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Question:Identifythemonumenttowhichthispaintingbelongs:

Badami
Ajanta
Lepakshi
Ellora

Answer:Ajantacaves(Maharsashtra)areknownformurals,chaityagrihasandmonasteriesandarehewnoutof
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volcanicbasalticrockoverlookinganarrowstreamWaghora.Thereare30cavesinAjantaincludingan
unfinishedonerepresentingBuddhistfaith.

Question:WhichorganizationdeclaresasiteofspecialculturalorphysicalsignificanceasaWorldHeritage
Site?

ArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia
MinistryofCulture
NationalMuseum
UNESCO

Answer:UNESCO(UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization)and29sitesaredeclared
asWorldHeritageSitesinIndiabyUNESCO.

Question:Identifythestonegivenbelowandwhichmonumenthasbeenconstructedfromthisstone?

Marble,TajMahal
Redstone,AgraFort
Basalt,AjantaCaves
Khondalite,Suntemple,Konark

Answer:Agrafort(UttarPradesh)wasconstructedbythethirdMughalemperorAkbarontheremainsofan
ancientsiteknownasBadalgarh.TheothermonumentmadeofredsandstoneisSikandraFortwhichisthe
tombofAkbar

Question:InwhichcountryistheWorldHeritageSitelocatedwhereGautamaBuddhawasborn?

India
SriLanka
Nepal
Pakistan

Answer:LumbiniinNepalisafamousBuddhistpilgrimagesitewhereQueenMayadevigavebirthtoGautama
Buddha.SheisdepictedinmostoftheIndiansculpturesasholdingbranchofShalatreeandgivingbirthto
Buddha.GautamaBuddhawasthesonofKinguddhodanaandMayadevi.

Question:InwhicharchaeologicalsitedowefindtheDhamekandDharmarajikastupa?

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Sanchi
Sarnath
Satdhara
Amravati

Answer:Sarnath(UttarPradesh)isthefamousarchaeologicalsitewherefirstsermonwasgivenbyBuddhain
deerpark.Thesiteisknownforitschaitya,stupasandmonasteriesandalsotheAshokapillar.

Question:InwhichstatedowefindthefortAguada?

MadhyaPradesh
Goa
TamilNadu
Bihar

Answer:TheAguadaFortwasconstructedin1612bythePortuguesetoprotectOldGoaagainsttheattacksof
theDutchandMarathasarmies.Thefortisdividedintotwopartslowerfortandupperfort.

Question:IdentifythemonumentgivenbelowwhichislocatedinKarnataka?

Golgumbaz
JumaMasjid
IbrahimRauza
JamiMasjid

Answer:IbrahimRauzaisintheBijapurdistrictofKarnataka.ItwasbuiltbyIbrahimAdilShahIIin17th
centuryCEandconsistsofhismosqueandtombinthesamecompound.

Question:InwhichancientmonumentdowefindtheworkofPietraDura?

MehrangarhFort
HawaMahal
TajMahal
TughlaqabadFort

Answer:Pietraduraisthetechniqueofinlayworkinwhichhighpolishedsemipreciousstoneslikelapislazuli,
agate,jasperandjadeetc.areusedtocreateimagesandthesearecutandthenfittedinthewallswithglue.
ApartfromTajMahaltheworkcanalsobenoticedinthetombofItmadudDaulawhichwasbuiltbyNur
JahanforherfatherMirzaGhiyasBeg.

Question:Givenbelowistheimageofafacadeofaveryimportantcave.Identifythecave.

KanheriCaves
BedsaCaves

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PitalkhoraCaves
LomasRishiCave

Answer:LomasRishiCave(Bihar)islocatedintheBarabarhillswhichhavetheearliestrockcutcavesof
India.ThesecavesweredonatedtotheAjivikasectanddatesbacktoMauryanperiod.

Question:WhereisfamousshoretempleinIndialocated?

AndhraPradesh
TamilNadu
Karnataka
Kerala

Answer:ShoretempleislocatedintheMahabalipuramorMammallapuraminTamilNadu.Itwasbuiltby
NarasimhavarmanIIin8thcenturyCE.ThetempleisdedicatedtobothVishnuandShiva.

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