Indus Valley Civilization Test Questions


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Q1. Which was the first metal used by the man?
(A)Copper
(B)Silver
(C)Bronze
(D)Brass
Answer: (A) Copper


Q2.With which of the following periods do we associate the “Microlith” implements?
(A)Palaeolithic
(B)Mesolithic
(C)Neolithic
(D)Chalcolithic
Answer: (B) Mesolithic


Q3.With which period do we associate the “Megaliths”?
(A) Neolithic
(B) Chalcolithic
(C) Mesolithic
(D) Pleistocene
Answer: (A) Neolithic


Q4.When the first metal tool came into being it was used for ?
(A)Pot-making
(B)House-building
(C)Clearing jungles
(D)Making wheels
Answer: (C)Clearing jungles


Q5.The stone age people had the first domestic?
 (A)Asses
 (B)Dogs
 (C)Horses
 (D)Sheeps
Answer:(D) Sheeps


Q6.The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the?
 (A)Harappan culture
 (B)Chalcolithic cultures of western india
 (C)Vedic texts
 (D)Silver punch-marked coins
Answer:(A) Harappan culture


Q7.Normad man started settling in?
 (A)Palaeolithic age
 (B)Mesolithic age
 (C)Neolithic age
 (D)None of these
Answer:(C) Neolithic age


Q8. Man passed from the food gathering stage of the food producing stage in the?
 (A)Palaeolithic age
 (B)Mesolithic age
 (C)Neolithic age
 (D)Chalcolithic age
Answer-(C) Neolithic age


Q9. The greatest invention of man in Palaeolithic age was ?
 (A)Fire
 (B)Potters wheel
 (C)Metal implements
 (D)Spinning of clothes
Answer:(A) Fire


Q10. During the Indus valley civilization period the dominant number used for weight and measures was ?
 (A)6
 (B)8
 (C)12
 (D)16
Answer:(D) 16                

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