14000+ MCQs Ancient History (Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 MinutesÂ
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 12/09/2026
1. In the Mesopotamian records, which one of the following terms was used for the Indus Valley Civilisation?
2. Harappan people were first in which production?
3. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
4. The discovery of Harappan Civilisation was in:
5. Which among the following has not been found from Harappan places?
6. Harappan people had a common burial system which is proved by:
7. Who among the following archaeologists was the first to identify similarities between a pre-Harappan culture and the mature Harappan culture?
8. 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.
9. Which Harappan city is divided into three parts?
10. The excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by:
11. Which one of the following statements about the Harappan Culture is not correct?
12. Which among the following pairs is not correct?
13. Worship of Devi Mata was related to:
14. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?
15. The people of Indus valley believed in:
16. A horned deity engraved on a terracotta cake has been recovered from:
17. Which place of Harappan civilisation is located in Maharashtra?
I. Harappan
II. Mohenjodaro
III. Diamabad
IV. Surkotda
Select the correct answer using codes given below.
18. The first ancient Civilisation to develop the art of writing in a proper system was:
19. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the given codes.
I. Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Ropar and Kalibangan are the main sites of Indus Valley Civilisation.
II. People of Harappa developed the road, proper housing and drainage system.
III. People of Harappa were unknown about the use of metals.
20. What was the main business of IVC’s people?
21. What is the correct chronological order in which the following appeared in India?
I. Gold coins
II. Punch-marked silver coins
III. Iron plough
IV. Urban culture
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
22. Which of the following is not responsible for the decline of Indus Valley Civilisation?
23. Which one of the following animals is not depicted on the Harappan seal?
24. From which one of the following factory sites were limestone and chert blades mass produced and sent to various Harappan settlement in Sindh?
25. What is the most significant feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
26. The first archaeologist who excavated Harappa, but could not recognize its significance, was:
27. The Harappan city represented by the archaeological site of Lothal was situated on the river:
28. From where the evidence of rock-cut architecture were found, with reference to Harappa civilisation?
29. Which of the following is not an Indus Valley Civilisation site?
30. Match List I (Harappan Settlement) with List II (River on which located) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (Harappan Settlement) | List II (River on which located) |
| A. Harappa | 1. Bhogava |
| B. Kalibangan | 2. Ghaggar |
| C. Lothal | 3. Ravi |
| D. Ropar | 4. Sutlej |
31. Which of the following is a Harappan port?
32. From which one of the following factory sites were limestone and chert blades mass produced and sent to various Harappan settlements in Sindh?
33. Which among the following is not related to Indus Valley Civilisation?
34. For clothing, cotton cultivation was first introduced in:
35. What is the correct North-South sequence of the following civilisations?
36. Which one among the following sites is located in the valley of Ghaggar and its associated rivers?
37. Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan culture?
38. Which of the following throw light on Harappan culture?
39. With reference to the difference between the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and Indus Valley people, which of the following statement is/are correct?
(i) Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail and helmet in warfare, whereas the people of Indus valley civilisation did not leave any evidence of using them. (ii) Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver and copper, whereas Indus valley people knew only copper and iron. (iii) Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated the horse, whereas there is no evidence of Indus valley people having been aware of this animal. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
40. The beginning of idol worship is to be considered in:
41. 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 |
43. Two Indians who were associated with discovery of Indus Valley Civilisation, are:
44. Surkotada was discovered by:
45. The copper chariot of Indus Valley civilisation was found in which of the following place?
46. A Harappan site being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds is:
47. Which site of Indus Valley is now in Pakistan?
48. The Indus Valley culture was different from the Vedic Civilisation because:
49. From which one of the following places, remains of wells have been found in houses belonging to the developed stage of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
50. Indus Valley Civilisation is known.
I. for its town planning
II. for Mohenjodaro and Harappan
III. for their agricultural work
IV. for its industrialisation.
