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Pre-Historic Period

Description: Pre-historic Period-(E)
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: Pre-historic Period- Indian History Ancient and Medieval History Ancient India
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On the basis of radio carbon dating, Indus Valley Civilisation spreads from the year

  1. 2500 to 1750 BC

  2. 3000 to 1750 BC

  3. 3500 to 1750 BC

  4. 4000 to 1750 BC


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: 2500 to 1750 BC

Brick platforms used for granaries are seen in the excavation at

  1. Kalibangan

  2. Rojdi

  3. Lothal

  4. Rangpur


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Brick platforms used for granaries are seen in the excavation at Lothal.

The Indus Valley Civilisation belongs to the

  1. Palaeolithic age

  2. Neolithic age

  3. Mesolithic age

  4. Chalcolithic age


Correct Option: B

Rice cultivation is associated with the Harappan site of

  1. Kalibangan

  2. Lothal

  3. Ropar

  4. Harappa


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Lothal

The local name of Mohenjodaro is

  1. Mound of the Living

  2. Mound of the Great

  3. Mound of the Survivor

  4. Mound of the Dead


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mound of the Dead is the local name of Mohenjodaro.

The script of Indus Valley Civilization was

  1. Persian

  2. Dravidian

  3. Sanskrit

  4. Undeciphered


Correct Option: D

The salient feature of the Rigvedic religion was

  1. worship of mother goddess

  2. worship of nature

  3. worship of trimurties

  4. worship of Pashupati


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The salient feature of the Rigvedic religion was worship of nature. Worship of different forces of nature formed a part of the Rigvedic religious belief. They believed that some divine power works behind these objects of nature such as fire, water, wind, etc.

The ruins of Harappa were first noticed by

  1. Charles Mason

  2. Daya Ram Sahni

  3. M. Wheeler

  4. M. S. Vats


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The ruins of Harappa were first noticed in 1842 by Charles Mason. Later, D. R. Sahni noticed them in 1921. 

Which of the following statements about the Indus Valley Civilisation is correct?

  1. The authors of the Indus Valley Civilisation had no trade relations with countries outside India.

  2. The authors of the Indus Valley Civilisation did not worship Gods and Goddesses.

  3. The Indus Valley people knew how to construct carts.

  4. The Indus Valley people were not familiar with cotton.


Correct Option: C

The earliest evidence of man in India was found in the

  1. Nilgiris

  2. Nallamala Hills

  3. Siwalik Hills

  4. Narmada Valley


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

The social system of the Harappans was

  1. fairly egalitarian

  2. colour based

  3. slave-labour based

  4. caste based


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The social system of the Harappans was fairly egalitarian.

Which of the following statements regarding Indus Valley Civilization is incorrect?

  1. People had great artistic sense

  2. The supreme god was the Pipal God

  3. There was a great communal bath in Mohenjodaro

  4. It was confined to Harappa and Mohenjodaro


Correct Option: D

Which of the following metals was not used by the Harappans?

  1. Gold

  2. Copper

  3. Iron

  4. Silver


Correct Option: C

Remains of horse were discovered from which Harappan city?

  1. Surkotada

  2. Mohenjodaro

  3. Rakhigarhi

  4. Kalibangan


Correct Option: A

Which of the following Harappan sites are not in India?

  1. Bhanwali and Ropar

  2. Lothal and Ropar

  3. Lothal and Kalibangan

  4. Mohenjo-daro and Harappa


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option (4) is the correct answer. 

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