CHAPTER 1 BRICKS, BEADS, AND BONES THE HARAPPAN CIVILISATION

CHAPTER 1 BRICKS, BEADS, AND BONES

THE HARAPPAN CIVILISATION

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

TRUE OR FALSE

1. Traces of canal have been found at the Harappan sites of Punjab and Sindh

2. Archeologists have found evidence of a plowed field at Lothal

3. The ancient name of Oman was Megan

4. The little pots made of faience were considered as luxurious item by the

archeologists

5. Cement was used as mortar to make the Great Bath watertight

6. Weights were usually made of a stone called steatite

7. Stratigraphy is the study of different inscriptions

8. John Marshall was the first Director-General of the ASI

9. Marshall tended to excavate along the regular horizontal units ignoring the

stratigraphy of the site

10. R.E.M Wheeler, an ex-army brigadier brought with him a military precision to

the practice of archaeology.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. In the Harappan cities, roads & streets intersected each other at .......... angle

a. Obtuse

b. Acute

c. Right

d. Straight

2. Khetri mines of Rajasthan is famous for

a. Gold

b. Silver

c. Copper

d. Diamond

3. The first Director-General of Archeological Survey of India was

a. John Marshall

b. Cunnigham

c. R.E.M Wheeler

d. Daya Ram Sahini

4. The Story of Indian Archaeology was written by

a. John Marshall

b. S. N. Roy

c. D. R. Sahini

d. R. D. Banerjee

5. The unicorn depicted on the seal of Harappa was

a. A mythical composite creature

b. A mythological creature referred in their inscriptions

c. A real creature because we have found bone remains

d. A food item ate by them

6. The Harappans were familiar with

a. Iron

b. Copper

c. Bronze

d. Silver

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Terracotta models of plow have been found at sites in .................. and at

...........................

2. Although, Mohenjodaro is the most well-known site, the first site to be

discovered was .....................

3. Roads and streets were laid out along approximate grid pattern, intersecting at

.............. angles

4. Archeologists broadly classify artifacts into two categories namely,

......................... and ..............................

5. Chemical analyses have shown that both Omani copper and Harappan artifacts

have traces of ........................

6. Cunningham like most other historians thought that Indian history began with

the first cities in the .................... valley

7. In 1924, ............................., Director General of the ASI announced the

discovery of a new civilization in the Indus Valley.

8. ................................. recognized that it was necessary to follow the

stratigraphy of the mound rather than dig mechanically along uniform horizontal

lines.

9. The earliest religious text, the ..................... (compiled C1500- 1000 BCE)

mentions a God named Rudra, which is a name used for .............. in later

Puranic tradition.

10. Harappan seals were generally made of a stone called .................

MATCH THE

FOLLOWING 1

1.Archeo – botanist a. Indicate that cattle,

sheep, goat were

domesticated by the

Harappans

2.Archeo – zoologist b. Indicate that oxen were used for

ploughing by the Harappans

c. A specialist who reconstructs actual agricultural practices

d. Specialist in ancient plant remains

2 1.courtyard a. a room that could be

reached from the outside

2.Great Bath b. probably used for special ritual bath

c. evidence of about 700 wells

d.centre of activity

3 1.carnelian a. a very soft stone

2.lapis lazuli b. a stone not known to the Harappans

c. a red colored stone

d.a blue colored stone

4 1.weights of lower

denomination

a. had animal motif