alleryWhich Mughal emperor commissioned the Taj Mahal in 1631?
- Jahangir
- Aurangzeb
- Shah Jahan
- Akbar
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Correct answer: C. Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor, ordered the mausoleum built for his late wife.
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Which Mughal emperor commissioned the Taj Mahal in 1631?Read the answer and worked solution →The Taj Mahal stands on the right bank of which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose tomb is the central feature of the Taj Mahal complex, besides that of Shah Jahan?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Taj Mahal designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?Read the answer and worked solution →The Red Fort was built after Shah Jahan moved the Mughal capital to Delhi from which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which main entrance of the Red Fort is where the Prime Minister hoists the flag on Independence Day?Read the answer and worked solution →Who plundered the Red Fort and stripped its jewels during an invasion in 1739?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Delhi Sultanate ruler rebuilt the top of the Qutb Minar in 1368 and added a cupola?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sanskrit inscription on the iron pillar in the Qutb complex belongs to which century AD?Read the answer and worked solution →The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in the Qutb complex is the earliest surviving mosque built by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Who built the Charminar in Hyderabad in 1591?Read the answer and worked solution →The Charminar is widely believed to commemorate the end of which disease?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gateway of India stands on the waterfront of which city?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gateway of India commemorates the landing of which British monarch in 1911?Read the answer and worked solution →Who designed the Gateway of India?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the last British troops leave India through the Gateway of India?Read the answer and worked solution →In which city is the Victoria Memorial, a large marble monument in the Maidan?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy proposed a grand memorial building with a museum after Queen Victoria died?Read the answer and worked solution →The Victoria Memorial in Kolkata is now used as what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hawa Mahal is a palace in which Indian city?Read the answer and worked solution →How many small windows, called jharokhas, decorate the Hawa Mahal?Read the answer and worked solution →Who built the Hawa Mahal in 1799?Read the answer and worked solution →The Persian-derived name Hawa Mahal translates to what?Read the answer and worked solution →In which state is the Konark Sun Temple located?Read the answer and worked solution →The Konark temple is attributed to Narasingha Deva I of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the surviving Konark complex resemble, with immense stone wheels and horses?Read the answer and worked solution →European sailors called the Konark temple by what name in accounts from 1676?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Stupa at Sanchi is located in which Indian state?Read the answer and worked solution →The four carved toranas of the Sanchi Great Stupa were added in which period?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the toranas at Sanchi?Read the answer and worked solution →
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The Taj Mahal stands on the right bank of which river?
- Chambal
- Gomti
- Yamuna
- Ganga
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Correct answer: C. Yamuna
The mausoleum is at Agra on the bank of the Yamuna.
Whose tomb is the central feature of the Taj Mahal complex, besides that of Shah Jahan?
- Bega Begum
- Jahanara Begum
- Mumtaz Mahal
- Nur Jahan
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Correct answer: C. Mumtaz Mahal
Shah Jahan built it to house the tomb of his late wife Mumtaz Mahal.
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