General Studies

In medieval India, the construction of masterpieces like Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal, Red Fort, and Moti Masjid, to monumental monuments like Charminar, Konark Sun Temple, Jagannath Temple, Brihadeeswarar Temple, and Kailash Temple at Ellora, as well as the association of musicians and other artists like Tansen, made this period a golden age of art and architecture.

Miscellaneous (Medieval India)

Set-II

1.      Buland Darwaza, built by Akbar, is to commemorate the victory of –

Ans:- Gujrat.                                                                                                        [Railways, 1992]

2.      Which Mughal rulers banned music and dancing ?

Ans:- Aurangazeb .

3.      Who was a great musician in the court of Akbar?

Ans:- Tansen.                                                                                                              [I.E.S, 1993]

4.      The mausoleum of Sher Shah is at –

Ans:- Sasaram.                                                                                                            [N.D.A, 1991]

5.      Fatehpur Sikri was founded by –

Ans:- Akbar.

6.      Jama Masjid in Delhi was built by –

Ans:- Shahjahan .

7.      Which Mughal emperor’s is credited with the composition of Hindi songs?

Ans:- Jahangir.                                                                                                            [I.A.S, 1995]

8.      Which Mughal emperor’s tomb is outside India ?

Ans:- Jahangir.

9.      Mughal architecture reveals a blending of –

Ans:- Indian and Persian styles.

10. Which forts were built by Akbar?

Ans:-

a) Agra Fort

b) Allahabad Fort

c) Lahore Fort

11. The original name of Tansen was –

Ans:- Ramatanu Pande.

12. Which art did Jahangir mainly patronise ?

Ans:- Painting.

13. Who built Char Minar?

Ans:- Quli Qutb Shah.

14. Which tomb is similar to the Taj Mahal in construction?

Ans: - Humayun’s tomb.

15. Purana Qila was constructed during the reign of –

Ans:- Purana Qila was built by Humayun but it was  renovated by Sher Shah Suri .

16. The Mathura school of art flourished during the reign of –

Ans:- Vasudeva.                                                                                 [Stenographer’s Exam,1994]

17. The Gandhara school of art developed during the time of –

Ans:- The kushans.                                                                             [Stenographer’s Exam,1994]

18. The statue of Gomateswara at Sravanbelagola was built by –

Ans:- Chavundaraya, a minister and commander of the Ganga dynasty.         [I.A.S, 1994]

19. The famous monastery at vikramasila was founded by the –

Ans:- Palas.

20. Fresco paintings of Ajanta caves is the art of –

Ans:- Guptas.

21. Most of the Ajanta paintings were done during the period of –

Ans:- Guptas.

22. The famous bronze image of Nataraja is a fine example of-

Ans:- Chola art.

23. The Iron pillar at Mehrauli was built by –

Ans:- Chandragupta-II, a Gupta King.

24. The cult of Krishna is mainly exhibited through the –

Ans:- Rajasthani Group.                                     [Transmission Executives’ Exam,1994]

25. The construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar was done under the supervision of –

Ans:- Guru Ramdas.                                                                        [C.D.S, 1991]

26. Which religion belong to the caves and rock-cult temple at Ellora?

Ans:- Hindu,Buddhist and Jain.

27. Who are credited to have built the famous Ellora Caves?

Ans:- Rashtrakutas.

28. The earliest known pahari paintings are from –

Ans:- Kangra.                                                                                       [C.D.S, 1993]

29. Who built the “Tower of Victory” ( Vijay Stambha ) in the chittor fort ?

Ans:- Rana kumbha, the King of Mewar.

30. The temple of Angkorvat is in –

Ans:- Cambodia.

31. The coins of which dynasty reveals their love for music?

Ans:-  Guptas.

32. The celebrated Rummindei pillar of Ashoka marked the site where Gautama Buddha –

Ans:- died at the age of eighty.

33. Who build the rock-cut temple of Mahabalipuram?

Ans:- Mahendravarman-I, the pallava king.

34. Who was the Hindu king shown playing on the veena, on ancient coins?

Ans:- Samudragupta.                                                                    [Railways, 1995]

35. An example of the Nagara style of architecture is provided by the –

Ans:- Brihadeswara Temple, Thanjavur .

36. Greco-Roman influence in Indian art is found at –

Ans:- Gandhara School of art.

37. Taxila was a famous site of –

Ans:- Gandhara Art.                                                          [I.Tax & Central excise,1992]

38. Who destroyed Taxila?

Ans:- In 5^th century , Taxila was destroyed by the Hunas (White Huns).

39. The two colossal images of the Buddha at Bamiyan are works of –

Ans:- the Gupta Art.                                                                          [Railways,1994]

40. Ajanta painting are the finest specimens of –

Ans:- Rajasthani miniature paintings.                                  [Teachers’ Exam, 1990]

41. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the –

Ans:- Rashtrakutas.                                                             [I.Tax & Central Excise, 1992]

42. The new element of “Gopuram” was encouraged in temple of South India by –

Ans:- Pandyas.

43. Who built shiva temple in Ellora?

Ans:- Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna-I.

44. Who built Ajanta and Ellora?

Ans:- The Ajanta caves were initially built by the Satavahana and vakataka dynasties.

The Ellora caves were constructed during the reign of Rashtrakuta dynasty and later by the Yadava dynasty.

45. Who built kailasa temple in Mahabalipuram?

Ans:- The Rashtrakuta king Krishna – I.

46. Who built Surya temple of Konark?

Ans:- In 13^th century Eastern Ganga Dynasty ruler Narasimhadeva – I built Surya temple of Konark.

47. Who was the chief architect of Konark sun temple?

Ans:- Bisu Maharana.

48. Who built Jagannath Temple in Puri?

Ans:- Eastern Ganga dynasty ruler Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva.

49. Who built Moti Masjid in Delhi’s Red Fort?

Ans:- Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

50. Who built Moti Masjid in Agra Fort?

Ans:-   Mughal emperor Shahjahan.

51. Who built Golden Temple?

Ans:- Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru built Golden Temple.

52. Who built Sanchi stupa?

Ans:- Mauryan emperor Ashoka built Sanchi stupa.

53. Who built Kedarnath Temple?

Ans:- Pandavas of Mahabharata built Kedarnath Temple. Later, it was renovated by the Adi Shankaracharya.

54. Who built Jama Masjid?

Ans:-  Mughal emperor Shahjahan.

55. Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the –

Ans:- Jatakas.                                                             [I.Tax & Central Excise, 1990]

56. The stupas at sanchi and the railings surrounding it belong to the period of –

Ans:- Mauryas.

57. Who built Virupaksa Temple in Hampi?

Ans:- Lakaan Dandesha, a nayaka under king Deva Raya- II of the Vijayanagar Emperor.

58. Who built Chenna kesava Temple?

Ans:- The Hoysala ruler Vishnuvardhana.

59. Who built the temple of Brihadisvara in thanjavur ?

Ans:- Chola emperor Rajaraja – I.

60. Who built the Brihadisvara Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram?

Ans:- Chola emperor Rajendra -I.

61. The temples built during the medieval period by which of the following dynasties are known as “Seven Pagodas”?

Ans:- Pallavas.

62. The finest and most elaborate temple of chola architecture is the –

Ans:- Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur.

63. An overwhelming majority of the images at Ajanta are those of –

Ans:- Buddha.                                                                                    [Railways,1994]

64. The rock-cut caves at Elephanta belong to the period of –

Ans:- Chalukyas.                                                                                        [I.F.S, 1991]

65. “Arhai-Din-ka-Jhopra” built by Qutubuddin Aibak is located in –

Ans:- Ajmer.                                                                  [Stenographers’ Exam, 1994]

66. The largest grant of villages to temples and brahmana was given by the ruling dynasty known as –

Ans:- The Guptas.                                                                 [Teachers’ Exam, 1994]

67. The Hatigumpha inscription is found in –

Ans:- Udayagiri hills. (Bhubaneshwar, Odisha)

68. The vimana style in temple architecture came into vogue during the reign of –

Ans:- Cholas.

69. Who started Nagara style of temple architecture?

Ans:- Nagara style was originated in Gupta Period.

70. Who started the vesasra style of temple architecture?

Ans:- The chalukya dynasty started the vesara style of temple architecture. Subsequently Rashtrakutas and Hoysalas contributed it.  

71. The tomb of Babar is at –

Ans:- Kabul.                                                                       [Teachers’ Exam, 1994]

72. Who built Qutub Minar?

Ans:- In 1199 Qutub-ud-din Aibak started it but his successor Shamsu’d- Din Iltutmish completed it in 1220.

73. Jahangir Mahal is located in –

Ans:- Agra Fort.

74. Bronze coins of Nataraja cast during the chola period invariably show the deity with –

Ans:- Six hands.                                                                                   [I.A.S, 1995]

75. Which Gupta rulers was a poet and a musician and was adorned with title of kaviraja or king of poets?

Ans:- Samudra gupta.

76. “of all the great powers that made the history of south India, none had a more marked effect on the architecture of this region than the earliest of all” – This observation refers to –

Ans:- Pallavas.                                                                                       [C.D.S, 1995]

77. The buildings constructed by which Mughal ruler represent the climax in the evolution of Mughal architecture?

Ans:- Shahjahan.

78. The first Mughal building to have been built entirely of marble is –

Ans:- Taj Mahal.                                                                                  [M.B.A, 1995] 

79. “Biwi ka Maqbara” is the tomb of –

Ans:- Aurangzeb’s wife.

80. The city of Agra was founded by –

Ans:- Sikandar Lodi.                                                                 [Teachers’ Exam, 1993]

81. Akbar built the Panch Mahal, noted for its various types of pillars, at –

Ans:- Fatehpur Sikri.

82. Which Indian kings excelled in art and music?

Ans:- Samudra Gupta.                                                                           [U.D.C, 1991]

83. Who built the mausoleum of Jahangir and where?

Ans:- Nur Jahan at Lahore.

84. Which sultan added the Alai Darwaja to the Qutub Minar?

Ans:- Alauddin Khilji.

85. Which monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world?

Ans:- Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur.                                                                        [I.A.S, 1995]

86. Which school of paintings was a product of the union of Mughal art and the hilly folk art of the Himalayas?

Ans:- Basholi.

87. Who built the Rathas of Mahabalipuram?

Ans:- Pallava king Narsingh Varman.

88. Tansen, the greatest musician of Akbar’s court belonged to –

Ans:- Gwalior.

89. On the wall of which buildings built by Shahjahan, the Persian couplet “If there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this” is inscribed?

Ans:- Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi.                              [Transmission Executives’ Exam,1994]