This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > In The Earliest Cities > Class 6 History Chapter 4 In The Earliest Cities – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 4 In The Earliest Cities Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did Harappan cities develope? A) 4700 years ago. B) 4800 years ago. C) 8000 years ago. D) 4900 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4700 years ago. 2. As the region does not receive heavy rainfall, some form of irrigation may have been used. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) NONE OF THESE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 3. Where was cotton grown 7000 years ago? A) Mehrgarh. B) Harappa. C) It's probably going to change too. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mehrgarh. 4. Houses, drains and streets-were probably planned and built at the same time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which was the place when engineers stumbled to put railway line first time A) Dholavira. B) It's probably going to change too. C) Harappa. D) Lothal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harappa. 6. Around ..... years kings ruled over egypt. A) 5000. B) 1400. C) 4700. D) 3900. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5000. 7. Harappa culture came to an end about? A) 1600 B.C. B) 1500 B.C. C) 1000 B.C. D) 1800 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1500 B.C. 8. Present day Harappan is called A) Pakistan. B) Harappan. C) Rajasthan. D) ??????. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pakistan. 9. When were the earliest cities of the Harappan civilization built? A) 6500. B) 4700. C) 5000. D) 7400. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4700. 10. All houses have 2 storeys high, with rooms built around a courtyard. A) True. B) False. C) Can't Say. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Why do we know less about the Indus valley than other civilization A) We were not able to meet people from those time. B) We haven't found ancient artifacts. C) We can't interpret their writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We can't interpret their writing. 12. FIRE ALTERS WERE USED TO PERFORM ..... A) SACRIFICES. B) SPECIAL OCCASIONS. C) KINGS AND QUEENS DEATH. D) FESTIVALS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SACRIFICES. 13. He city of Lothal was situated beside a river which was a tributary of ..... A) Sabarmat. B) Ganga. C) Narmada. D) Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sabarmat. 14. MANY OF THE CITIES HAD ..... DRAINS. A) COVERED. B) NO. C) CURVED. D) OPEN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) COVERED. 15. Where is river Nile located? A) Sri Lanka. B) Egypt. C) India. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egypt. 16. Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization A) Weak rulers. B) People want to shift. C) There was no water. D) Floods and Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Floods and Earthquakes. 17. A seal is used to make impressions in wax, clay, or on paper. In the Indus Valley Civilization, seals were used for both internal and external trade. Many of those Indus Valley Civilization seals have been found in ancient Mesopotamia. What material did the Harappans use to make such seals? A) Stone. B) Bricks. C) Gold. D) Diamonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stone. 18. How was the life in the Harappan city? A) Hard. B) Really easy. C) Medium. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard. 19. How was faience made in Harappan civilization A) By grinding stones and mixing them with water to form a paste. B) A gum was used to shape sand or powdered quartz into an object. C) By melting glass and shaping it into desired forms. D) By using clay and baking it in an oven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gum was used to shape sand or powdered quartz into an object. 20. Where was the Great Public Bath located? A) Harappa. B) Mohenjodaro. C) Lothal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohenjodaro. 21. Other names of Harappan civilization A) Egyptian civilization. B) Mesopotamian civilization. C) Indus Valley civilization. D) Mayan civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus Valley civilization. 22. Citadel features A) Built-in a low-lying ground. B) Built on higher ground and is larger than the rest of the city. C) Built on a low-lying area and generally small. D) Built on higher ground and is smaller than the rest of the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Built on higher ground and is smaller than the rest of the city. 23. The most important item of import in the Harappan civilization were A) Metals and precious stones. B) Food grains. C) Textiles. D) Pottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metals and precious stones. 24. THE CITIY OF DHOLAVIRA WAS LOCATED ON ..... , IN THE ..... A) IN GULF OF KHAMBAT, SABARMATI. B) Khudair Pitt, Ran F. Coach. C) Ran F. Coach, Khudair Pitt. D) SABARMATI, IN GULF OF KHAMBAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khudair Pitt, Ran F. Coach. 25. ..... and ..... cities had fire altars, where sacrifices may have been performed. A) Dholavira & Lothal. B) Mohemp & Lotal. C) Kalimbangan & Lothal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalimbangan & Lothal. 26. Two famous Harappan cities of Gujarat were ..... A) Dholavira & Lothal. B) Dhoavira and Environment. C) Kalibangan and lothal. D) Maheranjodar and Lothal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dholavira & Lothal. 27. In the earliest cities toys were made up of A) Terracotta. B) Stone. C) Wood. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terracotta. 28. Indus Valley Civilisation developed around ..... river. A) Jhelum river. B) Indus river. C) Ganga river. D) Beas river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus river. 29. Gold could have come all the way from present-day ..... A) Karnataka. B) Gujarat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karnataka. 30. The drainage system were covered with ..... A) Inspection holes. B) Square holes. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspection holes. 31. From which material the seals were made from? A) Carnelian. B) Chert. C) Stone. D) Brick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stone. 32. A person who is trained to do only one kind of work A) Specialists. B) Scribe. C) Designer. D) Craftperson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specialists. 33. Why did the people of Harappa built high walls? A) To keep out Invaders. B) To keep animals. C) To keep out animal. D) To build market places. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To keep out Invaders. 34. ..... was mixed with copper to produce bronze. A) Tin. B) Gold. C) Zinc. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tin. 35. The current name of Mesopotamia is: A) Iran. B) Iraq. C) Sirl. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iraq. 36. Where is Egypt located? A) Asia. B) Africa. C) Europe. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa. 37. From where did the Harappans get Gold? A) Tamilnadu. B) Karnataka. C) Hyderabad. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karnataka. 38. ..... WAS A TOOL USED TO DIG THE EARTH TO PLANT A SEED. A) SCREW DRIVER. B) HAMMER. C) PLOUGH. D) STICK. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PLOUGH. 39. ..... are rectangular in shape and made with stonesand usually have an animal carved on them. A) Seals. B) Sels. C) Frost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seals. 40. The Great Bath has been discovered in ..... A) . B) Mohenjodaro. C) Lothal. D) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohenjodaro. 41. A ..... is a ocean of sand of snow. A) Desert. B) Mountain. C) Plain. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 42. First oldest city to be excavated in the Indian subcontinent is ..... A) Harappa. B) Gujarat. C) Lothal. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappa. 43. What is the present-day location of Harappa? A) Rajasthan. B) Gujarat, West India. C) Cairo, Egypt. D) Punjab, West Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punjab, West Pakistan. 44. There were people who planned the construction of special buildings in the city. Who were they? A) Rulers. B) Scribes. C) Specialists. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rulers. 45. After a bag was closed or tied, a layer of wet clay was applied on the knot and the seal was pressed on it. This impression of seal is known as A) Sealing. B) Impression. C) Wet seal. D) Knot impression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sealing. 46. The city of Dholavira was located a ..... in the Rann of Kutch. A) Lothal. B) Afghanistan. C) Khadir Beyt. D) Noe of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khadir Beyt. 47. Precious stones are traded during Indus valley civilization from A) Karnataka. B) Rajasthan. C) Iran and Afghanisthan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iran and Afghanisthan. 48. THE HARAPPAN CIVLIZATION STARTED ..... YEARS AGO. A) 1800. B) 3900. C) 4700. D) 1700. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4700. 49. The Harapan's also made seals out of ..... A) Silver. B) Gold. C) Limestone. D) Stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stone. 50. The west part which is smaller and higher is A) Lower town. B) Citadel. C) It's probably going to change too. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Citadel. 51. A part of the city located in the eastern part of Harappan city is called as A) Eastern City. B) Eastern Town. C) Lower town. D) City of the East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lower town. 52. ..... figures were carved on the seals. A) Women. B) Tribes. C) Animals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animals. 53. A statue of a dancing girl reflects the art of ..... A) Weaving. B) Bronze casting. C) Playing. D) Spindles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bronze casting. 54. Which were the metals used to make tools, weapons., ornaments, and vessels? A) Copper and Bronze. B) Gold and Silver. C) Tin and Copper. D) Bronze and Tin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper and Bronze. 55. IN WHICH MATERIAL SEALS WHERE MADE A) METAL. B) GOLD. C) CLAY. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CLAY. 56. The city of ..... was located on Khadir Bety in the ..... of Kutch, where there was fresh water and fertile soil. A) Harappa, Rann. B) Dholavira, ran. C) Harappa, pann. D) Dholavira, Pann. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dholavira, ran. 57. Archaeologists realised Harappa was one of the oldest cities in the world about A) 70 years ago. B) 60 years ago. C) 80 years ago. D) 90 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80 years ago. 58. WHEN DID THE CITIES DEVELOP? A) 4700 YEARS AGO. B) 5765 YEARS AGO. C) 5000 YEARS AGO. D) 4566 YEARS AGO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4700 YEARS AGO. 59. Which were the earliest city discovered in India? A) Lothal. B) Dunghill. C) Indus. D) Mohenjodaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mohenjodaro. 60. 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