Indus Valley Civilisation

Question 1

_________ can be defined as the process by which a society develops its own culture and institutions.

Answer 1

Civilisation

Question 2

At its zenith, a _________’s political boundary can be defined, it has a set of rules and laws under a leader, a common language, religion and customs.

Answer 2

Civilisation’s

Question 3

A highly developed and organised human society is called a _______ _______.

Answer 3

Civilised society

Question 4

______ supplied a continous flow of water for farming and human consumption. ________ helped in the growth of trade and commerce by providing means of transport. _______ provided important means of transport and communication. _______ along with climate, vegetation and topography, shaped the development of these early civilisations. Fill all of these blanks with just one word.

Answer 4

Rivers

Question 5

The four main river valley civilisations were?

Answer 5

1. Mesopotamian civilisation along rivers Tigris and Euphrates
2. Egyptian civilisation along river Nile
3. Indus Valley civilisation/ harrappan civilisation along the river Indus
4. The Shang and Zhou Civilisations along the rivers Yangtze Kiang and Huang He or the Yellow River

Question 6

The Indus Valley Civilisation, also know as ________ _________.

Answer 6

Harrappan Civilisation

Question 7

This civilisation flourished around _____ years ago.

Answer 7

4,700

Question 8

The civilisation flourished from approx. ____ BCE to ____BCE

Answer 8

2500;1500

Question 9

No civilisation in the ancient world has shown so much advancement in _____ _____ as the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Answer 9

Civic Sense

Question 10

It is best know for its spectacular city planning, which surpassed all its _________ civilisations.

Answer 10

Contemporary

Question 11

The Harrappan ruins were discovered while laying ____ _____ in the early _______ century.

Answer 11

rail tracks, nineteenth

Question 12

________ ___________, Director General of the Archeological Survey of British India.
Fill in the blanks.

Answer 12

Alexander Cunningham

Question 13

______ ________ studied the artefacts of Harappa in the 1850s.

Answer 13

Alexander Cunningham

Question 14

In the early twentieth century, Indian archaeologists under ____ ___ _____ undertook excavations at Harappa.

Answer 14

Daya Ram Sahni

Question 15

Further excavations in ____, by RD Banerjee.
Fill in the blank
What is RD Banerjee also known as

Answer 15

1921
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay

Question 16

RD Banerjee’s excavations led to the discovery of another large city known as ___________.

Answer 16

Mohenjadaro

Question 17

What did RD Banerjee discover other than the large city?

Answer 17

He discovered a number of villages and towns.

Question 18

Where were most of the initially excavated sites situated?

Answer 18

They were situated near the valley of the river Indus and its tributaries.

Question 19

Later diggings unearthed the extent of this civilisation, which stretched from Baluchistan in the ____ to ______ ______ in the east and from Jammu and Kashmir in the _____ to Gujarat in the west.

Answer 19

west, Uttar Pradesh, north

Question 20

__________ and _________ are considered the most significant sites, as they are largest in size.

Answer 20

Mohenjadaro, Harappa

Question 21

_______ signifies the ‘mound of the dead’.

Answer 21

Mohenjadaro

Question 22

______ is located west of the river Indus in the Larkhana district of Sind.

Answer 22

Mohejadaro

Question 23

Harappa is situated on the banks on the now dry course of the ____ in western Punjab in Pakistan.

Answer 23

Ravi

Question 24

More than ___ sites have been discovered so far making the Indus Valley Civilisation the largest civilisation of the ancinet world.

Answer 24

100

Question 25

Kot Diji, situated east of Mohenjodaro, was the earliest known fortified city that had a _______ and a ______ ___.

Answer 25

Citadel, lower town

Question 26

_______ flourished south of Mehrgarh.

Answer 26

Nausharo

Question 27

Blocks of mud houses divided by streets were discovered here.
Discovered where?

Answer 27

Nausharo

Question 28

Though a smaller settlement, ________ had all the features of a developing urban centre.

Answer 28

Nausharo

Question 29

Kalibangan is situated around ____ km from Bikaner.

Answer 29

205

Question 30

Kalibangan means ______ __________.

Answer 30

black bangles, a name derived from the terracotta bangles found there

Question 31

Banawali, situated ____-_____ of Fatehabad, it is a well constructed ____ town.

Answer 31

north-west, fort

Question 32

______, in Gujarat, had a dockyard where a huge human-made canal allowed ships to dock

Answer 32

Lothal

Question 33

Dholavira in the ________ District of Gujarat is famous for its magnificent planning and the large area it occupies.

Answer 33

Kachchh

Question 34

_____ flourished in Rajkot district of Saurashtra.

Answer 34

Rojdi

Question 35

The excavation of the residential area has revealed whole houses, courtyards, food-grain threshing and storage areas.
Which residential area is talked about?

Answer 35

Rojdi

Question 36

Surkotada, situated to the _____-east of Bhuj, had a citadel and fortified residential complexes

Answer 36

north

Question 37

__________ is till date the easternmost Harappan settlement, which was discovered in Uttar Pradesh.

Answer 37

Alamgirpur

Question 38

___________ at various sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation reveal a remarkable culture.

Answer 38

Excavations

Question 39

It showcases elaborately planned cities, multiple means of livelihood, ________ society and innovative craftsmanship.

Answer 39

stratified

Question 40

The world’s earliest planned cities had well-defined sanitary and _______ systems.

Answer 40

drainage

Question 41

The main roads ran parallel to each other, and……

Answer 41

Smaller streets intersected the main roads at right angles

Question 42

The entire city was divided into _____ blocks

Answer 42

rectangular

Question 43

The roads were wide, and the corners were rounded off for….

Answer 43

for easy movement of carts

Question 44

Many roads were paved with baked ______.

Answer 44

bricks

Question 45

Harappan cities were usually divided into two parts– the _______ and the _____ _____.

Answer 45

citadel, lower town