| 1 |
Which Harappan site is known for its dockyard? |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Easy |
| 2 |
Who is traditionally credited with writing the Arthashastra? |
History
The Mauryan empire |
Easy |
| 3 |
Who wrote the Ain-i-Akbari? |
History
Sources: the Ain-i-Akbari |
Medium |
| 4 |
Where did the Revolt of 1857 begin, on 10 May 1857? |
History
Pattern of the rebellion |
Easy |
| 5 |
Who announced the discovery of a new civilisation in the Indus valley in 1924? |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Easy |
| 6 |
Alexander Cunningham is best described as the: |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Easy |
| 7 |
What was the main weakness of John Marshall's method of excavation? |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Medium |
| 8 |
Why did Indian archaeologists explore many new sites in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana after 1947? |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Medium |
| 9 |
An archaeologist finds a bead in a lower layer and a coin in a layer above it at the same undisturbed site. W… |
History
Discovering the Harappan civilisation |
Hard |
| 10 |
Evidence of a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles was found at: |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Easy |
| 11 |
The Great Bath of Mohenjodaro was located in the: |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Easy |
| 12 |
Houses in the Lower Town of Mohenjodaro had no windows in the ground-floor walls facing the street. This most… |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Medium |
| 13 |
Which piece of evidence best supports the view that Mohenjodaro was planned before it was built? |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Medium |
| 14 |
A Harappan brick is 10 cm high. If it follows the standard Harappan ratio, what would be its length and bread… |
History
Subsistence and settlement |
Hard |
| 15 |
Which Harappan settlement was almost exclusively devoted to craft production? |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Easy |
| 16 |
Mesopotamian texts refer to contact with a region called Meluhha, which is possibly: |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Easy |
| 17 |
Archaeologists identify a site as a craft-production centre mainly by finding: |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Medium |
| 18 |
Small pots of faience are found mainly in Mohenjodaro and Harappa but rarely in smaller settlements. This sug… |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Medium |
| 19 |
A Harappan settlement near a distant source of lapis lazuli in Afghanistan was probably set up to obtain raw … |
History
Social differences and crafts |
Hard |
| 20 |
Most Harappan seals were made of: |
History
Seals, script and weights |
Easy |