INDIAN HISTORY MCQs

INDIAN HISTORY MCQs

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1. Primitive man first learnt to
1. make a fire
2. tame animals
3. make a wheel
4. grow grain

Answer a

2. What made possible the transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic age?
1. making a fire
2. growing grain
3. making wheels
4. learning a script

Answer b

3. Which were the earliest cereals grown by man?
1. wheat and barley
2. rice
3. millets
4. maize

Answer a

4. The main occupation of the Paleolithic people was
1. agriculture
2. animal husbandry
3. fishing
4. hunting and gathering food

Answer d

5. The people of Mesolithic age used
1. copper tools
2. iron tools
3. quartzite
4. small stone tools

Answer d

6. The Indus Valley civilization type was found in
1. Sumer
2. China
3. Egypt
4. All these

Answer a

7. The Indus Valley Civilization specialized in
1. town planning
2. architecture
3. craftsmanship
4. all these

Answer d

8. The people of Indus Valley Civilization worshipped
1. Pashupati
2. Indra and Brahma
3. Brahma
4. Vishnu

Answer a

9. Lothal and Kalibangan are associated with
1. Harappan Culture
2. Egyptian Civilization
3. Babylonian Civilization
4. Chinese Civilization

Answer a

10. Which is the port town of the Indus Valley Civilization?
1. Lothal
2. Kalibangan
3. Ropar
4. Mohenjdaro

Answer a

11. Which of the following Harappan sites are not in India?
1. Mohenjodaro and Harappa
2. Lothal and Kalibangan
3. Bhanwali and Ropar
4. Lothal and Ropar

Answer a

12. Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus people?
1. tin
2. copper
3. iron
4. lead

Answer c

13. Rice cultivation is associated with which of the following Harappan
    sties?
1. Kalibangan
2. Harappa
3. Kot Diji
4. Lothal

Answer d

14. What was the staple food of the Indus people?
1. rice
2. wheat
3. corn
4. potatoes

Answer b

15. Who possibly ruled the Indus people?
1. priests
2. kings
3. merchants
4. an assembly of elders

Answer c