5.4   Multiple Choice Questions :

1)  _________ is the part of building above the ground floor.

(a) Shikharas                               (c) Balcony
(b) Superstructure                     (d) Roofs

2)  A style of architecture where roofs, doors and windows were made by placing a horizontal beam across two vertical columns is called  __________ .

(a) Trabeate                                 (c) Classical
(b) Gothic                                     (d) Islamic

3)  _________ is a large stepped wells attached to buildings.

(a) Diwan-i-khas                         (c) Lute
(b) Pietra dura                             (d) Baolis

4)  The weight of the superstructure carried by arches. This architectural form was called __________  .

(a) Trabeate                                  (c) Arcuate
(b) Arch                                         (d) Corbelled

5)  A __________ is the topmost pointed portion of a temple.

(a) Shikhara                                  (c) Pietra dura
(b) Pishtaq                                    (d) Chaharbagh

6)  The garden called _________ were systematically divided into quarter.

(a) ChaharBagh                           (c) Shalimar
(b) Lal Mahal bari                       (d) Taj Mahal

7)  The Rajarajeshvara temple was built by king _________.

(a) Dhangadeva                           (c) Rajarajadeva
(b) Alauddin                                 (d) Shah Jahan

8)  The first floor of the Qutb Minar was constructed by_________.

(a) AlaudinKhalji                         (c) Iltumish
(b) QutbuddinAybak                   (d) Ibrahim lodi

9)  The Humayun’s tomb was placed in the centre of a huge formal Chahar Bagh was built in the tradition known as __________.

(a) Corbelled                                 (c) Lute
(b) Arcuate                                    (d) Hashtbihisht

10)  _________won universal respect for constructing a large reservoir just outside Delhi-i-kuhna.

(a) Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni       (c) Muhammad Tughlaq
(b) Sultan Iltumish                          (d) Alauddin Khalji

Answers :

1) Superstructure    2) Trabeate            3) Baolis                         4) Arcuate                 5) Shikhara
6) ChaharBagh        7) Rajarajadeva     8) Qutbuddin Aybak   9) HashtBihisht      10) Sultan Iltumish.