WorksheetsSST history
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
Harappa is now known as ........?
Patna
China
Iran
Pakistan
Nearly a _______________, when railway lines were being laid down for the first time in the Punjab, engineers stumbled upon the site of Harappa in present-day Pakistan.
hundred and fifty years ago
hundred and forty years ago
hundred and ten years ago
hundred years ago
railway lines were being laid down for the first time in the ___________
Pakistan
Punjab
Patna
Then, about eighty years ago, archaeologists found the site, and realised that this was one of the oldest cities in the subcontinent. As this was the first city to be discovered, all other sites from where similar buildings (and other things) were found were described as Harappan. These cities developed about _____ years ago.
4800
5000
4700
7400
The bricks were laid in an ________ pattern and that made the walls strong
Interlocking
lining
In some cities, special buildings were constructed on the citadel. For example, in Mohenjodaro, a very special tank, which archaeologists call the Great Bath, was built in this area. This was lined with bricks, coated with ________
Plaster
water
cement
paint
Raw materials are substances that are either found naturally (such as ______or ores of metals)
Wood
iron
copper
gold
A Harappan city was a very busy place.
True
False
The Harappans probably got copper from present-day Rajasthan, and even from Oman in West
Asia
Europe
America
Africa
Archaeologists have also found spindle whorls, made of _____________These were used to spin thread.
Terracotta
faience
Both of them
none of them
was it easy?
yes
no
not at all
