Open Blog Test 2 A Prelims Indus Valley Civilisation

Part I

Qts 1  Explain Harappa civilization excavation 

1.About 150 years ago, while laying the railway lines at Harappa in Punjab in present day Pakistan, Engineers found a mound that was a rich source of ready made, high quality brick

2.Engineers  took off thousands of bricks from the walls of the old buildings of the city to build railway lines. Many buildings were completely destroyed

3.Around 1920, archaeologists found the site, and realised that this was one of the oldest cities in the subcontinent

4. Cities developed about 4700 years ago. This was the first city to be discovered from the Indus Valley Civilization, so the it is also called the Harappan Civilization.

Qts 2 Explain Structure of the cities

1.Many of these cities were divided into two or more parts.

2.One part to west – smaller but higher = Citadel

3.Other part to the east – larger but lower = Lower Town

4.Walls of baked brick were built around each part.

5.Towns were planned as per a grid system.

Qts 3 Describe Houses and Streets

1. Buildings were constructed with strong well baked bricks laid in inter-locking patterns.

2. Either one or two storeys buildings with rooms built around a courtyard.

3.Separate bathing area and Wells to supply water.

4.Covered drains with inspection holes.

5.Smaller drains were connected to bigger ones.

Qts 4 Explain life of Harappa civilization

1. Some people, probably the rulers were engaged in planning the towns.

2.Some people travelled distant places to get variety of materials.

3.Some people made jewelry and ornaments of gold and silver.

4.Scribes were the people did the reading and writing works.

5. Craft persons made variety of things from metals, clay, terracotta, etc.

Qts 5. Explain crafts in Harappa 

1. Copper and bronze were used to make tools, weapons, ornaments, and vessels.

2. Gold and silver were used to make ornaments and vessels.

3.Beads, weights, and blades were made of a special type of stone.

4.Pots with beautiful black designs were also made.

6..Spindle whorls were made of terracotta (Baked Clay) and faience (Chinese Clay)

7. Seals were made of stones, terracotta, etc.

8.Sealings were made of clay.

Qts 6. Describe source of raw materials in Harappa 

1.Cotton was the raw material for making clothes and it was produced by the farmers.

2.Copper was brought from present-day Rajasthan and Oman.

3.Tin was brought from Afghanistan and Iran.

4.Gold might have come from Karnataka.

4.Precious Stones were brought from Gujarat, Iran, and Afghanistan.

Qts 7 What are  features of Harappa site

1.Located at the bank of Ravi river in Punjab, Pakistan.

2.Discovered in 1921.

3.Discovered by Daya Ram Sahni.

Qts 8. What are features of Mohenjo-Daro

1.Located at the bank of Indus river in Sind, Pakistan.

2. Discovered in 1922.

3. Discovered by R D Banerjee.

Qts 9 What are features of Chanhu-Daro

1.Located at the bank of Indus river in Sind, Pakistan.

2.Discovered in 1931.

3.Discovered by N G Majumdar.

Qts 10 What are features of Kalibangan

1. Located at the bank of Ghaggar river in Rajasthan, India.

2.Discovered in 1953.

3. Discovered by Amol Anand Ghosh.

Qts 11 What are features of Lothal

1.Located at the bank of Bhogava river near the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat, India.

2.Discovered in 1953.

4. Discovered by R. Rao.

Qts 12 What are features of Dholavira

1.Located at the bank of river Luni, near Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, India.

2. Discovered in 1985.

3. Discovered by R S Bisht.

Part II 

1.Indus Valley Civilization was

Ans: Urban Civilization.

2. Indus Valley Civilisation

Ans: 

1. It had City life.

2.It had pictographic script.

3.Had no knowledge on Iron.

4. Had no knowledge on Cow.

3. Kalibangan was city in Indus Civilization at Rajasthan had

 Ans: Plough Field or Cultivable Land.

4. Great Bath found at

 Ans: Mohenjo-Daro.

5. Indus Valley Civilisation had 

Ans: 

1. Drainage system 

2.Pashupathi Shiva.

3.Mother Goddess.

 6. Harappa Was at

Ans: Punjab in Pakistan.

7. Lothal Was at

Ans: Gujarat at River bank Bhogova

8. Mohenjadaro houses had

 Ans: Wells

9. Mohenjadaro found at

 Ans: Sind in Pakistan

l0. Banwali was in River bank

Ans: Saraswathi ( now dried up) 

11.Dholavira Was 

Ans: 

1.Gujarat

2.It had Rock Cut Architecture.

12. Dholavira had 

Ans: Advanced Water Management

13. Cotton used by 

Ans: Harappans.

14.Mohenjadaro had 

Ans: Bull Seal

15. Lothal had 

Ans: Dockyard

16.Dholavira had 

 Ans: an Inscription comprising ten large sized Signs of Harappa Script. 

17. Banawali had

Ans  Terracota replace of Plough. 

18. Harappa Was in River bank 

Ans: Ravi 

I9. Kalibangan was in river bank

 Ans: Ghaggar

20. Ropar was in river bank 

Ans: Satlej at Punjab.

21. Alamgirpur was at

Ans: Uttar Pradesh

22. Banawali was at

 Ans: Haryans.

23. Manda Was at

Ans: Jammu. 

24. Daimabad was at

Ans: Maharashtra.

25. Sind in Pakistan

Ans  had Chanudaro, Mohenjadaro. 

26. People of Harappa developed

 Ans: Road, Housing, Drainage system.

27. Harappa Civilisation Was

 Ans: Secular Civilisation