Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (SSC) · History-Civics (इतिहास-नागरिकशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 3 — Chapter 3: The Harappan Civilization
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Where did the Harappan Civilization flourish? [1]
(A) Indus River valley
(B) Ganges River valley
(C) Nile River valley
(D) Yellow River valley
2. When did the Harappan Civilization flourish? [1]
(A) Around 2500 BCE
(B) Around 500 CE
(C) Around 1000 CE
(D) Around 3000 CE
3. What are two major Harappan cities? [1]
(A) Harappa and Mohenjo-daro
(B) Delhi and Mumbai
(C) Rome and Athens
(D) Cairo and Baghdad
4. What showed advanced urban planning? [1]
(A) Grid-pattern streets and drainage systems
(B) Random unplanned housing
(C) No planning at all
(D) Only temples
5. Who did the Harappans trade with? [1]
(A) Mesopotamia
(B) Only local villages
(C) No one
(D) Only themselves
6. What writing system did the Harappans have? [1]
(A) An undeciphered writing system on seals
(B) A fully deciphered alphabet
(C) No writing system at all
(D) Only pictures
7. When did the Harappan Civilization decline? [1]
(A) Around 1900 BCE
(B) Around 500 CE
(C) Around 100 BCE
(D) Around 2000 CE
8. Why learn about the Harappan Civilization? [1]
(A) To understand early urban civilization in India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. Where did the Harappan Civilization flourish? [1]
(A) Indus River valley
(B) Ganges River valley
(C) Nile River valley
(D) Yellow River valley
10. When did the Harappan Civilization flourish? [1]
(A) Around 2500 BCE
(B) Around 500 CE
(C) Around 1000 CE
(D) Around 3000 CE
11. What are two major Harappan cities? [1]
(A) Harappa and Mohenjo-daro
(B) Delhi and Mumbai
(C) Rome and Athens
(D) Cairo and Baghdad
12. What showed advanced urban planning? [1]
(A) Grid-pattern streets and drainage systems
(B) Random unplanned housing
(C) No planning at all
(D) Only temples
13. Who did the Harappans trade with? [1]
(A) Mesopotamia
(B) Only local villages
(C) No one
(D) Only themselves
14. What writing system did the Harappans have? [1]
(A) An undeciphered writing system on seals
(B) A fully deciphered alphabet
(C) No writing system at all
(D) Only pictures
15. When did the Harappan Civilization decline? [1]
(A) Around 1900 BCE
(B) Around 500 CE
(C) Around 100 BCE
(D) Around 2000 CE
16. Why learn about the Harappan Civilization? [1]
(A) To understand early urban civilization in India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests