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The architectural form in which arches carry the weight above doors and windows is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Persian court chronicles described the Sultan as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The large reservoir Iltutmish built outside Dehli-i-Kuhna was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chola king filled his Shiva temple with statues seized from defeated rulers?Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal gardens divided into four quarters by water channels were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Humayun's tomb, built between 1562 and 1571, follows which tradition of a central hall with eight rooms?Read the answer and worked solution →Shah Jahan's audience halls, set in a large courtyard, were called forty-pillared halls or:Read the answer and worked solution →Behind Shah Jahan's throne in the Red Fort, pietra dura inlays depicted which Greek figure?Read the answer and worked solution →The Taj Mahal at Agra was completed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The elephant stables at Vijayanagara show the influence of which neighbouring Sultanates?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughals adopted from Bengal a roof designed to resemble a thatched hut, called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mughal building termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the temple partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the building datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the architecture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Trabeate or arcuateRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the monumentsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rulers and buildings bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The eighteenth-century political formations are studied from Aurangzeb's death in 1707 to the third battle of Panipat in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nadir Shah of Iran sacked and plundered Delhi in:Read the answer and worked solution →Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded north India how many times between 1748 and 1761?Read the answer and worked solution →The two rival factions of later Mughal nobles were the Iranis and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which later Mughal emperor, ruling 1713 to 1719, was assassinated by his nobles?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three states were carved out of old Mughal provinces in the eighteenth century?Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad state was founded by:Read the answer and worked solution →Asaf Jah and Murshid Quli Khan each held a zat rank of:Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad's ambitions on the Coromandel textile coast were checked by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa'adat Khan was appointed subadar of Awadh in:Read the answer and worked solution →Revenue farmers who bought the right to collect tax for a fixed sum were called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The architectural form in which arches carry the weight above doors and windows is called:

  1. Gothic
  2. Arcuate
  3. Trabeate
  4. Corbelled
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Correct answer: B. Arcuate

1. A keystone transfers weight to the base. 2. This is the arcuate form. 3. It appears from the twelfth century. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 5, Rulers and Buildings._

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Persian court chronicles described the Sultan as the:

  1. Avatar of Vishnu
  2. King of Kings
  3. Shadow of God
  4. Son of Heaven
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Correct answer: C. Shadow of God

1. Sultans did not claim to be incarnations. 2. They were called the Shadow of God. 3. Alauddin was likened to Moses and Solomon. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 5, Rulers and Buildings._

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The large reservoir Iltutmish built outside Dehli-i-Kuhna was called:

  1. Hauz Khas tank
  2. Sultan Ghari
  3. Shamsi Talab
  4. Hauz-i-Sultani
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Correct answer: D. Hauz-i-Sultani

1. Providing water won a ruler praise. 2. It was the Hauz-i-Sultani, the King's Reservoir. 3. Tanks were often part of temples and mosques too. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 5, Rulers and Buildings._

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