General Knowledge Quiz 241

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Use of plough has been evidenced at :
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Lothal
(c) Harappa
(d) Banwali

ANSWER. (a)

The Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in:
(a) 1902
(b) 1921
(c) 1922
(d) 1932

ANSWER. (b)

Which of the following are Indus Valley sites in India?
1. Rangpur
2. Banwali
3. Sutkagendor
4. Alamgirpur

(a) 1 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1,2and4
(d) 1,2,3and4

ANSWER. (c)

Nomad man started settling in:
(a) Paleolithic Age
(b) Mesolithic Age
(C) Neolithic Age
(d) None of these

ANSWER. (c)

Match the following :
A. Practice of fire cult 1. Lothal
B. Lower town fortified 2. Kalibangan
C. Great Bath 3. Mohenjodaro
D. Granary 4. Harappa
E. Shipbuilding 5. Surkotada

    A B C D E
(a) 1 2 3 4 5
(b) 5 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 5 3 4 1
(d) 5 3 4 2 1

ANSWER. (c)

Which of the following crops were grown by the people of the Indus Valley Civilization?
1. Wheat
2. Barley
3. Cotton
4. Peas

(a) 1,2 and 4
(b) 1,2,3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3

ANSWER. (b)

Which one of the following archaeologists initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site of the Indus Valley Civilization?
(a) Sir John Marshall
(b) Rakhal Das Banerjee
(c) Daya Ram Sahni
(d) Sir Mortimer Wheeler

ANSWER. (b)

Which of the following items and the place of their discovery is wrongly matched?
(1) Statuette of a – Mohenjodaro bearded man
(2) Rice husks - Lothal
(3) Fire pits and - Harappa altars
(4) Bead-makers shop - Chanhu-daro
(5) Fossil remains –Surkotda of a horse

(a) 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 only
(d) 1 and 5

ANSWER. (a)

The main characteristic of the Indus Valley Civilization Was:
(a) Town planning
(b) Drainage system
(c) Well laid out roads
(d) Pucca houses

ANSWER. (a)

The Indus-Valley Civilization is known as Pre-Aryan Civilization because of the evidence of:
(a) Art
(b) Copper
(c) Pottery
(d) Script

ANSWER. (b)