Rulers and Buildings

Between the ______________ and the __________ centuries kings and their officers built two kinds of structures:

• 7th and 17th

• 5th and 15th

• 8th and 18th

• 9th and 19th

The part of a building above the ground floor is known as_________

• Superstructure

• structure

• Shikhara

What were Havelis?

• Mansions of the rich merchants.

• Villas of the rich merchants.

• Flats of the rich merchants.

• Gardens of the rich merchants.

Name Shah Jahan's new capital.

• Delhi

• Agra

• Shahjahanabad

Who built Rajarajeshvara temple?

• Rajaram

• Rajarajadeva

• Rajarajeshvaram

the Plan of the Jami Masjid built by Shah Jahan was made in his new capital at Shahjahanabad. how many years did it take for the mosque to be built?

• 8 years

• 6 years

• 7 years

• 10 years

Between the _________ and _____ centuries, architects started adding more rooms, doors, and windows to buildings.

• 7th and 10th

• 11th and 15th

• 12th and 13th

• None of the above

Between the seventh and tenth centuries, architects started adding more rooms, doors, and windows to buildings. Roofs, doors, and windows were still made by placing a horizontal beam across two vertical columns, a style of architecture which was called _______

• trabeate

• cane

• Gothic

• None of the above

What were large-stepped wells called?

• Baolis

• Super well

• Baoris

• None of these'

Rajarajeshvara temple was built by King Rajarajadeva for the worship of his god, Rajarajeshvaram. Notice how the names of the ruler and the god are very similar. The king took the god’s name because it was

• Auspicious and he wanted to appear like a god

• He thought it would make him look good

• It would make his rule establish to the people

• None of these