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