Very Short Answers for B. A. I. Paper A. Ancient India. Session 2005

SET TWO


Question Bank of Two Marks questions (Q 10) of the final Paper of B. A. I, Ancient India, to be conducted by Punjab University Chandigarh in April 2005 (April 15)


Reference Chapter: The Indus Valley Civilization

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Q: Write the name of four scientists who had contributed to the archeological excavation on the sites of Mohan-jo-Daro and Harappa.
Answer: Dayaram Sahini, R. D. Banerjee, Sir John Marshal and M. S. Vats were the four scientists who had contributed to the archeological excavation on the sites of Mohan-jo-Daro and Harappa.
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Q: Where do we find the four main centers of Indus Valley Civilization at four different places in India.
Answer: We find at Lothal, Rangpur, Alamgirpur and Sanghol the main centers of Indus Valley Civilization at four different places in India.
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Q: Write the name of those states of Modern India where we find the remains of Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: We find the modern Punjab, Haryana, Rajesthan and Gujrat in the present India which are the four main centers of Indus Valley Civilization at four different places in India.
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Q: Write the name of any four centers of Indus Valley Civilization which are now situated in Pakistan.
Answer: Mohan-jo-Daro, Harappa, Kot Diji and Sutkangandor are the four centers of Indus Valley Civilization which are now situated in Pakistan.
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Q: Write the length and breath of the mound (citadel) of Harappa.
Answer: The Citadel of Harappa is 410 meters long and 195 meters broad.
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Q: Where do we find the Great Bath? Write the dimensions (length, breath and depth) of the Great Bath.
Answer: We find the Great Bath at Mohan-jo-Daro. The dimensions of the inner pool of the Great bath are 39 feet length, 23 feet breadth and 8 feet depth.
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Q: Which metal was used more by the people of Indus Valley Civilization? What is the name of the Indus Valley Civilization on the basis of the metal which they used extensively?
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization used Bronze metal extensively. Their civilization was also called the Bronze Civilization because of the extensive use of Bronze.
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Q: Write the four main crops of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The main crops of the Indus Valley Civilization were wheat, Barley, cotton and according to recent researches rice also at the later stage of its development.
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Q: What was the other important agricultural produce of the Indus Valley Civilization apart from the food crops?
Answer: The cotton was the most important agricultural produce of the Indus Valley Civilization apart from other food crops. (A highly important question which has not appeared in the university papers for a long time. This question has appeared repeatedly in Civil Services Preliminary examination, NDA and CDS examination.)
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Q: How many seals have been found at Mohan-jo-Daro? For what purpose were they used?
Answer: 1200 seals have been found at Mohan-jo-Daro. The seals were used by the traders on their goods so that they could be secured.
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Q: Which four animals are shown on the seals of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The icons of rhinoceros, tiger, elephant and antelope are shown on the seals of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: What was the style of Indus script? How many figures of Indus script have been found?
Answer: The Indus script was in form of Pictographs. We have found 396 figures of Pictographic Indus script.
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Q: On what material do we find the Indus script written?
Answer: We have the Indus script written on their utensils, walls, seals and weights.
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Q: For which two things, was Lothal popular?
Answer: Lothal was popular for its harbour and industry of beads.
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Q: From where have we found the dancing girl made of metal? What is the metal of which the dancing girl is made of?
Answer: The dancing girl was made of Bronze and it was found at Mohan-jo-Daro.
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Q: Write the names of two main god and goddesses of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: Pashupati Nath and Mother goddesses were the two main god goddesses of the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Write the four such main features of the religion of Indus Valley Civilization which had continued even afterwards.
Answer: The feature of worship of Mother Goddess, worship of Lord Shiva, worship of Linga, the idol worship and ritual bathing were the main religious features of Indus Valley Civilization which had continued even afterwards.
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Q: What do you know about the features of the roads found in Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The roads of the cities of the Indus Valley Civilization were 13 to 33 feet wide. They meet each other at the angle of 90°.
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Q: What is the material of the seals found from Harappa and Mohan-jo-Daro? From where have we found the maximum number of seals out of those two places?
Answer: The seals found at Harappa and Mohan-jo-Daro were made of stiatite which is a form of clay. The maximum number of seals were found at Mohan-jo-Daro which are 1200 in numbers.
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Q: What do you know about the Indus script?
Answer: The script of Indus Valley Civilization was pictographic. We have found 396 pictographs, which symbolises either some sounds or meanings. This script is written from left to right. At some places, it was found written from right to left also.
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Q: Which four animals are shown on the seals of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The icons of rhinoceros, tiger, elephant, bull, unicorn and antelope are shown on the seals of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Which period is considered as the period of the progress of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The period between 2250 B. C. to 1750 B. C. is considered as the period of the progress of Indus Valley Civilization.

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Most of the time, the questions are such that they can be answered in one word. However, in between, a trend had started that the paper setter had asked such questions which required two or three specific lines. This is a feature of the question papers of Punjabi Unniversity Patiala and Guru Nanak University Amritsar. In those universities there are specific sections which ask answer in two or three lines and there is no single word answer. Such questions have also appeared in Punjab University Chandigarh question papers. The following questions are of that category.
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Q: Write any four features of the inner architecture of the houses of the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The main features of the inner construction of the houses were that each house had one kitchen, one bath room and one well. Fourthly, there were adequate arrangement for ventilation by making required doors and ventilators.
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Q: Write the four possible causes of the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The four main causes of the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization were – (i). flooding of River Indus, (ii). Changing of the course by the river, (iii). Earthquakes and (iv). Attacks of the Aryans.
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Read Only Type Questions:
Q: How was the Indus Valley Civilization named?
Answer: The main remains of Indus Valley Civilization was excavated on the banks of Indus and its tributaries. Therefore it was named Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: What is the other name of Indus Valley Civilization? What is the basis of another name of Indus Valley
Civilization?
Answer: The other name of the Indus Valley Civilization is Harappan Culture. It was named so because the remains of this civilization were discovered at Harappa for the first time.
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Q: Which are the three types of inhabitation found in Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The three types of inhabitation found in Indus Valley Civilization are village, towns and cities.
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Q: Write the name of the any four weapons used by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization used arrows, knives, axes and daggers as their main weapons.
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Q: What type of beads did the people of Indus Valley Civilization used in the strings of the necklaces. Write the name of any four materials which were used by them to make beads.
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization of used the beads made of gold, silver, copper and precious stones in their necklaces.
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Q: What were the two main procedures adopted by the people of Indus Valley Civilization to produce their pottery?
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization used the procedure of potter wheel and hand fabricated pottery to produce their pottery.
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Q: Which are the four patterns found painted on the earthen-wares of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The patterns of flowers, leaves, birds and animals were found painted on the earthen-wares of the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Write the name of the races which formed the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: Mediterraneans, Alpnoids, Mongoloids and Proto-Austroloids were the four races which formed the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Write the name of two regions each with which the people of Indus Valley Civilization had trading relations in India and Asia.
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization had trading relation with Rajesthan and Mysore in India and with Afghanistan and Sumer in Asia.
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Q: Which four items were exported by the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The cotton cloth, pearls, ivory and ivory products and monkey were exported by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Which four metals were known to the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: Gold, silver, Bronze and copper were the four metals known to the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Write two main crops and two other food items of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The main good crops were wheat and Barley. The other two food items were milk and cereal products which were taken by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Write the name of such four items which were exported by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization exported the cotton clothes, pearls, ivory and monkeys.
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Q: Write the two main features of the towns of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The towns of the Indus Valley Civilization were laid as in a planned manner. There were adequate sanitary arrangements in form of bricked drains to polluted water.
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Q: Which tress were worshiped by the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization worshiped the trees of Pipal and neem.
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Q: Write the name of two means of transportation used by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization used the bullock cart and boats as the means of transportation.
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Q: What was the material used for making jewelry by the people of Indus Valley Civilization
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization used precious stones, gold, silver, ivory etc for making jewelry.
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Q: Write the name four main items of jewelry used by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The Bangles, necklace, ear rings and finger rings were the four main jewelry items used by the people of Indus Valley Civilization.
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Q: Which four animals were domesticated by the people of Indus Valley Civilization? About which animal did the people of Indus Valley Civilization have no knowledge?
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization domesticated Bull, goat, buffalo, dog etc. It seems that they did not know any thing about domesticating horse.
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Q: With which four foreign countries did the Indus Valley Civilization have trade relations?
Answer: The Indus Valley Civilization had trade relations with Afghanistan, Iran Egypt and Sumer.
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Q: What were the death rituals of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The main death rituals of the people of Indus Valley Civilization were cremation, by burying the dead, or by leaving the dead body in open to become the food of beasts and natural force etc.
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Q: What were the four means of amusement of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The four main means of amusement of the people of Indus Valley Civilization were dance, hunting, bird fight and gambling.
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Q: What was the material of jewelry of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
Answer: The people of Indus Valley Civilization used precious stones, gold, silver, ivory, mud, copper, bones etc for making jewelry.
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Q: Write the name of the items of jewelry of the men and women of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Answer: The ornaments of men were necklace, arm bands and rings. The ornaments of women were earrings, ankle bands, hair bands, arm bands, bangles, nose pins, rings etc.
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