Class 9 The Harappan Civilisation Mock Test (ICSE)

Topics in The Harappan Civilisation

• Sources: Great Bath, citadel, seals and script
• Urban planning
• Trade, arts and crafts
• Decline of the civilisation

The Harappan Civilisation practice questions with answers

1. Q1Multiple choice·1 mark
   What does the discovery of the Pashupati seal at Harappan sites primarily indicate about their civilisation?

   1. (a)Their political administration under a military general
   2. (b)Their advanced knowledge of iron metallurgy
   3. (c)Their religious beliefs and early form of Hinduism
   4. (d)Their proficiency in maritime trade and navigation
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   1. Correct option: (c) Their religious beliefs and early form of Hinduism+1

   Answer: (c)
2. Q2Multiple choice·1 mark
   Which feature of Harappan urban planning best highlights their advanced sense of public hygiene and sanitation?

   1. (a)Orientation of streets intersecting at right angles
   2. (b)Multi-storeyed houses made of burnt bricks
   3. (c)Underground covered drainage systems connected to street drains
   4. (d)Division of the city into the citadel and the lower town
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   1. Correct option: (c) Underground covered drainage systems connected to street drains+1

   Answer: (c)
3. Q3Multiple choice·1 mark
   Which prominent archaeologist famously attributed the final collapse and de-urbanisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation to an invasion by the Aryans, citing unburied skeletal remains found at Mohenjo-daro?

   1. (a)R.D. Banerji
   2. (b)Sir John Marshall
   3. (c)Daya Ram Sahni
   4. (d)Mortimer Wheeler
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   1. Correct option: (d) Mortimer Wheeler+1

   Answer: (d)
4. Q4Multiple choice·1 mark
   The famous bronze figurine of the Dancing Girl recovered from Mohenjo-daro is an outstanding example of which Harappan craft?

   1. (a)Ivory inlay and wood-turning
   2. (b)Stone carving and relief work
   3. (c)Terracotta moulding
   4. (d)Metal casting using the lost-wax technique
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   1. Correct option: (d) Metal casting using the lost-wax technique+1

   Answer: (d)

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