Q1. Which metal was unknown to the Harappans?
A. Copper
B. Bronze
C. Iron ✅
D. Gold
Q2. The Great Bath has been found at:
A. Harappa
B. Mohenjodaro ✅
C. Dholavira
D. Lothal
Q3. What was the most distinctive feature of Harappan cities?
A. Use of iron
B. Grid pattern layout ✅
C. Stone houses
D. Wooden construction
Q4. Which animal is most commonly found on Harappan seals?
A. Horse
B. Elephant
C. Unicorn ✅
D. Bull
Q5. The Harappans used weights and measures mainly made of:
A. Stone ✅
B. Iron
C. Gold
D. Silver
Q6. Harappa is located in which modern country?
A. India
B. Bangladesh
C. Pakistan ✅
D. Nepal
Q7. What material was primarily used in making Harappan bricks?
A. Stone
B. Mud and burnt bricks ✅
C. Wood
D. Marble
Q8. The term “citadel” in Harappan cities refers to:
A. Market
B. Upper town ✅
C. Residential area
D. Industrial area
Q9. The Harappan script has been:
A. Fully deciphered
B. Partially deciphered
C. Not deciphered ✅
D. Irrelevant
Q10. Which of the following was a port city?
A. Harappa
B. Kalibangan
C. Lothal ✅
D. Banawali
Q 11. Dholavira is located in present-day:
A. Punjab
B. Gujarat ✅
C. Rajasthan
D. Haryana
Q12. What does the term ‘Nageshwar’ refer to in the Harappan context?
A. Temple
B. Shell working site ✅
C. Warehouse
D. Burial site
Q13. Which material was used in making Harappan seals?
A. Terracotta
B. Steatite ✅
C. Bronze
D. Wood
Q14. Harappan civilization is also known as:
A. Aryan civilization
B. Indus Valley Civilization ✅
C. Ganga Valley Civilization
D. Dravidian Civilization
Q,15. The main crops of the Harappan period included:
A. Maize and barley
B. Rice and maize
C. Wheat and barley ✅
D. Jowar and rice
Q16. Which site had evidence of ploughed field?
A. Harappa
B. Lothal
C. Kalibangan ✅
D. Mohenjodaro
Q17. The most common form of burial in Harappa was:
A. Cremation
B. Urn burial
C. Extended inhumation ✅
D. Mummification
Q18. The script of Harappan civilization was:
A. Pictographic ✅
B. Alphabetical
C. Roman
D. Cuneiform
Q 19. Who were the first to discover Harappa site?
A. Sir Mortimer Wheeler
B. Dayaram Sahni ✅
C. R. D. Banerjee
D. Alexander Cunningham
Q20. Which site gives evidence of water management system?
A. Mohenjodaro
B. Harappa
C. Dholavira ✅
D. Kalibangan
Q21. Harappan weights followed:
A. Decimal system ✅
B. Binary system
C. Duodecimal system
D. No system
Q22. The craft of Harappans that shows contact with Mesopotamia is:
A. Ironwork
B. Pottery
C. Bead making ✅
D. Brick making
Q23. Which was not used by Harappans?
A. Gold
B. Cotton
C. Horse ✅
D. Wheat
Q24. Beads in Harappan cities were made of:
A. Silver
B. Semi-precious stones ✅
C. Coal
D. Wool
Q25. Terracotta figurines found at Harappan sites are mostly of:
A. Women ✅
B. Kings
C. Horses
D. Warriors
Q26. Harappan civilization belonged to which age?
A. Iron Age
B. Bronze Age ✅
C. Copper Age
D. Stone Age
Q27. Which Harappan site has a dockyard?
A. Mohenjodaro
B. Dholavira
C. Lothal ✅
D. Kalibangan
Q28. Harappan seals were used for:
A. Writing books
B. Decorative items
C. Trade and identification ✅
D. Religious purpose
Q,29. Which archaeological site revealed evidence of fire altars?
A. Lothal
B. Kalibangan ✅
C. Dholavira
D. Harappa
Q30. The first city to be discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization:
A. Harappa ✅
B. Mohenjodaro
C. Lothal
D. Dholavira
Q31. The most remarkable discovery at Mohenjodaro was:
A. Fire altar
B. Dockyard
C. Great Bath ✅
D. Painted pottery
Q32. The Harappan civilization flourished around:
A. 2500–1750 BCE ✅
B. 1000–800 BCE
C. 500–100 BCE
D. 700–600 CE
Q33. Evidence of a stadium-like structure is found at:
A. Lothal
B. Mohenjodaro
C. Dholavira ✅
D. Banawali
Q34. Which of these was not a Harappan site?
A. Mohenjodaro
B. Rakhigarhi
C. Pataliputra ✅
D. Dholavira
Q35. The typical Harappan burial practice was:
A. Burial with grave goods ✅
B. Cremation only
C. Ash immersion
D. Hanging
Q36. Which of the following materials was NOT used by Harappans?
A. Terracotta
B. Iron ✅
C. Steatite
D. Bronze
Q37. Which structure suggests advanced urban drainage in Harappa?
A. Bath wells
B. Covered drains ✅
C. Fire altars
D. Granary
Q38. The largest Harappan site in India is:
A. Harappa
B. Rakhigarhi ✅
C. Mohenjodaro
D. Dholavira
Q39. The term ‘faience’ in Harappan context refers to:
A. Cloth
B. A shiny material for ornaments ✅
C. Clay pot
D. Building brick
Q40. The central authority of Harappan cities is:
A. King
B. Tribal chief
C. Unknown ✅
D. Priest
Q41. Harappan tools were mostly made of:
A. Iron
B. Copper and bronze ✅
C. Steel
D. Wood
Q42. Mesopotamian texts refer to trade with which Harappan region?
A. India
B. Punjab
C. Meluhha ✅
D. Mohenjodaro
Q43. Harappan people got copper from:
A. Chotanagpur
B. Rajasthan ✅
C. Gujarat
D. Kerala
Q44. The Harappan script was written:
A. Left to right
B. Top to bottom
C. Right to left ✅
D. Circular
Q45. Dead were often buried with objects because:
A. It was tradition
B. To show wealth
C. Belief in afterlife ✅
D. For sacrifice
Q46. The famous dancing girl statue was made of:
A. Bronze ✅
B. Stone
C. Terracotta
D. Iron
Q47. The Harappans got lapis lazuli from:
A. Iran
B. Afghanistan ✅
C. Gujarat
D. China
Q48. Harappan granaries were used to store:
A. Iron
B. Cotton
C. Grains ✅
D. Gold
Q49. Who excavated Mohenjodaro?
A. R. D. Banerjee ✅
B. Dayaram Sahni
C. Mortimer Wheeler
D. Cunningham
Q50. Main feature of Harappan religion was:
A. Idol worship
B. Temple worship
C. Mother Goddess worship ✅
D. Christianity
