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.