What Do You Know About Indus Valley Civilization?

10 Questions | By Kwparker | Updated: Jan 11, 2023 | Attempts: 3139

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What Do You Know About Indus Valley Civilization? - Quiz

The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India today. The archaeological evidence proved the existence of a highly developed city of the ancient time. Please read each question carefully and choose the best possible answer There is a 10-minute time limit. So, let's try out the quiz. All the best!

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1.

When did people start moving into the Indus Valley?
- A.
  
  1500 BC
- B.
  
  1241 AD
- C.
  
  240 BC
- D.
  
  1000 BC
2.

What was the name of the group that first moved into the Indus Valley from Central Asia?
- A.
  
  Aztecs
- B.
  
  Incas
- C.
  
  Aryans
- D.
  
  Chinese
3.

What term means the movement of a person or group from one place to another?
- A.
  
  Migration
- B.
  
  Cultural diffusion
- C.
  
  Religion
- D.
  
  Culture
4.

What was the name of the language the Aryans brought with them?
- A.
  
  Hieroglyphics
- B.
  
  Cuneiform
- C.
  
  Aglo-Saxon
- D.
  
  Sanskrit
5.

Which of the following was not a city in the Indus Valley civilisation?
- A.
  
  Mohenjodaro
- B.
  
  Harappa
- C.
  
  Tunis
- D.
  
  Dholavira
- E.
  
  Lothal
6.

Mohenjodaro, in the local language, means "the mound of the living."
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Harappa was a port city with international trade.?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Which of the following is NOT a well-known piece of art excavated from the towns of the civilisation?
- A.
  
  Dancing Girl - Bronze
- B.
  
  Priest King - Terracotta
- C.
  
  Drunk Woman - Sandstone
- D.
  
  None of the above
9.

The Swastika can be found among the motifs in the Indus Valley script.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

Which of the following is not a remarkable feature of the civilisation?
- A.
  
  International trade
- B.
  
  Planned cities with drainage and water supply
- C.
  
  Literacy
- D.
  
  Earliest known dock found in the world
- E.
  
  Use of Iron