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