70. Which settlement had important bead workshops?
[SSC 2018]
A. Chanhudaro
B. Manda
C. Alamgirpur
D. Ropar
Answer: A. Chanhudaro
Explanation: Chanhudaro contained numerous objects connected with bead production and other crafts, suggesting that specialized manufacturing rather than monumental public architecture dominated the settlement.
69. Harappan urban houses commonly included which sanitation feature?
[SSC 2018]
A. Bathrooms linked to drains
B. Iron sewage pipes
C. Roman aqueducts
D. No water outlet
Answer: A. Bathrooms linked to drains
Explanation: Many Harappan homes possessed bathing floors connected by small drains to covered street drains, demonstrating carefully organized household and municipal sanitation.
68. Which object best demonstrates Harappan bronze sculpture?
[SSC 2018]
A. Dancing Girl
B. Ashokan Lion Capital
C. Sanchi Yakshi
D. Nataraja of Chola period
Answer: A. Dancing Girl
Explanation: The bronze Dancing Girl from Mohenjo-daro is a small but technically accomplished cast sculpture and one of the most recognizable works of Harappan art.
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67. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to which age?
[SSC CHSL 2017]
A. Bronze Age
B. Iron Age
C. Paleolithic Age
D. Mesolithic Age
Answer: A. Bronze Age
Explanation: Harappan society developed sophisticated copper and bronze metallurgy but lacked widespread iron technology, placing its mature urban phase firmly in the Bronze Age.
66. Who excavated Harappa in 1921?
[SSC CPO 2017]
A. Daya Ram Sahni
B. R. D. Banerji
C. S. R. Rao
D. Mortimer Wheeler
Answer: A. Daya Ram Sahni
Explanation: Daya Ram Sahni directed excavations at Harappa in 1921. The discoveries, followed by work at Mohenjo-daro, revealed the existence of a previously unknown urban civilization.
65. The name Mohenjo-daro means:
[SSC CPO 2017]
A. Mound of the Dead
B. City of Kings
C. Sacred Port
D. Copper City
Answer: A. Mound of the Dead
Explanation: The modern Sindhi name Mohenjo-daro is conventionally translated as “Mound of the Dead”; the city’s original Harappan name cannot be recovered from its undeciphered inscriptions.
64. Which Harappan site was famous for pottery in an SSC question?
[SSC CPO 2017]
A. Kalibangan
B. Lothal
C. Dholavira
D. Harappa
Answer: A. Kalibangan
Explanation: Kalibangan produced distinctive ceramic assemblages spanning pre-Harappan and mature Harappan phases, alongside its better-known ploughed field and ritual fire installations.
63. Which Harappan site is famous for a dock or port?
[SSC CPO 2017]
A. Lothal
B. Kalibangan
C. Banawali
D. Rakhigarhi
Answer: A. Lothal
Explanation: Lothal’s large basin, maritime setting and commercial installations have led generations of archaeologists to identify the settlement as a major Harappan port.
62. Which Harappan site is famous for water conservation?
[SSC CPO 2017]
A. Dholavira
B. Harappa
C. Chanhudaro
D. Alamgirpur
Answer: A. Dholavira
Explanation: Dholavira harvested seasonal water through channels, dams and large reservoirs. Its system allowed a major urban centre to survive within the dry Kutch landscape.
61. Which city had no separately fortified citadel according to conventional Harappan descriptions?
[SSC CGL 2017]
A. Chanhudaro
B. Harappa
C. Kalibangan
D. Dholavira
Answer: A. Chanhudaro
Explanation: Chanhudaro differed from several large Harappan cities because archaeologists did not identify the standard elevated fortified citadel arrangement there.
