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UPSC CDS Indian History — practice questions — page 54

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Forbidden to depict living forms, Muslim builders developed the arts of arabesque, geometrical patterns and:Read the answer and worked solution →Bijapur and Golconda represent which style of Indo-Islamic architecture?Read the answer and worked solution →Thick Indo-Islamic walls of rubble masonry were cased over with limestone plaster called:Read the answer and worked solution →Daulatabad fort was earlier known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fort's steep height made it invincible and overawed Babur?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest fort in Asia, occupied longest as a seat of power, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Qutub Minar is a tapering tower how many feet high?Read the answer and worked solution →The Qutub Minar is divided into how many storeys?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Forbidden to depict living forms, Muslim builders developed the arts of arabesque, geometrical patterns and:

  1. Frescoes
  2. Calligraphy
  3. Sculpture
  4. Portraiture
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Correct answer: B. Calligraphy

1. Hindus adorned surfaces with sculpture and painting. 2. Muslims used calligraphy on plaster and stone. 3. Arabesque is intertwined flowing lines and leaves. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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Bijapur and Golconda represent which style of Indo-Islamic architecture?

  1. Mughal era
  2. Provincial
  3. Deccani
  4. Imperial
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Correct answer: C. Deccani

1. The Imperial style is the Delhi Sultanate. 2. Bijapur and Golconda are Deccani. 3. Mandu, Gujarat, Bengal and Jaunpur are Provincial. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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Thick Indo-Islamic walls of rubble masonry were cased over with limestone plaster called:

  1. Stucco
  2. Gypsum
  3. Mortar
  4. Chunam
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Correct answer: D. Chunam

1. Rubble masonry was easily available. 2. Chunam is limestone plaster. 3. Bricks came into use from the seventeenth century. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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