Indus Valley Civilization🏺 – 50 Important Q&A (Exam-Oriented)
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🔹 Discovery & Chronology (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. Who discovered Harappa?
👉 Daya Ram Sahni (1921)
2. Who discovered Mohenjo-daro?
👉 R. D. Banerjee (1922)
3. Who gave the name Indus Valley Civilization?
👉 Sir John Marshall
4. What is the time period of the Mature Harappan phase?
👉 2600 BCE – 1900 BCE
5. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to which age?
👉 Bronze Age
🔹 Important Sites & Features (MOST ASKED)
6. The Great Bath is located at which site?
👉 Mohenjo-daro
7. The Great Granary is found at which site?
👉 Harappa
8. The dockyard of the Indus Valley Civilization is located at which site?
👉 Lothal
9. Fire altars were found at which site?
👉 Kalibangan
10. Which site is famous for water conservation system?
👉 Dholavira
11. Which site is known for bead-making industry?
👉 Chanhudaro
12. Which is the largest Harappan site in India?
👉 Rakhigarhi
🔹 Town Planning (VERY HIGH WEIGHTAGE)
13. What type of city planning was followed?
👉 Grid pattern
14. What was the drainage system like?
👉 Well-planned and covered
15. Houses were made of which material?
👉 Baked bricks
16. Streets were laid out in which pattern?
👉 Straight lines intersecting at right angles
🔹 Economy & Trade
17. What was the main occupation of the people?
👉 Agriculture
18. Which crops were mainly grown?
👉 Wheat and barley
19. Which civilization traded with the Indus Valley?
👉 Mesopotamia
20. Which was the first civilization to grow cotton?
👉 Indus Valley Civilization
21. Did they use standardized weights and measures?
👉 Yes
🔹 Art & Culture
22. The Dancing Girl statue was found at which site?
👉 Mohenjo-daro
23. The Priest-King statue was found at which site?
👉 Mohenjo-daro
24. Seals were mainly made of which material?
👉 Steatite
🔹 Religion (IMPORTANT)
25. Which deity is associated with the Pashupati seal?
👉 Proto-Shiva
26. Which goddess was widely worshipped?
👉 Mother Goddess
27. Which tree was considered sacred?
👉 Peepal tree
🔹 Script (FREQUENTLY ASKED)
28. Has the Indus script been deciphered?
👉 No
29. What type of script was used?
👉 Pictographic script
🔹 Technology & Tools
30. Which metal was widely used?
👉 Bronze
31. Was iron known to the Harappans?
👉 No
🔹 Society & Administration
32. What type of society existed in the Indus Valley?
👉 Urban society
33. Is there evidence of kingship?
👉 No clear evidence
🔹 Decline (VERY IMPORTANT)
34. When did the Indus Valley Civilization decline?
👉 Around 1900 BCE
35. What is a major theory for its decline?
👉 Climate change
36. Which river’s drying is linked to its decline?
👉 Ghaggar-Hakra River
37. Is Aryan invasion theory fully accepted?
👉 No
🔹 Miscellaneous (PYQ Pattern)
38. Lothal is located in which state?
👉 Gujarat
39. Kalibangan is located in which state?
👉 Rajasthan
40. Harappa is located in which country?
👉 Pakistan
41. What does Mohenjo-daro mean?
👉 Mound of the Dead
42. What type of transport was used?
👉 Bullock carts
43. What type of pottery was common?
👉 Red pottery with black designs
44. Which animals were domesticated?
👉 Cow, sheep, dog
45. What was a key feature of Harappan cities?
👉 Advanced sanitation system
46. What type of economy did they have?
👉 Urban and trade-based economy
47. What kind of tools were used?
👉 Bronze tools
48. What type of ornaments were used?
👉 Gold, silver, semi-precious stones
49. Were large temples found?
👉 No
50. What is the greatest achievement of the Indus Valley Civilization?
👉 Urban planning and drainage system
