What Do You Know About Indus Valley Civilization?
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!
- 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
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