Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 3 — Chapter 3: The Indus Valley Civilisation
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. When did the Indus Valley Civilisation flourish? [1]
(A) Around 2500 BCE
(B) Around 2500 CE
(C) Around 500 CE
(D) Around 100 BCE
2. Where was the Indus Valley Civilisation located? [1]
(A) Present-day Pakistan and northwest India
(B) Only in Europe
(C) Only in China
(D) Only in Africa
3. What are major Indus Valley cities? [1]
(A) Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
(B) Rome and Athens
(C) Delhi and Mumbai
(D) London and Paris
4. What did Indus Valley cities have? [1]
(A) Planned streets and drainage systems
(B) No planning at all
(C) Only huts
(D) No streets
5. What were Indus Valley people skilled in? [1]
(A) Agriculture, trade and crafts
(B) Only warfare
(C) Only religion
(D) Nothing
6. What items did they produce? [1]
(A) Pottery, jewellery and seals
(B) Only weapons
(C) Only clothes
(D) Nothing
7. What remains undeciphered about the Indus Valley? [1]
(A) Their script
(B) Their location
(C) Their cities
(D) Their crops
8. Why is the Indus Valley Civilisation's decline still debated? [1]
(A) Multiple possible factors, like climate change
(B) It's fully understood with no debate
(C) It never declined
(D) No historians study it
9. When did the Indus Valley Civilisation flourish? [1]
(A) Around 2500 BCE
(B) Around 2500 CE
(C) Around 500 CE
(D) Around 100 BCE
10. Where was the Indus Valley Civilisation located? [1]
(A) Present-day Pakistan and northwest India
(B) Only in Europe
(C) Only in China
(D) Only in Africa
11. What are major Indus Valley cities? [1]
(A) Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
(B) Rome and Athens
(C) Delhi and Mumbai
(D) London and Paris
12. What did Indus Valley cities have? [1]
(A) Planned streets and drainage systems
(B) No planning at all
(C) Only huts
(D) No streets
13. What were Indus Valley people skilled in? [1]
(A) Agriculture, trade and crafts
(B) Only warfare
(C) Only religion
(D) Nothing
14. What items did they produce? [1]
(A) Pottery, jewellery and seals
(B) Only weapons
(C) Only clothes
(D) Nothing
15. What remains undeciphered about the Indus Valley? [1]
(A) Their script
(B) Their location
(C) Their cities
(D) Their crops
16. Why is the Indus Valley Civilisation's decline still debated? [1]
(A) Multiple possible factors, like climate change
(B) It's fully understood with no debate
(C) It never declined
(D) No historians study it