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