RBI ASSISTANT MAINS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
MODEL PAPER – HARAPPA CIVILIZATION (SET-1)
BY: GAZAL BHATNAGAR, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN
Q.1 When did the civilisation of the Indus Valley start?
Ans:) 2,600 BCE
Q.2 What system was utilized during the Harappa time period to make bronze statues?
Ans:) Lost Wax Casting
Q.3 The civilization of the Indus valley belongs to which age?
Ans:) Bronze Age
Q.4 What is Indus Valley Civilization’s most special feature of Dholavira site?
The towns were split into three sections.
Q.5 During which year, was the Harappa civilization discovered?
Ans:) 1921
Q.6 What crop did the people of the Indus valley use to make cloth?
Ans:) Cotton
Q.7 What archaeological site has the bearded man figure bust been found in?
Ans:) Mohenjo-Daro
Q.8 Where have the public baths and granaries been found during excavation in Harappa?
Ans:) Mohenjo-Daro
Q.9 The civilisation of the Indus valley belongs to which area?
Ans:) Urban area
Q.10 Which places in the Indian subcontinent have provided the earliest evidence of farming?
Ans:) Mehrgarh
Q.11 What were Harappa social systems?
Ans:) Fairly Egalitarian
Q.12 Lothal is a place where dockyard was found of what civilization?
Ans:) Indus Valley
Q.13 How many Indus Valley symbols were used in writing?
Ans:) 400 Symbols
Q.14 What archeological site has found the stone sculpture of male torso?
Ans:) Harappa
Q.15 What animal the people of Harappan Civilization didn’t domesticate?
Ans:) Cat
Q.16 What animal have not been used by the people of the indus valley?
Ans:) Horse
Q.17 Where were the rows of distinctive fire altars with ceremonial bathing provision found at the place of Indus Valley Civilization?
Ans:) Kalibangan
Q.18 Which was the main indus site with a dockyard with artificial brick?
Ans:) Lothal
Q.19 What have the Indus Valley people traditionally constructed their homes from?
Ans:) Pucca bricks
Q.20 Where was the civilisation of the indus valley located?
Ans:) Southern Asia( India & Pakistan)
Q.21 What tool was primarily used for commercial purposes in the Harappa Civilization?
Ans:) Seal
Q.22 Which location in Harappa Civilization was found during excavation when scale-pan made of elephant tusk was found?
Ans:) Lothal and Mohenjo-daro
Q.23 What metal were the Harappan seals made from?
Ans:) Terracota, Lead and Steatite
Q.24 What Indus Valley Site have Rakhal Das Bannerjee discovered?
Ans:) Mohenjodaro
Q.25 The Harappans didn’t have a clue about the utilization of which metal?
Ans:) Iron
Q.26 With whom did the Indus valley people traded?
Ans:) Mesopotamians
Q.27 What red stone was used by the people of the Indus Valley to make jewellery?
Ans:) Red Quartz called Carnelian
Q.28 What raw material has not been used by the civilization of the Indus Valley?
Ans:) Limestone
Q.29 Where did Harappan people import lead from?
Ans:) South India
Q.30 What did the civilisations of the Indus Valley worship?
Ans:) Pipal Trees
