Rulers and Buildings

The temples and mosques were beautifully constructed because

• they were the place of worship

• they meant to demonstrate power and wealth

• they meant to demonstrate devotion of kings

• all of the above

The name of the ruler and the god are very similar. The king took the god's

• because it was told by their parents

• because local people of their village like those name

• because he did not want to appear like a god

• because it was auspicious and he wanted to appear like a god

who constructed the Qutub Minar around 1199.

• Shah Jahan

• Qutub-ud-din Aybak

• Jahangir

• Qutub-ud-din bakhtiyar

The surface of the Qutb Minar is

• triangular

• rectangular

• circular

• curved and angular

which of the following was not for public activities?

• temples

• tanks

• bazaars

• gardens

superstructure was the term given to

• the large mansions

• the part of the building above the ground floor

• large stepped wells

• an ornamented hall

who did not claim to be personification of god

• muslim

• sultans

• padshas

• all of the above

who earned worldwide respect for constructing a large reservoir outside Delhi-i-Kunha?

• Sultan Iltutmish

• Akbar

• Shah Jahan

• none of the above

Rajarajeshvara temple built by the

• king Rajarajadeva

• King Rajadevana

• King Rajarajava

• King Rajajadeva

Monuments provide an insight into

• Food they eat

• To whom they worship

• the technologies used for construction

• type of transport they use