Quiz on Indus Valley Civilization | Art And Culture/ Heritage

📅 November 30, 20211,968 views ✍️ Shruti Jayewar

Indus Valley civilisation is the very first civilisation found to exist in the ancient Indian history. It was situated with the bank of Indus river (now in Haryana and Punjab Region). Here are the important static GK questions on Indus valley Civilisation which are repeatedly asked in various competitive exams.

Q1. Which things Indus Valley Civilization export to the Mesopotamian

Answer: Timber and Ebony

Q2. Which process they use for art craft making

Answer: Lost-wax casting process

Q3. How many water reservoirs found at Dholavira

Answer: 16 water reservoirs found at The Harappan city of Dholavira

Q4. Rain water and Bathing system of Indus Valley Civilization

Answer: For public they built great water management with 80 public toilets and about 700 wells. Every house had own rainwater harvesting and bath system.

Q5. Which housing system pattern they used

Answer: They use single door and windows facing opposite side of the roads and open into the central courtyard.

Q6. Which is the smallest division founded in Indus Valley Civilization

Answer: Ivory scale was around1.704 mm made from Bronze age. Founded at Lothal, Gujarat.

Q7. What kind of measurement system they used for measurement

Answer: Researchers found weights of 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 units. These are different from Egypt and Mesopotamia measurement.

Q8. What kind of weapons' they used

Answer: Spears, Knives and Arrow-heads

Q9. How many time Mohenjo-Daro reconstructed

Answer: 9 times and each time on top of the earlier grid.

Q10. Which metals they used

Answer: Gold, Lead, Copper, Bronze and Tin

Q11. What is the unit of measurement at that time

Answer: 16

Q12. What is the main Source of income of Indus Valley Civilization

Answer: Agriculture [ Mainly Cotton ]

Q13. Who is lord of Animals

Answer: Pashupati Mahadeva