Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: The Harappan Civilisation
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. When did the Harappan Civilisation flourish? [1]
(A) Around 2500 BCE
(B) Around 2500 CE
(C) Around 500 CE
(D) Around 100 BCE
2. What are major Harappan cities? [1]
(A) Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
(B) Delhi and Mumbai
(C) Rome and Athens
(D) London and Paris
3. What did Harappan cities have? [1]
(A) Planned streets and drainage systems
(B) No planning at all
(C) Only huts
(D) No streets
4. What was standardised in Harappan cities? [1]
(A) Brick sizes
(B) Only pottery colours
(C) Only clothing
(D) Nothing was standardised
5. What remains undeciphered about the Harappans? [1]
(A) Their script/symbols
(B) Their location
(C) Their cities
(D) Their trade routes
6. Where did Harappan trade extend to? [1]
(A) Mesopotamia
(B) Only within India
(C) Only China
(D) Only Europe
7. When did the Harappan Civilisation decline? [1]
(A) Around 1900 BCE
(B) Around 1900 CE
(C) Around 500 BCE
(D) Around 100 CE
8. Why is the Harappan decline still debated? [1]
(A) Multiple possible factors are considered
(B) It's fully understood
(C) It never declined
(D) No historians study it
9. When did the Harappan Civilisation flourish? [1]
(A) Around 2500 BCE
(B) Around 2500 CE
(C) Around 500 CE
(D) Around 100 BCE
10. What are major Harappan cities? [1]
(A) Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
(B) Delhi and Mumbai
(C) Rome and Athens
(D) London and Paris
11. What did Harappan cities have? [1]
(A) Planned streets and drainage systems
(B) No planning at all
(C) Only huts
(D) No streets
12. What was standardised in Harappan cities? [1]
(A) Brick sizes
(B) Only pottery colours
(C) Only clothing
(D) Nothing was standardised
13. What remains undeciphered about the Harappans? [1]
(A) Their script/symbols
(B) Their location
(C) Their cities
(D) Their trade routes
14. Where did Harappan trade extend to? [1]
(A) Mesopotamia
(B) Only within India
(C) Only China
(D) Only Europe
15. When did the Harappan Civilisation decline? [1]
(A) Around 1900 BCE
(B) Around 1900 CE
(C) Around 500 BCE
(D) Around 100 CE
16. Why is the Harappan decline still debated? [1]
(A) Multiple possible factors are considered
(B) It's fully understood
(C) It never declined
(D) No historians study it