14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/06/2026
1. Which of the following is a Harappan port?
2. Which Harappan city is divided into three parts?
3. Human Society is unique because it depends mainly on:
4. Regarding the Indus Valley Civilisation, consider the following statements.
I. It was predominantly a secular civilisation and the religious element, though present, did not dominate the scene.
II. During this period, cotton was used for manufacturing textiles in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
5. Which among the following pairs is not correct?
6. What is the correct North-South sequence of the following civilisations?
7. Which of the following Civilisations flourished on the bank of River Nile?
8. For clothing, cotton cultivation was first introduced in:
9. Match List I (Theorist) with List II (Proposed Reason for Harappan Decline) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (Theorist) | List II (Proposed Reason for Decline) |
| A. M. R. Sahni | 1. Innundation/Floods |
| B. K. V. R. Kennedy | 2. Epidemic/Natural Calamity |
| C. Raikes | 3. Tectonic disturbances/Change in river course |
10. Which of the following match is not correct regarding the origin of Harappan civilisation?
11. Which one among the following sites is located in the valley of Ghaggar and its associated rivers?
12. Which of the following is not an Indus Valley Civilisation site?
13. Which of the following is not responsible for the decline of Indus Valley Civilisation?
14. An ivory scale in Harappan context was found at:
15. Harappan craft display an amazing degree of standardisation according to Kenoyer, what was the possible reason for such an achievement?
16. Match List I (Harappan Site) with List II (Key Archaeological Finding) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (Harappan Site) | List II (Key Archaeological Finding) |
| A. Harappa | 1. Cemetry R-37 |
| B. Lothal | 2. Dockyard |
| C. Kalibangan | 3. Dancing girl statue |
| D. Mohenjodaro | 4. Furrowed land (Ploughed field) |
17. From which one of the following factory sites were limestone and chert blades mass produced and sent to various Harappan settlement in Sindh?
18. Which of the following is a correct statement about Indus Valley Civilisation?
19. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
20. Match List I (Harappan site) with List II (Modern location/Island) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (Harappan site) | List II (Modern location/Island) |
| A. Dholavira | 1. Saurashtra (Part of Gujarat) |
| B. Rakhigarhi | 2. Hisar (District in Haryana) |
| C. Bhirrana | 3. Kadir island (Kutch, Gujarat) |
| D. Bhogavo | 4. Haryana (State) |
21. Who was the director of the archaeological excavation that led to the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjodaro?
22. How were the street of cities of Indus Valley Civilisation?
23. The first archaeologist who excavated Harappa, but could not recognize its significance, was:
24. Who among the following archaeologists was the first to identify similarities between a pre-Harappan culture and the mature Harappan culture?
25. Which among the following Harappan site terracotta of ‘plough’ was found?
26. Match List I (Harappan Site) with List II (Key Archaeological Finding) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
| List I (Harappan Site) | List II (Key Archaeological Finding) |
| A. Lothal | 1. Ploughed field |
| B. Kalibangan | 2. Dockyard |
| C. Dholavira | 3. Terracotta replica of a plough |
| D. Banawali | 4. An inscription comprising ten large sized signs of the Harappan script |
27. Which one of the following is not the characteristic feature of the Harappan settlement?
28. A ploughed field was discovered at:
29. The first metal used by man was:
30. What is the most significant feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
31. Rangpur, where the contemporary of Harappan civilisation found, is in:
32. The main source of knowledge about the inhabitants of Indus Valley Civilisations is the discovery of:
33. In which of the following site remnant of three townships have been revealed?
34. Which city of Indus Valley Civilisation was divided into three parts?
35. The people of Indus valley believed in:
36. A horned deity engraved on a terracotta cake has been recovered from:
37. In which direction was the gate of Assembly Hall?
38. The Indus Valley culture was different from the Vedic Civilisation because:
39. Harappan people had a common burial system which is proved by:
40. The beginning of idol worship is to be considered in:
41. Which of the following statements about Harappa Civilisation is/are correct?
I. There is the extraordinary uniformity in artefacts as evident in pottery seals, bricks and weights.
II. The late Harappa sites also maintained the same construction techniques as were used in mature Harappa sites.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
42. Surkotada was discovered by:
43. Many sites of Indus Valley Civilisation was placed on the bank of rivers. Identify the rivers associated with this civilisation.
I. Sindhu
II. Chenab
III. Jhelum
IV. Ganga
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
44. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
45. The largest site of Harappan in India is:
46. The following sentence describe one of the sites of the Harappany Civilisation.
"The settlement is divided into two sections, one smaller but higher and the other much larger but lower. Archaeologists, designate these as the citadel and the lower town respectively. Both were walled. Several buildings were built on platforms, which served as foundations.
Which of the following sites does it refer to?
47. The Harappan Civilisation covered an expensive area of present South Asia. The geographic area covered by this civilisation included:
48. For the Harappan Cultural sites and its position, which one of the following is not correctly matched?
49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I | List II |
| A. Indus Valley Civilisation | 1. Pastoral |
| B. Later Vedic Society | 2. Landlordism |
| C. Rigvedic Society | 3. Agrarian |
| D. Medieval Period | 4. Urban |
50. The important reason to keep Indus-Valley civilisation before Aryan Civilisation is:
