Indications of pre-Harappan civilisation have come from the archeological excavations at:
(a) Roper
(b) Lothal
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Kunal
History of the Subcontinent MCQs
During the Neolithic Age in India, the only metal known to the people was:
(a) Iron
(b) Copper
(c) Gold
(d) Silver
Which of the following Harrapan sites had a dock?
(a) Harappa
(b) Lothal
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Alamgirpur
Which colour was commonly used in Harappan pottery?
(a) Blue
(b) Red
(c) Blue-green
(d) Yellow
Knowledge about the existence of which of the following animals is doubtful in the Indus valley civilisation?
(a) Dog
(b) Cat
(c) Bull
(d) Horse
The Indus valley people knew the use of:
(a) Gold, silver, copper, bronze but not iron
(b) Copper, iron, gold but not bronze
(c) Silver, lead, iron but not gold
(d) Gold, tin, bronze but not copper
The script of Indus valley civilisation was:
(a) Persian
(b) Dravidian
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Indecipherable
The greatest invention of man in Palaeolithic Age was:
(a) Potter’s wheel
(b) Metal implements
(c) Fire
(d) Spinning of cloth
Man passed from the food gathering stage to the food producing stage in the:
(a) Neolithic Age
(b) Palaeolithic Age
(c) Mesolithic Age
(d) Chalcolithic Age
The Indus valley civilisation is known as pre-Aryan civilisation because of the evidence of:
(a) Art
(b) Copper
(c) Pottery
(d) Script