Ancient | MCQs

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John Marshall, a British archaeologist, is credited with the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization in 1922.

He was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at the time and led the excavations at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, two of the major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.

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Alexander III of Macedon is famously known as "Alexander the Great".

Due to his vast empire stretching from Greece to India.

He is celebrated for his military genius and undefeated record in battles.

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Homer is the earliest and most influential poet of the Classical era of ancient Greece, best known for his epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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The main occupation of the people of the Indus valley civilization was Agriculture.

The Indus valley people knew the use of Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze but not iron

The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the Indus Civilisation.

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC)  was a Bronze Age civilization 

Major sites: Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Dholavira, and Rakhigarhi

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ND8-1-2023

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 سقراط کا آبائی پیشہ بت تراشی تھا۔

وہ ایک یونانی فلسفی تھا جس نے اپنی ابتدائی زندگی میں بت تراشنے کا کام کیا۔

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The Aryans were a semi-nomadic pastoral people. By 1500 BCE the Aryans migrated into the Indian subcontinent. Coming from central Asia, this large group of nomadic cattle herders crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains and came in contact with the Indus Valley Civilization.

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Loud is the synonym of Sentorian.

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"Used to trade" is the correct phrase to indicate a past habitual action.

"Ancient civilizations such as the Phoenicians and the Mesopotamians used to trade goods rather than use money" is grammatically correct.

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Today, Mesopotamia occupies modern Iraq

In the broader sense, the historical region included present-day Iraq

and parts of present-day Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey. 

while

Najd and Hejaz is the old name of Saudi Arabia.

New Granda is the old name of Colombia.

'Nippon is the old name of Japan