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