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The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation — Practice

15 questions 15 min Recall + understand

  1. Q1. The inhabitants of the Indus-Sarasvatī civilisation are commonly called by which name?

  2. Q2. After which city, first excavated in 1920–21, is this civilisation named 'Harappan'?

  3. Q3. The famous 'Great Bath' of the Harappan civilisation was found at which city?

  4. Q4. The Harappans were the first people in Eurasia to grow which crop, which they wove into clothes?

  5. Q5. The huge basin believed to be a dockyard, about 217 metres long, was found at which Harappan settlement in Gujarat?

  6. Q6. Thousands of small Harappan seals were generally made of which soft stone, hardened by heating?

  7. Q7. The famous bronze figurine called the 'Dancing Girl', about 10.8 cm high, was found at which Harappan city?

  8. Q8. Around which date did the Sindhu-Sarasvatī civilisation begin to fall apart, with cities being abandoned one by one?

  9. Q9. The Sarasvatī River is today known by which name in India?

  10. Q10. When tin is added to copper, the harder metal that results — used by the Harappans for tools and pots — is called

  11. Q11. Most Harappan cities had two distinct parts. Who probably lived in the 'upper town'?

  12. Q12. Which Harappan city, in the Rann of Kutch, is famous for its large reservoirs, the biggest measuring 73 metres in length?

  13. Q13. The Harappans' most favoured ornaments were beads made of which reddish semiprecious stone, found mostly in Gujarat?

  14. Q14. In this chapter, the term 'civilisation' is generally used for which of the following?

  15. Q15. A small clay model of which farming tool, still used by modern farmers, was found at Banawali in Haryana?

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