal

d)

Tiruchirappalli

17.

Archaeologists have found evidence that the Harappans had contact with:

a)

Sumerian and Egyptians

b)

Indian and Mesopotamian

c)

Pakistan and Egyptian

d)

Sumerian and Mesopotamian

18.

Most of what we have learned about the Harappans has come from studying their __________.

a)

Food

b)

Cities

c)

Writing

d)

Sculptures

19.

Identify the Image

a)

Citadel

b)

Great Bath

c)

Drainage system

20.

Great bath is at _____

a)

Dholavira

b)

Mohejodaro

c)

Harappa

21.

Kalibangan and Lothal had ____

a)

Fire altars

b)

Great Bath

c)

Lower towns

22.

Identify the Image.

a)

Faience

b)

Seals

c)

Terracotta toys

23.

Identify the image.

a)

terracotta toys

b)

Baked bricks

c)

sealings

24.

The city of DHOLAVIRA is near_____

a)

Mehrgarh

b)

Inamgaon

c)

Khader Beyt

25.

______ is located in Rann of Kutch

a)

Kalibangan

b)

Dholavira

c)

Mehrgarh

26.

Seal of Pashupati show that people believed in

a)

Varuna

b)

Animals

c)

Nature

d)

Shiva

27.

Name that statue which is considered as a statue of Yogi.

a)

Unicorn

b)

Pashupati

c)

Bearded man

d)

All the above

28.

Harappa was discovered by

a)

BB LAL

b)

AN GHOSH

c)

DAYA RAM SAHNI

d)

SR RAO

29.

In which year Mohenjo-Daro was discovered

a)

1921

b)

1922

c)

1931

d)

1920

30.

The Harappan Civilization declined around

a)

1880 BC

b)

2000BC

c)

1800 BC

d)

None of the above

31.

Cause of decline of Harappan Civilization was

a)

Floods and earthquake

b)

Increased aridity

c)

Deforestation

d)

All the above

32.

animals depicted on the Pashupati seal

a)

Elephant,

b)

Tiger

c)

Buffalo, rhinoceros

d)

All the above

33.

What do houses, pots, ornaments, tools, and seals denote?

a)

Inscriptional Evidence

b)

Archaeological Evidence

c)

Textual Evidence

d)

Functional Evidence

34.

Bones of wild species such as boar, deer, and ________ are also found.

a)

pig

b)

goat

c)

ant

d)

gharial

35.

Bricks, which, whether sun-dried or baked, were of a standardised ratio, where the ______________respectively.

a)

length and breadth were equal

b)

length and breadth were four times and twice the height

c)

length and breadth were twice and twice the height

36.

In Mohenjodaro people had an apparent concern for privacy. How? Mark correct aswers

a)

people had no outlet for water in drains

b)

no windows in the walls along the ground level.

c)

no garden and trees on entrance

d)

main entrance does not give a direct view of the interior or the courtyard.

37.

Consider the following statements about the seals of Proto-Shiva.

1. There is a mention of a diety ‘Rudra’ in ancient religious texts.

2. Later on Rudra word was used for Shiva.

3. Rudra is not mentioned as Pashupati in Rigveda.

4. Depiction of Pashupati does not match the mention of Rudra in Rigveda.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

a)

1, 2, 3, 4

b)

1, 2, 3

c)

2, 3, 4

d)

1, 3, 4

38.

Which of these was not worshipped by the Harappan?

a)

Nature

b)

Goddess

c)

Indra

d)

Pashupatinath

39.

which of the following metal was not known to the Harappans

a)

bronze

b)

silver

c)

iron

d)

copper

40.

Cholistan and Banawali are sites in Rajasthan.

True or False

a)

true

b)

false

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