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A) Minarets, main dome, and garden B) Tomb, mosque, and assembly hall C) Refining plant, cenotaph, and base D) Agra Fort, main gate, and wall
A) Lahore Fort B) Delhi Palace C) Agra Fort D) The Taj Mahal itself
A) 1652 B) 1666 C) 1658 D) 1908
A) British forces B) Japanese Air Force C) Mughal historians D) Jat rulers of Bharatpur
A) The minarets B) The main cenotaph C) Two chandeliers D) The marble floor
A) Marble B) Silver C) Gold D) Agate
A) Shah Jahan B) Aurangzeb C) Lord Curzon D) The Archaeological Survey of India
A) 1908 B) 1997 C) 1942 D) 1983
A) Vegetable patches B) Artificial fountains C) European-style lawns D) Concrete tiles
A) To install a new lighting system B) To disguise the building from air attacks C) For major restoration work D) To repair storm damage
A) Archaeological Survey of India B) Supreme Court of India C) UNESCO D) The British Government
A) 1965 and 1971 B) 2010 and 2020 C) 1942 and 1947 D) 1983 and 1997
A) 1947 B) 1997 C) 1908 D) 1983
A) Green B) Yellow-brown C) Black D) Grey
A) Yamuna Protection Area B) Heritage Exclusion Site C) Taj Trapezium Zone D) Agra Emission Zone
A) 4,000 square kilometres B) 1,000 square kilometres C) 10,400 square kilometres D) 20,000 square kilometres
A) Earthquakes B) Excessive sunlight C) High humidity D) Acid rain
A) They were being dismantled B) They were crumbling C) They showed signs of tilting D) They were being repainted
A) Chemical bleaching B) Mud packs C) Sandblasting D) Painting
A) Groundwater flooding B) Storms C) Vandalism D) Air pollution
A) The side facing the main gate B) The side facing the Yamuna river C) The northern side D) The side facing the city of Agra
A) Marble B) Red sandstone C) Limestone D) Granite
A) Raja Jai Singh I B) A local merchant C) Raja Akbar II D) The Mughal architect
A) 1643 B) 1631 C) 1632 D) 1653
A) Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh B) Makrana, Rajasthan C) Agra, India D) Bukhara, Uzbekistan
A) Afghanistan B) Tibet C) Fatehpur Sikri D) Makrana
A) Tibet B) China C) Sri Lanka D) Afghanistan
A) 32 B) 20 C) 28 D) 15
A) A bamboo scaffold B) A metal scaffold C) A colossal brick scaffold D) A wooden scaffold
A) By a complex pulley system only B) By boats on the Yamuna C) By horse-drawn carriages D) By a 15 km long earthen ramp
A) 1648 B) 1653 C) 1643 D) 1632
A) ₹20 million B) ₹52.8 billion C) ₹32 million D) ₹15 million
A) Flooring B) A mihrab C) Inlaid patterns D) Sandstone walls
A) A series of hydraulic lifts B) Massive crane structures C) An elaborate post-and-beam pulley system D) A manual lever system
A) Hexagon B) Circle C) Square D) Octagon
A) North B) South C) East D) West
A) 15 metres B) 25 metres C) 10 metres D) 40 metres
A) Flower motif B) Star motif C) Moon motif D) Sun motif
A) In the upper chamber B) In the garden C) In the corner rooms D) In the basement
A) A crown B) A sword C) A pen box D) A shield
A) South towards the garden B) East towards the sunrise C) West towards Mecca D) North towards the entrance
A) Symmetrically B) Asymmetrically C) In a circular formation D) Stacked on top of each other
A) Aurangzeb B) Shah Jahan C) Akbar D) Humayun
A) Nur Jahan B) Mumtaz Mahal C) Gauhara Begum D) Shah Jahan's mother
A) Ustad Isa B) Ismail Afandi C) Ustad Ahmad Lahori D) Amanat Khan Shirazi
A) 10,000 B) More than 20,000 C) 50,000 D) 5,000
A) Tomb B) Garden C) Crown D) Palace
A) Thuluth B) Devanagari C) Nastaliq D) Naskh
A) Silver B) Solid gold C) Copper D) Gilded bronze
A) Qazim Khan B) Ustad Ahmad Lahori C) Muhammad Hanif D) Amanat Khan Shirazi
A) Shah Jahan Mahal B) Agra Tomb C) Rauza-i munawwara D) Mumtaz Bagh
A) 100 hectares B) 40 hectares C) 17 hectares D) 5 hectares
A) A star B) A lotus flower C) A sun D) A moon
A) Zen garden B) Renaissance C) English cottage D) Charbagh
A) Ali Mardan B) Shah Jahan C) Babur D) Akbar
A) 8 B) 16 C) 24 D) 12
A) Yamuna Tank B) al Hawd al-Kawthar C) Paradise Spring D) Mahtab Bagh
A) Beneath the mausoleum B) North-western quadrant C) Central marble tank D) Across the Yamuna river
A) Paradise garden (Jannah) B) The Taj Mahal architect's vision C) The Mughal Empire D) The Yamuna River
A) Babur B) William Jones C) Mumtaz Mahal D) Ali Mardan
A) The Mughal Emperors B) Persian architects C) Local Indian farmers D) The British Raj
A) Iron B) Lead C) Earthenware D) Copper
A) Mahtab Bagh B) Jannah C) Charbagh D) Khiyaban
A) Buddhist temple gardens B) Persian gardens C) Ancient Greek architecture D) London formal lawns
A) Bas relief B) Mosaic tile C) Fresco secco D) Parchin kari
A) Pinkish B) Golden C) Milky white D) Bluish
A) An anonymous historian B) Mumtaz Mahal C) Shah Jahan D) Ebba Koch
A) The servant quarters B) The military barracks C) Worldly markets D) The royal treasury
A) A mirror image B) A direct contrast C) A decorative addition D) An inferior version
A) ₹540 B) ₹50 C) ₹1,100 D) ₹100
A) Monday B) Thursday C) Sunday D) Friday
A) Electric buses B) Petrol motorcycles C) Personal cars D) Diesel trucks
A) ₹500 crore B) ₹150 crore C) ₹297 crore D) ₹100 crore
A) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier B) Geronimo Vereneo C) P. N. Oak D) Lord William Bentinck
A) Missing jewelry from the tomb B) Water appearing when the silhouette is beaten C) Ghosts of the craftsmen D) The structure collapsing
A) P. N. Oak B) Amar Nath Mishra C) John Rosselli D) Geronimo Vereneo
A) 2007 B) 2019 C) 2000 D) 2015
A) December B) January C) Ramadan D) August |