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Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Which city does not belong to Harappa Civilization?

  1. Lothal

  2. Mohen-jo-daro

  3. Memphis

  4. Banavali
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Memphis belonged to the Egyptian Civilization. According to legend related by Manetho, the city was founded by the pharaoh Menes. Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it remained an important city throughout ancient Mediterranean history.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Cotton weaving probably began in ____________.

  1. the Indus Valley civilization.

  2. China

  3. Southeast Asia.

  4. Sumer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Archaeological evidence from the Indus Valley Civilization, such as cotton fragments found at Mohenjo-Daro, indicates that cotton weaving was practiced there as early as the 3rd millennium BC.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Metals known to Indus Valley Civilization were:

  1. Gold, copper, silver, bronze but not iron

  2. Silver, iron, bronze but not gold

  3. Iron, copper, gold but not silver

  4. Zinc, silver, iron but not gold.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gold, copper, silver, bronze metals were known to Indus Valley Civilization but not iron. The Indus valley people or Harappan people not discovered iron. The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age Civilization extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India, it was one of three early Civilization of the Old World. Inhabitants of the ancients Indus river valley developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin).

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Which of the following civilisations is not associated with the Harappan Civilisation?

  1. Mesopotamian

  2. Egyptian

  3. Mayan

  4. Chinese
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Harappan, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian civilizations were contemporary and had trade relations. The Mayan civilization developed much later in a different part of the world.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Of the following scholars who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?

  1. Sir John Marshall

  2. RD Banerji

  3. A Cunningham

  4. Daya Ram Sahani
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alexander Cunningham, the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, conducted early excavations and identified the site of Harappa, though the full significance was realized later by others.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

Match the location of the following Harappan sites:

List-I(Sites) List-II(States)
A. Ropar i. Uttar Pradesh
B. Alamgirpur ii. Punjab
C. Kalibangan iii. Gujarat
D. Dholavira iv. Rajasthan
E. Banawali v. Haryana

  1. A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii, E-v

  2. A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv, E-v

  3. A-ii, B-i, C-iii, D-iv, E-v

  4. A-ii, B-iii, C-i, D-v, E-iv
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Matching the sites to their states: Ropar (Punjab), Alamgirpur (Uttar Pradesh), Kalibangan (Rajasthan), Dholavira (Gujarat), and Banawali (Haryana). Option A correctly maps these.

Multiple choice history the beginning of settled life life after stone ages ancient civilizations in river valleys historic period

The date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has been fixed on the basis of _____.

  1. Pottery design

  2. Stratification

  3. Aryan invasion

  4. Radio Carbon-14 dating
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Radiocarbon dating (Carbon-14) is the standard scientific method used to determine the age of organic materials found in archaeological sites, which helped establish the timeline for the Harappan Civilization.