Month: May 2023

Q Which of the following forts was built by Rao Jodha in 1459 , when he shifted his capital from Mandore ?

1 Mehrangarh Fort

2 Amer Fort

3 Shergarh Fort

4 Nagarjunakoda Fort

Q Which of the following pair of monument – state is CORRECT ?
I. Sheikh Chilli’s Tomb – Haryana
II. Chitradurga Fort – Karnataka

1 Both I and II

2 Only II

3 Neither I nor II

4 Only I

Q Who built the Geldria Fort at Pulicat in Tamil Nadu?

1 Dutch

2 French

3 Portuguese

4 British

Q Upper Fort Aguada is situated in which state of India?

1 Karnataka

2 Tamil Nadu

3 Goa

4 Manipur

Q Fort of Kushalgadh is located in which Indian state?

1 Chhattisgarh

2 Maharashtra

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q The Rohtasgarh or Rohtas Fort is located in which river valley?

1 Son

2 Ganga

3 Karmanasa

4 Ghaghara

Q Which of the following palaces is located in Mysore, Karnataka?

1 Kowdiar Palace

2 Amba Vilas Palace

3 Ujjayanta Palace

4 Kangla Palace

Q Which of the following is the oldest dated fort in India?

1 Kangra Fort

2 Mehrangarh Fort

3 Srirangapatna Fort

4 Golconda Fort

Q Who was the chief architect of the Kumbhalgarh Fort ?

1 Mandan

2 Jai Singh II

3 Govind

4 Napa

Q Which of the following monument(s) is/are located in Gujarat?
I. Dhoraji fort
II. Zinzuwada fort

1 Only II

2 Both I and II

3 Neither I nor II

4 Only I

Q The ‘Mattancherry Palace’ , also called Dutch Palace , is located at which palace ?

1 Kochi , Kerala

2 Pune , Maharashtra

3 Arcot , Tamil Nadu

4 Panaji , Goa

Q Where is the Chand Minar located ?

1 Gwalior

2 Hyderabad

3 Chittor

4 Daulatabad

Q In which state will you find a monument called ‘Teen Darwaza’?

Ans 1. Rajasthan

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Gujarat

4. Punjab

Q Srirangapatnam Fort is located in __________.

Ans 1. Kerala

2. Karnataka

3. Telangana

4. Tamil Nadu

Q Where is the Salar Jung Museum situated in India ?

1 Lucknow

2 Patna

3 Hyderabad

4 Jaipur

Q The Aga Khan Palace is located in which state ?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Maharashtra

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Kerala

Q Domakonda Fort is located in which of the following states ?

1 Rajasthan

2 Gujarat

3 Telangana

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q ‘Talatal Ghar’ is a historical monument situated in which of the following Indian states ?

1 Assam

2 West Bengal

3 Odisha

4 Maharashtra

 Q Singorgarh Fort is situated in which state of India ?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Gujarat

3 Rajasthan

4 Karnataka

Q Which fort is regarded as the first pillar of Maratha empire?

1. Sindhudurg

2 Prachandagad

3 Rajgad

4 Panhala

Torna Fort also known as Prachandagad is large fort located in Pune . It is regarded as the first pillar of the Maratha Empire

Q The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is located in ___

1 Ladakh

2 Andaman

3 Kanyakumari

4 Srinagar

Q Gol Gumbaz is the tomb of Mohammad Adil Shah designed by

1 Yaqut of Dabul

2 Henry Irwin

3 George Wittet

4 Fariborz Sahba

Q The Barabati Fort built by the Ganga dynasty is situated in the Indian state of
__.

1 Karnataka

2 Telangana

3 Madhya Pradesh

4 Odisha

Q The Victoria Memorial Hall is located in the state of_______.

Ans 1. West Bengal

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Punjab

4. Maharashtra

Q Dhoraji Fort and Zinzuwada Fort are located in which state ?

1 Gujarat

2 Maharashtra

3 Karnataka

4 Goa

Q In which of the following Indian states will you find the Buxa Fort?

1 Tamil Nadu

2 Odisha

3 West Bengal

4 Karnataka

Q In which Indian state is Jaitak Fort located?

1 Himachal Pradesh

2 Arunachal Pradesh

3 Maharashtra

4 Punjab

Q The Hawa Mahal in Jaipur was built by which of the following kings?

1 Sawai Pratap Singh

2 Sawai Jai Singh

3 Sawai Madho Singh

4 Sawai Man Singh

Q Who designed the famous structure the Gateway of India ?

1 George Wittet

2 Frederick William Stevens

3 William Emerson

4 Edwin Lutyens

Q The Mosque with ‘Shaking minarets’ is situated in which Indian city ?

1 Ahmedabad

2 Kanpur

3 Jaipur

4 Ranchi

Sidi Bashir Mosque [ in Ahmedabad , Gujarat ] is also known as ‘Shaking minarets’ or Jhulta Minar

Q Lakhota Fort is located in which state of India ?

1 Gujarat

2 Tripura

3 Rajasthan

4 Goa

Q Rangeen Mahal, built in the 16th century CE is situated in which of the following cities
of Karnataka?

1. Udupi

2 Kolar

3 Bidar

4 Hubli

Q Who was the architect of the famous Mysore Palace in Karnataka?

1 Henry Irwin

2 Fredrik William Stevens

3 William Emerson

4 Edwin Lutyens

Q The Barabati Fort is situated in the city of.

1 Madurai

2 Raipur

3 Guwahati

4 Cuttack

Q Bidar Fort is situated in which state of India?

1 Meghalaya

2 Gujarat

3 Rajasthan

4 Karnataka

Q Jahaz Mahal, built by Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Khilji, is located in __.

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Rajasthan

3 Telangana

4 Gujarat

Q Chandragiri Fort is a historical fort , built in the 11th century. It is located in which state of India ?

1 Andhra Pradesh

2 Goa

3 Karnataka

4 Maharashtra

Q The Janjira Fort is situated on a small island in the Arabian sea, off the coast of
__.

1 Karnataka

2 Kerala

3 Gujarat

4 Maharashtra

Q Consider the following statements about a fort: 1. It was originally known as Mankal. 2.
It was built on a hilltop in the year 1143. In above mentioned sentences, forts is being
talked about?

1 Daulatabad Fort

2 Chitradurg Fort

3 Golconda Fort

4 Fort Aguada

Q In which state of India is the Gulbarga Fort situated?

1 Uttar Pradesh

2 Himachal Pradesh

3 Karnataka

4 Assam

Q Sindhudurg Fort is located in which of the following states?

1. Madhya Pradesh

2 Karnataka

3 Rajasthan

4 Maharashtra

Q In which of the following states is the Chandragad fort situated?

1 Karnataka

2 Andhra Pradesh

3 Maharashtra

4 Gujarat

Q The Rumi Darwaza is in _____ city of Uttar Pradesh .

1 Agra

2 Lucknow

3 Fatehpur Sikri

4 Aligarh

Q In which state Kumbhalgarh fort is situated?

1 Madhya Pradesh

2 Rajasthan

3 Gujarat

4 Himachal Pradesh

Q The Ujjayanta Palace is located in :

1 Agartala

2 Kohima

3 Shillong

4 Guwahati

Q The Mattancherry Palace is situated in:

Ans 1. Tamil Nadu

2. Odisha

3. Kerala

4. Andhra Pradesh

Q The Open Hand Monument in Chandigarh was designed by __.

1 Albert Mayer

2 Matthew Nowicki

3 Maxwell Fry

4 Le Corbusier

Q ___ is also known by the name of Amba Vilas.

1 Cooch Behar Palace

2 Mysore Palace

3 Neermahal

4 Ujjayanta Palace

Q Which of the following palaces is located in Thiruvananthapuram?

Ans 1. Chowmahalla Palace

2. Ujjayanta Palace

3. Kanakakkunnu Palace

4. Amber Palace

Q The Hill Palace Museum is located in ______.

Ans 1. Jammu and Kashmir

2. Himachal Pradesh

3. Karnataka

4. Kerala

Q ‘Hawa Mahal’ built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh is situated in which of the
following cities?

1 Jaipur

2 Mumbai

3 Bikaner

4 Ahmedabad

Q Which of the following forts is located in Rajasthan?

1 Reis Magos Fort

2 Mehrangarh Fort

3 Bidar Fort

4 Sindhudurg Fort

Q Which of the following monuments is located in Lucknow?

1. Golconda Fort

2 Mahabat Maqbara

3 Bara Imambara

4 Ajanta Ellora Caves

Q Who among the following built the Charminar of Hyderabad? 

Ans 1. Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah

 2. Humayun 

3. Muhammad Adil Shah

4. Akbar

Q In which of the following states is the Nahargarh Fort located? 

Ans 1. Gujarat

2. Rajasthan

 3. Punjab

 4. Maharashtra

Q Where is Hazarduari Palace located ?

1 West Bengal

4 Kerala

3 Telangana

4 Karnataka

Q Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

1 Junagarh Fort – Karnataka

2 Mehrangarh Fort – Rajasthan

3 Asirgarh Fort – Madhya Pradesh

4 Raigad Fort – Maharashtra

Q In which of the following cities is the Thirumalai Nayakkar palace located?

1 Madurai

2 Kanyakumari

3 Mysuru

4 Chennai

Q In which state will you find a monument called ‘Teen Darwaza’?

1 Rajasthan

2 Uttar Pradesh

3 Gujarat

4 Punjab

Q In which of the following places is the Agrasen ki Baoli, the historical step well located? 

1 Chandigarh 

2 Kolkata 

3 Chennai 

4 Delhi

Q Golkonda fort [ Telangana ] was built during the reign of which of the following dynasties?

1 Chaulukya

2 Kakatiya

3 Gupta

4 Maurya

Q Amer Fort, one of the finest examples of architecture, is situated in which of the following
states?

1 Assam

2 Sikkim

3 Rajasthan

4 Punjab

Q In the context of noted monuments of India, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT ?

1 Hazara Rama Temple – Hampi

2 Kanheri Caves – Mumbai

3 Kandariya Mahadev Temple – Khajuraho

4 Hoshang Shah’s Tomb – Delhi

Q Sukh Niwas , Diwan-e-Khaas and Diwan-e-Aam are there in which fort ?

1 Amer Fort

2 Reis Magos Fort

3 Bidar Fort

4 Sindhudurg Fort

Q Bara Imambara, a historical edifice with marvellous architecture, is situated in which of the following cities?

Ans 1. Panipat 

2. Lucknow

 3. Hyderabad 

4. Mumbai

Q The Badami fort [ Karnataka ] is an ancient fort built in 543 CE by __ of the Chalukya dynasty.

1 Jayasimha

2 Pulakeshin I

3 Shri Gupta

4 Bhattarka

Q Which of the following forts is located in Karnataka which was built by Sultan Alla-Ud Din Bahman?

Ans 1. Allahabad Fort

2. Bidar Fort

3. Tarkash Mahal

4. Mirjan Fort

Q Which of the following is known as Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace?

1. Karamat Bagh

2 Shalimar Bagh

3 Ram Niwas Bagh

4 Daria Daulat Bagh

Daria Daulat Bagh [ known as Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace , is a palace situated in Srirangapatnam in Mandya district of Karnataka

Q Where is the ‘Ahom Raja’s Palace’ located?

1 Ladakh

2 Telangana

3 Assam

4 Uttar Pradesh

Q Where is the Raniji ki baori or the ‘Queen’s Stepwell’ , the largest among the fifty step wells that were built to meet the need for water located ?

1 Bundi in Rajasthan

2 Banswara in Rajasthan

3 Jaisalmer in Rajasthan

4 Jaipur in Rajasthan

Q Which monument was built in 1924 to welcome King George V and Queen Mary?

1 Gateway of India

2 India Gate

3 Rumi Darwaza

4 Victoria Memorial

Q Which of the given monuments is NOT located in Karnataka?

1 Kittur Fort

2 Hoysaleswara Temple

3 Gol Gumbaz

4 Palakkad Fort

Q In which year was the Mehrangarh Fort established?

1 1459

2 1458

3 1456

4 1457

Q In which year Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur built by Maharaja Jai Singh II ?

1 1734

2 1459

3 1634

4 1834

Q Sawai Jai Singh , the ruler of Amber , is known to have constructed five astronomical observatories called ‘Jantar Mantar’ . Which of the following cities does not have any of these observatories .

1 Varanasi

2 Udaipur

3 Ujjain

4 Mathura

Sawai Jai Singh constructed astronomical observatories in five cities :

Sawai Jai Singh constructed astronomical observatories in five cities : Shahjahanabad [ Delhi ] , Jaipur , Ujjain , Mathura and Varanasi

Q Who designed the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus [ formerly Vicotria Terminus ] in Mumbai ?

1 Edwin Lutyens

2 George Wittet

3 F W Stevens

4 Henry Irwin