MCQ
Q.
Which of the following is a correct statement about Indus Valley civilization?
Correct Answer: A
The correct answer is Harappa is situated on the banks of Ravi and Mohenjodaro is located on the banks of river Indus
About Harappa and Mohenjodaro:
| Harappa | Mohenjodaro |
| located on the banks of the Ravi river | located on the banks of the Indus River. |
| Harappa was discovered by Dayaram Sahani in 1921. It was in the Punjab region. | Mohenjodaro was discovered by Rakhal Das Banerjee in 1922. It was in the Sindh region (Present day, Pakistan) |
| Both sites come under the Bronze Age known as the Indis Valley Civilization (2600-1900 BCE). |
Both sites come under the Bronze Age known as the Indis Valley Civilization (2600-1900 BCE). The ruins of Mohenjodaro were designated aa a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1980. |
| Harappans created seals, pottery, and sculptures, and jewelry from materials, such as metal, terracotta, and stone. | It was known as the "Mound of the Dead" sites of the IVC. These are two large cities of IVC consisted of more than 100 villages and towns. |
| The Indus Valley civilization apparently evolved from the villages of neighbors using the Mesopotamian technique of irrigated agriculture with sufficient skill to reap the advantages with the help of fertile Indus River. | There is no surviving evidence of architectural elaboration, in Mohenjodaro though that may well have been confined to Timberwork that has disintegrated. |
| The civilization was known as literate, and its script, with some 250 to 500 characters, has been part and tentatively deciphered in the Dravidian language. | Aesthetically the most notable work of figurative art from this city is a famous Bronze of a young naked Dancing Girl, Wore for a multitude of armlets. |
| In this site there are a number of small seals, generally made of steatite (a form of talc), which are distinctive in unique in quality, depicting and a wide variety of animals, like Rhinoceros, and Antelopes both real such as Elephants, and Tigers. | Stone sculpture, too, is scarce; some fragments, however, include the competent Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man with a low Forehead, narrowed and somewhat Glittered eyes, a Fillet around the Brow, and across the left shoulder a cloak carved in relief with trefoils formerly filled with Red Paste. |
