| GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012: History of Ancient India - Questions Oct 8th 2012, 09:38 | GyanCentral - The hub for engineering and law students - IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSAT, CLAT, AILET - 2012 | | The most comprehensive career education and test preparation forums in india. | | | History of Ancient India - Questions Oct 8th 2012, 09:31 1. Source of the Indus river is at ______, near the ______ Lake in Tibet. Answer: Singikabab, Mansarover 2. The five main tributaries of Indus river are: Answer : Jhelum, Sutlej, Beas, Ravi and Chenab 3. The mature phase of Indus Valley civilization (2600–1900 BCE) is known as. Answer : Harappan Civilization 4. The ruins of Harrappa near Sahiwal in Punjab, Pakistan were first discovered in 1842 by _____. Answer : Charles Masson, an East India Company soldier and explorer. 5. Who published the first Harappan seal? Answer : Alexander Cunningham 6. Harappan seals have been found in which foreign civilization? Answer : Mesopotamian 7. The Great Bath ruins of the Indus Valley Civilization are at _____. Answer : Mohenjo-daro 8. The prevalence of overseas trade in Harappan Culture is obvious with the discovery of a massive trading station and dock. Where is it? Answer : Coastal city of Lothal in western India (Gujarat state) . State TRUE or FALSE a) The Indus valley seals show "OM" symbol. b) The Mango tree was worshipped in Harappan civilization as a sacred tree. c) Lord 'Ram' was an important male god of Harappans who is still worshipped in India. d) People of the Indus Valley Civilization had developed a writing system. e) Indus Civilization went into decline in about 1700 B.C. by the invasion of "Aryans". f) No weapons of offence and no sign of warfare is discovered at Indus Cities Answer : a) FLASE - Swastikas b) FALSE - Peepal Tree c) FALSE - Shiva lingam have been found in the Harappan remains d) TRUE e) FALSE - This theory has been rejected by many scholars and there has been no surety of its decline. f) TRUE A commonly believed natural reason for the Indus Valley Civilization's decline is connected with ______. Answer : climate change Various settlement of Indus Valley Civilization has been discovered along and inside the river beds of the ______ rivers. Answer : Ghaggar Hakra river system Indus Valley Civilization covered which modern day Indian states? Answer : Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab Name the islands, the fifth largest Harappan site in the Indian subcontinent where the Indus Valley sites have been found. Answer : Dholavira, Kachchh district of Gujarat, India. The Indus Valley site discovered in India are: Answer : Manda on the Beas River near Jammu and Alamgirpur on the Hindon River, near Delhi | | | |  | |
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