AP 7th Class Social Bits Chapter 22 Rulers and Buildings with Answers

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Question 1.
Who started the construction of Qutb Minar?
A) Qutbuddin Aybak
B) Iltutmish
C) Alauddin Khilji
D) Akbar
Answer:
A) Qutbuddin Aybak

Question 2.
Who finished the construction of Qutb Minar?
A) Alauddin Khilji
B) Akbar
C) Iltutmish
D) Qutbuddin Aybak
Answer:
C) Iltutmish

Question 3.
When was the construction of Qutb Minar completed?
A) 1129 AD.
B) 1199 A.D.
C) 1229 A.D.
D) 1429 A.D.
Answer:
C) 1229 A.D.

Question 4.
When was the Kandariya Mahadeva temple constructed?
A) In 899 A.D.
B) In 909 A.D
C) In 999 A.D.
D) In 919 A.D.
Answer:
C) In 999 A.D.

Question 5.
The Kandariya Mahadeva temple was built by
A) Dhangadeva
B) Dhanunjayadeva
C) Dharmadeva
D) Dharma Pala
Answer:
A) Dhangadeva

Question 6.
Which temple had the tallest Shikhara amongst all the temples of its time?
A) Brihadiswara temple
B) Kandariya Mahadeva temple
C) Virupaksha temple
D) Ramachandra temple
Answer:
A) Brihadiswara temple

Question 7.
Brihadiswara temple (or) Raja Rajeswara temple was built by
A) Raja Raja Chola
B) Rajendra Chola
C) Kulottunga Chola
D) Rajaraja Narendra
Answer:
A) Raja Raja Chola

Question 8.
To which dynasty Khajuraho temples belong to
A) Chandela
B) Pala
C) Chola
D) Pandya
Answer:
A) Chandela

Question 9.
Rajarajeswara (or) Brihadeshwara temple is at
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Tanjore
D) Sri Rangam
Answer:
C) Tanjore

Question 10.
Which court chronicles described the sultan as the ‘Shadow of God’?
A) Indian
B) Turkish
C) Persian
D) Arabian
Answer:
C) Persian

Question 11.
According to the inscription in the Delhi mosque which sultan was chosen by God?
A) Qutbuddin Aybak
B) Iltutmish
C) Balban
D) Alauddin Khilji
Answer:
D) Alauddin Khilji

Question 12.
‘Hauz – i – Sultani’ or the ‘King’s Res-ervoir’ was constructed by
A) Qutbuddin Aybak
B) Balban
C) Iltutmish
D) Alauddin Khilji
Answer:
C) Iltutmish

Question 13.
Which Sultan had the qualities of Solomon and Moses?
A) Qutbuddin Aybak
B) Alauddin Khilji
C) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
D) iltutmish
Answer:
B) Alauddin Khilji

Question 14.
What is the popular name of Harminder Sahib?
A) Golden Temple
B) Lotus Temple
C) Kali Temple
D) Sikh Temple
Answer:
A) Golden Temple

Question 15.
Golden Temple (Harminder Sahib) is at
A) Amritsar
B) Jalandhar
C) Chandigarh
D) Ludhiana
Answer:
A) Amritsar

Question 16.
Which Pandyan King invaded Srilanka and defeated the King Sena -1?
A) Shrimara Shrivallabha
B) Nedunjalian
C) Karikala
D) Jalandhar
Answer:
A) Shrimara Shrivallabha

Question 17.
The Sinhalese ruler defeated by the Pandyan King Shrimara Srivallabha was
A) Sena I
B) Sena II
C) Sena III
D) Sena IV
Answer:
A) Sena I

Question 18.
Which Sinhalese ordered his general to invade Madurai?
A) Sena II
B) Sena
C) Sena III
D) Ser
Answer:
A) Sena II

Question 19.
The capital of Pandyas was ……..
A) Kanchi
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Tanjore
Answer:
C) Madurai

Question 20.
Which dynasty was the statue of Bhairavi seized from?
A) Palas of Bengal
B) Kalingas of Odisha
C) Eastern Chalukyas from Vengi
D) From Chalukyas.
Answer:
B) Kalingas of Odisha

Question 21.
From which dynasty was the Statue of Nandi seized by the Cholas?
A) Chalukyas
B) Kalingas of Odisha
C) Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi
D) Palas of Bengal
Answer:
C) Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

Question 22.
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni was a con-temporary of which Chola king?
A) Raja Raja
B) Rajendra -1
C) Kulottunga Chola
D) Rajaraja Narendra
Answer:
B) Rajendra -1

Question 23.
The Sultan who looted Somnath temple was
A) Mahmud of Ghazni
B) Mahmud of Ghori
C) Taimur
D) Nadir Shah
Answer:
A) Mahmud of Ghazni

Question 24.
Which city was developed to act as the imperial capital of entire South India?
A) Tanjore L
B) Vengi
C) Orugallu
D) Vijayanagara
Answer:
D) Vijayanagara

Question 25.
“Mahanavami Dibba” was the structure belonged to
A) Vijayanagara Kings
B) Kakatiya Kings
C) Chalukya Kings
D) Chola Kings
Answer:
A) Vijayanagara Kings

Question 26.
Diwan – i – aam or Diwan – i – klias was constructed by
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
Answer:
C) Shah Jahan

Question 27.
Who constructed the Red Fort at Delhi?
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Jahangir
D) Babur
Answer:
B) Shah Jahan

Question 28.
Who built the Tajmahal?
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Jahangir
D) Babur
Answer:
B) Shah Jahan

Question 29.
The grandest architectural accomplishment of Shah Jahan was
A) Taj Mahal
B) Peacock Throne
C) Red Fort
D) Diwan – i – aam
Answer:
A) Taj Mahal

Question 30.
The Taj Mahal is on the banks of the river
A) Ganges
B) Yamuna
C) Ravi
D) Son
Answer:
B) Yamuna

Question 31.
Qutubuddin-Aibak build Qutub Minar in the year ……….. A.D.
A) 1190
B) 1195
C) 1199
D) 1200
Answer:
C) 1199

Question 32.
The no. of stairs in Qutub Minar.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Answer:
D) 5

Question 33.
The construction of Qutub Minar was completed by lltutmish in the year
A) 1200
B) 1220
C) 1229
D) 1250
Answer:
C) 1229

Question 34.
Roofs, doors and windows were still made by placing a horizontal beam across two vertical columns, a style of architecture called
A) Trabeate
B) Corbelled
C) Both A&B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A&B

Question 35.
The Kandariya Mahadeva temple dedicated to Shiva was constructed in 999 A.D. by
A) Ganga Deva
B) Dhanga Deva
C) Ramachandra Deva
D) Bhuthala Raju
Answer:
B) Dhanga Deva

Question 36.
The Khajuraho complex contained temples where common people were not allowed to enter
A) royal
B) ministerial
C) samanthas
D) parganadhipathas
Answer:
A) royal

Question 37.
The weight of the superstructure above the doors and windows was sometimes carried by arches. The roof too used this principle and was converted into vaults and domes. This architectural form is called
A) arcuate
B) achyuate
C) gummatam
D) dome
Answer:
A) arcuate

Question 38.
Arches, domes and limestone mortar were used extensively in the buildings after ……….. A.D.
A) 1190
B) 1290
C) 1390
D) 1490
Answer:
A) 1190

Question 39.
The Raja Rajeswara temple was built by:
A) Rajarajadeva
B) Rajendradeva
C) Gangadeva
D) Dhangadeva
Answer:
A) Rajarajadeva

Question 40.
The Swayambhu Siva Temple is here
A) Hyderabad
B) Ranga Reddy
C) Orugallu
D) Sultanpur
Answer:
C) Orugallu

Question 41.
Most of the temples had become elaborate institutions, because
A) they employed hundreds of artisans.
B) they lend money on interest to traders.
C) they organised fairs and markets and celebrations.
D) all the above.
Answer:
D) all the above.

Question 42.
Who built a large reservoir just outside Delhi-i-kuhna?
A) lltutmish
B) Qutubuddin – Aibak
C) Deshpond
D) Balban
Answer:
A) lltutmish

Question 43.
The reason behind the construction of temples by kings.
A) Bhakti
B) To exhibit their wealth
C) To exhibit their power
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 44.
In the early ninth century, the Pandyan king Shrimara Shrivallabha invaded Sri Lanka and defeated the king.
A) Sena -1
B) Sena – II
C) Sena – III
D) Sena – IV
Answer:
A) Sena -1

Question 45.
The period of Sena I
A) 999-1000
B) 831-851
C) 821-851
D) None
Answer:
B) 831-851

Question 46.
The chola king Rajendra – built a temple in his capital
A) Shiva
B) Vishnu
C) Brahma
D) None
Answer:
A) Shiva

Question 47.
By destroying temples – especially the one at Somnath tried to win credit as a great hero of Islam.
A) Mahmud Ghazni
B) Mahmud Ghori
C) Akbar
D) Babur
Answer:
A) Mahmud Ghazni

Question 48.
The Vijayanagara kings built large temples for Sri Virupaksha, Ramachandra, Krishna and Vitthala using a style that had been developed by emperors.
A) Chola
B) Pandya
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 49.
The Virupaksha temple was built over many centuries while inscriptions suggest that the earliest shrine dated to the ……….. century.
A) 9 – 10
B) 10 – 11
C) 11 – 12
D) 8 – 9
Answer:
A) 9 – 10

Question 50.
The buildings that were built for the secular works of the Vijayanagara kings.
A) Raja Mandiras
B) Grama Panchayats
C) Trade organisations
D) None
Answer:
A) Raja Mandiras

Question 51.
The Padma Mahal was built by
A) Sri KrishnadeVaraya
B) Devaraya – II
C) Virupaksharaya
D) Atchyutharaya
Answer:
A) Sri KrishnadeVaraya

Question 52.
The famous construction of the Vijayanagara kings.
A) Maha Mandap
B) Mahanavami Dibba
C) Maharaja Mandir
D) Raja Prasad
Answer:
B) Mahanavami Dibba

Question 53.
The Vijayanagara kings held their………….. on Mahanavami dibba.
A) Navarathri Puja
B) Dussehra Darbar
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 54.
This Mughal empower or declared his interest on gardens.
A) Babur
B) Humayun
C) Akbar
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
A) Babur

Question 55.
The other name of Mughal gardens.
A) Char Mahal
B) Charbagh
C) Panchbagh
D) None
Answer:
B) Charbagh

Question 56.
The constructions of Akbar are like these constructions.
A) Timur’s
B) Nadirshah’s
C) Iltutmish’s
D) Babur’s
Answer:
A) Timur’s

Question 57.
The Humayun tomb was placed in the centre of a huge formal chahar bagh and built in the tradition known as
A) Aridwar
B) Hasht bihisht
C) Nava bihisht
D) Nawadwar
Answer:
B) Hasht bihisht

Question 58.
Diwan-i-khas or diwan-i-aain was built by
A) Babur
B) Humayun
C) Shahjahan
D) Aurangazeb
Answer:
C) Shahjahan

Question 59.
The pedestal on which their throne was placed was known as
A) Qubla
B) Qibla
C) Jeehad
D) Haz
Answer:
B) Qibla

Question 60.
Behind the balcony of the emperor’s throne, in Red Fort in Delhi, there were a series of
A) Pietra dura inlays
B) the legendary Greek god Orpheus playing the flute
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 61.
In the early years of his reign, Shahjahan’s capital was at Agra, a city where the nobility had constructed their homes on the banks of the river.
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Narmada
D) Sindhu
Answer:
B) Yamuna

Question 62.
The charbagh was described by the historians as
A) river-front garden
B) Mughal gardens
C) Navaneeth gardens
D) All the above
Answer:
A) river-front garden

Question 63.
The world famous Tajmahal was built by Shahjahan in the garden which is infront of this river.
A) Ganga
B) Sindh
C) Yamuna
D) Godavari
Answer:
C) Yamuna

Question 64.
The eldest son of Shahjahan
A) Dara Shukoh
B) Aurangazeb
C) Murad
D) Humayun
Answer:
A) Dara Shukoh

Question 65.
Quwaat al – Islam is in Delhi : : Brihadeeswara temple is at
A) Kanchi
B) Tanjore
C) Madurai
D) Rameswaram
Answer:
B) Tanjore

Question 66.
Qutubminar : Delhi : : Alai Darwaza at
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Kolkata
D) Bombay
Answer:
A) Delhi

Question 67.
This picture is

A) Tajmahal
B) Golden temple
C) Brihadeeswara temple
D) Qutub Minar
Answer:
B) Golden temple

Question 68.
Find the correct statement.
1. Qutub Minar construction was completed by Iltutmish.
2. Qutub Minar construction was completed by Qutubuddin Iraq.
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 & 2
D) None
Answer:
A) 1 only

Question 69.
Arrange the following in chronological order.
A. Qutub Minar
B. Kandariya Mahadev temple
C. Taj Mahal
D. Destruction of Somanath Temple
A) D, C, B, A
B) B, D, A, C
C) A, B, C, D
D) C, B, A, D
Answer:
B) B, D, A, C