SST history

Harappa is now known as ........?

• Patna

• China

• Iran

• Pakistan

Nearly a _______________, when railway lines were being laid down for the first time in the Punjab, engineers stumbled upon the site of Harappa in present-day Pakistan.

• hundred and fifty years ago

• hundred and forty years ago

• hundred and ten years ago

• hundred years ago

railway lines were being laid down for the first time in the ___________

• Pakistan

• Punjab

• Patna

Then, about eighty years ago, archaeologists found the site, and realised that this was one of the oldest cities in the subcontinent. As this was the first city to be discovered, all other sites from where similar buildings (and other things) were found were described as Harappan. These cities developed about _____ years ago.

• 4800

• 5000

• 4700

• 7400

The bricks were laid in an ________ pattern and that made the walls strong

• Interlocking

• lining

In some cities, special buildings were constructed on the citadel. For example, in Mohenjodaro, a very special tank, which archaeologists call the Great Bath, was built in this area. This was lined with bricks, coated with ________

• Plaster

• water

• cement

• paint

Raw materials are substances that are either found naturally (such as ______or ores of metals)

• Wood

• iron

• copper

• gold

A Harappan city was a very busy place.

• True

• False

The Harappans probably got copper from present-day Rajasthan, and even from Oman in West

• Asia

• Europe

• America

• Africa

Archaeologists have also found spindle whorls, made of _____________These were used to spin thread.

• Terracotta

• faience

• Both of them

• none of them