CLASS XII OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS Theme 1

Statement	Answer
Harappan seal was made up of a stone called ______________.	Steatitie
The time period of ________ is considered as Mature Harappa.	2600 BC- 1900 BC
Archaeologists have found evidence of ploughed field at _______ in Rajasthan	Kalibangan
Upper part of settlement was known as __________.	Citadel
Lothal was the Harappan site in Gujarat used as ____________.	Dockyard
Roads and streets were laid out along an approximate _________ pattern, intersecting at right angles.	Grid
The Great Bath was meant for some kind of a special ________ bath.	Ritual
The massive pyramids of _________ were contemporary with the Harappan civilisation.	Egypt
Gujarat is the state having largest Harappan sites in ________.	India
The Harappan script has not been __________.	Deciphered
Alexander Cunningham is considered as the father of Indian __________.	Archaeology
Terracota models of the plough have been found at the sites ____ and _______	Cholistan; Banawali
The citadel was divided into the _______ and the ________	Warehouse; Great Bath
Stones like Carnelian was of beautiful ________ color	Red
The direction of Harappan scripts was from ______ to _______	Right; Left
The longest inscription of Harappa contains ______ signs	26
The longest inscription of Harappa contains ______ signs	26
Weights were generally ______ with no _______	Cubical; markings
Harappans had communications with Oman, _______ and  _______ by sea	Bahrain; Mesopotamia
Seals and sealings were used to facilitate long distance ___________	Communication
Conical stone objects have been classified as _________	Lingas
The Indus Valley Civilisation is also called __________	Harappan culture
The most unique feature of harappan civilisation was the development of ________	Urban centres
The first Director General of the ASI was ___________	Cunningham
Khetri region of Rajasthan is famous for ______	Copper
A distinctive type of vessel, a large Harappan jar, coated with a thick layer of black clay has been found at __________	Omani sites
Archaeologists use the term_________for a group of objects, distinctive in style, that are usually found together within a specific geographical area and period of time.	Culture
Representation on seals and terracotta sculpture indicate that__________was known and archaeologists extrapolate from that_________________were used for ploughing.	Bull and Oxen
Traces of canals have been found at the Harrapan site of______________in Afghanistan.	Shortughai
Water reservoirs were found at__________ in Gujarat.	Dholavira
The Great Bath was a large______tank in a courtyard surrounded by a corridor on all _____ sides.	Rectangular, Four
In the burials ___________________has been found of both men and women..	Jewellery
Beads were made of metals like_____________and _________________	Copper and bronze
There is evidence in Khetri area for what archaeologists call____________culture with its distinctive non Harappan pottery and an unusual wealth of copper objects.	Ganeshwar-Jodhpura
According to the Mesopotamian myth of Meluha, the haza-bird refers to_____________	Peacock
The red colour of carnelian was obtained by firing the___________and beads.	yellowish raw material
The Story of Indian Archaeology' was written by___________	SN.Roy
REM Wheeler was appointed as the________________of the ASI in 1944.	Director General
The most distinctive artefact of the Harappan or Indus valley civilisation was __________	Seals
The most distinctive features of Harappan cities was the carefully planned_____________	Drainage System
In the Mesopotamian texts Harappan region was known as_________________	Meluha