Top 50 Harappan Civilisation Questions and Answers for UPSC

Harappan Civilisation Questions and Answers

Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation Questions and Answers: In any competitive examination, questions related to Indus Valley Civilization are definitely asked and which also have questions of Indus Valley Civilization. These questions are very normal levels, but still, mostly go wrong because we do not pay good attention to them and do not repeat them. You can repeat these questions very easily here. 




Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation Questions and Answers
1. Which of the following is a Harappan site located in Rajasthan? (WBCS 2017)
(A) Mohenjo Daro
(B) Suktagen Dor
(C) Kalibangan ✔
(D) Lothal

2. A ploughed field was discovered at– (UPPSC Mains 2005)
(A) Mohenjodaro
(B) Kalibangan ✔
(C) Harappa
(D) Lothal

3. In which of the following site remnant of three townships have been revealed? (CG PSC Pre 2015)
(A) Mohenjodaro
(B) Sanghol
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Dholavira ✔

4. Which of the following is a Harappan port? (BPSC Pre 2011)
(A) Alexandria
(B) Lothal ✔
(C) Mahasthangarh
(D) Nagapattinam

5. How were the street of cities of Indus Valley Civilisation? (SSC 2012)
(A) Broad and straight ✔
(B) Narrow and zig-zag
(C) Slippery
(D) Narrow and dirty

6. Human Society is unique because it depends mainly on– (UPPSC Mains 2004)
(A) culture ✔
(B) economy
(C) religion
(D) science

7. Harappan people had a common burial system which is proved by– (HPPSC 2012)
(A) the Earth burial, head of the dead normally laid towards the North
(B) the burial of commonly used item with the dead.
(C) Both 'a' and 'b'. ✔
(D) the burial of the dead body in the sitting posture.

8. What was the main business of IVC's people? (SSC 2001)
(A) Business
(B) Animal Husbandry
(C) Hunting
(D) Agriculture ✔

9. Which among the following is a port city of Harappa? (BPSC 2011)
(A) Sikdariya
(B) Lothal ✔
(C) Maharathanagash
(D) Nagpattneus

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10. Harappan people were first in which production? (SSC 2001)
(A) Coins
(B) Cotton ✔
(C) Copper tools
(D) Wheat

11. Which among the following has not been found in Harappan places? (CGPSC 2011)
(A) Copper
(B) Gold
(C) Silver
(D) Iron ✔

12. Which among the following is not related to Indus Valley Civilisation? (MPPSC 2019)
(A) Constructions of streets
(B) Constructions of pillars ✔
(C) Constructions of wells
(D) Constructions of bows

13. The Great Bath' was found at the archaeological site of– (UPPSC 2010)
(A) Ropar
(B) Harappa
(C) Mohenjodaro ✔
(D) Kalibangan

14. Which site of Indus Valley Civilisation is located in India? (UPPSC 1995)
(A) Harappa
(B) Mohenjodaro
(C) Lothal ✔
(D) None of these

15. Human Society is unique because it depends mainly on– (UPPSC Mains 2004)
(A) culture ✔
(B) economy
(C) religion
(D) science

16. Harappan people had a common burial system which is proved by– (HPPSC 2012)
(A) the Earth burial, head of the dead normally laid towards the North
(B) the burial of commonly used items with the dead.
(C) Both 'a' and 'b'. ✔
(D) the burial of the dead body in the sitting posture.

17. What was the main business of IVC's people? (SSC 2001)
(A) Business
(B) Animal Husbandry
(C) Hunting
(D) Agriculture ✔

18. Which among the following is a port city of Harappa? (BPSC 2011)
(A) Sikdariya
(B) Lothal ✔
(C) Maharathanagash
(D) Nagpattneus

19. Harappan people were first in which production? (SSC 2001)
(A) Coins
(B) Cotton ✔
(C) Copper tools
(D) Wheat

20. Which among the following has not been found in Harappan places? (CGPSC 2011)
(A) Copper
(B) Gold
(C) Silver
(D) Iron ✔

21. Lothal is located in– (UKPSC Pre 2010)
(A) Gujarat ✔
(B) Punjab
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Sindh

22. Which city of Indus Valley Civilisation was divided into three parts? (UPRO/ARO 2013)
(A) Lothal
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Dholavira ✔
(D) Suskotda

23. From where the copper chariot of Harappan times was found? (CGPSC 2013)
(A) Kunal
(B) Rakhigarhi
(C) Daimabad ✔
(D) Banawali

24. The people of Indus valley believed in– (RAS/RTS Pre 1993)
(A) Spirit and Brahma
(B) Ritual
(C) Sacrificial system
(D) Mother Goddess ✔

25. The Indus valley people worshipped– (UKPSC Mains 2006)
(A) Shiva ✔
(B) Indra and Varun
(C) Brahma
(D) Vishnu



26. Worship of Devi Mata was related to– (SSC 2012)
(A) Indus Valley Civilisation ✔
(B) Egyptian Civilisation
(C) Roman Civilisation
(D) Post Vedic Culture

27. Which among the following Harappan sites is not located in Gujarat? (WBCS 2018)
(A) Surkotada
(B) Lothal
(C) Dholavira
(D) Banawali ✔

28. A horned deity engraved on a terracotta cake has been recovered from– (UP Lower Pre 2008)
(A) Banawali
(B) Kalibangan ✔
(C) Lothal
(D) Surkotada

29. The people of Indus valley believed in– (RAS/RTS Pre 1993)
(A) Spirit and Brahma
(B) Ritual
(C) Sacrificial system
(D) Mother Goddess ✔

30. The Indus valley people worshipped– (UKPSC Mains 2006)
(A) Shiva ✔
(B) Indra and Varun
(C) Brahma
(D) Vishnu

31. Worship of Devi Mata was related to– (SSC 2012)
(A) Indus Valley Civilisation ✔
(B) Egyptian Civilisation
(C) Roman Civilisation
(D) Post Vedic Culture

32. Which one among the following Indus cities was known for water management? (CDS 2012)
(A) Lothal
(B) Mohenjodaro
(C) Harappa
(D) Dholavira ✔

33. Which Harappan city is divided into three parts? (UPRO/ARO Mains 2013)
(A) Lothal
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Dholavira ✔
(D) Sukotada

34. The excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by– (UP Lower Sub. Pre 2015)
(A) JH Mackay ✔
(B) Sir John Marshall
(C) REM Wheeler
(D) Sir Aurel Stein

35. The beginning of idol worship is to be considered in– (UPPSC Pre 1992)
(A) Pre-Aryan ✔
(B) Vedic Period
(C) Mauryan Period
(D) Kushan Period

36. Which site of Indus Valley is now in Pakistan? (UPPSC Pre 1994)
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Harappa ✔
(C) Lothal
(D) Alamgirpur

37. Which one of the following is not a Harappan site? (IAS Pre 2019)
(A) Chanhudaro
(B) Kot Diji
(C) Sohgaura ✔
(D) Desalpur

38. Which of the following is not an Indus Valley Civilisation site? (MPPSC Pre 2013)
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Ropar
(C) Patliputra ✔
(D) Lothal

39. Which of the following is not correctly matched? (UPPSC Pre 1999)
(A) Alamgirpur - Uttar Pradesh
(B) Lothal - Gujarat
(C) Kalibangan - Haryana ✔
(D) Ropar - Punjab

40. What is the correct North-South sequence of the following civilisations? (UPRO/ARO Pre 2016)
(A) Maya-Aztec-Muisca-Inca
(B) Maya-Muisca-Inca-Aztec
(C) Axtec-Muisca-Maya-Inca
(D) Aztec-Maya-Muisca-Inca ✔

41. Rangpur, where the contemporary Harappan civilisation was found, is in– (RAS/RTS Pre 1999)
(A) Punjab
(B) Eastern Uttar Pradesh
(C) Saurashtra ✔
(D) Rajasthan

42. Which of the following Civilisations flourished on the bank of River Nile? (UPPSC 2004)
(A) Roman Civilisation
(B) Indus Valley Civilisation
(C) Greak Civilisation
(D) Egyptian Civilisation ✔

43. The largest site of Harappan in India is– (UPPSC Mains 2004)
(A) Alamgirpur
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Lothal
(D) Rakhigarhi ✔

44. Dadheri is a late Harappan site of– (UPPSC Mains 2014)
(A) Jammu
(B) Punjab ✔
(C) Haryana
(D) Uttar Pradesh

45. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development? (SSC CPO 2002)
(A) Pottery
(B) Seals ✔
(C) Boats
(D) Houses

46. The archaeological finds from Alamgirpur in Meerut district reflected– (UPPSC 2005)
(A) Harappa Culture ✔
(B) Vedic Culture
(C) Mauryan Culture
(D) Gupta Period Culture

47. Dholavira is located in the state of– (UPPSC Mains 2010)
(A) Gujarat ✔
(B) Haryana
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan

48. The source of knowledge about Harappan culture is– (UPPSC Pre 1996, 1994)
(A) rock edicts
(B) writing in terracotta seals
(C) archaeological excavations ✔
(D) All of the above are

49. The site of Harappa is located on the bank of river– (CDS 2012)
(A) Saraswati
(B) Indus
(C) Beas
(D) Ravi ✔

50. The discovery of Harappan Civilisation was in– (SSC 2004)
(A) 1942
(B) 1921 ✔
(C) 1901
(D) 1935

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