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The Chand Minar, a 210-feet tower of the fifteenth century, stands at:Read the answer and worked solution →Humayun's tomb and the Taj Mahal follow which garden style?Read the answer and worked solution →Hermitages of Sufi saints were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Rupmati's double pavilion at Mandu overlooks the valley of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Work on the Taj Mahal began in 1632 and took nearly how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →How many specialised workers built the Taj Mahal?Read the answer and worked solution →The four minarets at the corners of the Taj terrace are how many feet high?Read the answer and worked solution →Marble for the Taj Mahal was quarried from the mines of:Read the answer and worked solution →Each side of the Taj tomb, and its height to the pinnacle, measures:Read the answer and worked solution →Friday congregational prayers at a Jama Masjid required a minimum of how many Muslim male adults?Read the answer and worked solution →In a mosque, worshippers face the mihrab because it indicates the direction of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the fortsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Taj Mahal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the monument numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the architecture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Imperial or DeccaniRead the answer and worked solution →Sort mosque, tomb and fortRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Indo-Islamic architecture bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In a Hindu temple, the sanctum housing the main icon is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The pyramidal tower of a South Indian temple is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The deities of the eight directions on temple walls are the:Read the answer and worked solution →The simple square-based shikhara whose walls curve inward to a point is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The first temple with a flat roof, from the Gupta period, stands near the stupa at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Deogarh temple, with a main shrine and four corner shrines, is in which style?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lakshmana temple of Khajuraho was built in 954 by the Chandela king:Read the answer and worked solution →The crowning elements of nagara temples are the amalak and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sun temple at Modhera was built in 1026 by Raja Bhimdev I of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →How many miniature shrines are carved between the steps of the surya kund at Modhera?Read the answer and worked solution →The sculptural style of the ninth to eleventh centuries in Bengal and Bihar is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Chand Minar, a 210-feet tower of the fifteenth century, stands at:

  1. Jaunpur city
  2. Daulatabad
  3. Bijapur city
  4. Mandu city
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Correct answer: B. Daulatabad

1. It has four storeys. 2. The Chand Minar is at Daulatabad Fort. 3. Local, Delhi and Iranian architects built it. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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Humayun's tomb and the Taj Mahal follow which garden style?

  1. Terrace
  2. Orchard
  3. Charbagh
  4. Rockery
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Correct answer: C. Charbagh

1. Tombs were set in paradisiacal gardens near water. 2. Both follow the charbagh style. 3. Quranic verses adorn the walls. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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Hermitages of Sufi saints were called:

  1. Madrasas
  2. Sarais
  3. Hammams
  4. Khanqahs
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Correct answer: D. Khanqahs

1. Dargahs are shrines of saints. 2. Khanqahs were Sufi hermitages. 3. Sarais housed travellers. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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