DELHI SULTANATE MCQS SET 13

DELHI SULTANATE MCQS SET 13

121) Which of the following is not a special feature of Tughlaq architecture?
A) Sloping walls 'batter'
B) Combining the principles of the arch and the lintel and beam
C) Curvilinearcornices
D) Use of the cheaper grey stone instead of the costly red sandstone

Answer: Use of the cheaper grey stone instead of the costly red sandstone
   
122) Which of the following was not built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq?
A) Palace fort of Firozabad
B) Kotla Feroz Shah
C) City of Jahan Panah
D) Hauz i Khas

Answer: City of Jahan Panah
   
123) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A) Abul Fazl : Ain i-Akbari
B) Abdul Hamid Lahori : Padshahnama
C) Ziauddin Barani : Tarikh-i-Feroz Shahi
D) Abdul Kadir Badauni : Tarikh-i-Akbari

Answer: Abdul Kadir Badauni : Tarikh-i-Akbari
   
124) Which one of the following specimens of Bengal architecture is regarded as the most ambitious structure of its kind in Eastern India?
A) Bara Sona Masjid
B) Chhota Sona Masjid
C) Adina Masjid
D) Tantipura Masjid

Answer: Adina Masjid
   
125) Which of the following specimens of Gujarat architecture has been declared as one of the most exquisite structures in the world by Fergussion?
A) Teen Danrvaza
B) Jama Masjid of Champaner
C) Mosque of Rani Sipari
D) Tomb of Darya Khan

Answer: Mosque of Rani Sipari

126) Which of the following musical instruments was not composite or Indo-Islamic in origin?
A) Sitar
B) Tabla
C) Sarangi
D) Shehnai

Answer: Shehnai
   
127) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
Listl      List II
(Term)      (Meaning)
A. Mihrab      1. Stepped pulpit
B. Mimbar       2. Direction towards the kaba for prayer
C. Khutba       3. Arch
D. Kibla       4. Sermon Codes
Below the options are given in the A B C D order
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 2 4 1 3
C) 3 1 4 2
D) 3 4 1 2

Answer: 3 1 4 2
   
128) Match the following
Listl      Llst II
A. Ziauddin Barani       1. Humayun Namah
B. Abbas Khan Sarwani       2. Tarikh-i-Shershahi
C. Guibadan Begum       3. Tabaqat-i-Nasirl
D. Minhaj-us-Siraj       4. Fatwa-i-Jahandari
Below the options are given in the A B C D order
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 4 2 1 3
C) 4 3 1 2
D) 1 3 2 4

Answer: 4 2 1 3
   
129) In Indian astronomy, which Muslim tradition of instrument technology survived in India until the middle of the 18th century, and was even adopted by Raja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur in the construction of his observatories?
A) Astrolab
B) Telescope
C) Sun Clock
D) The time stick

Answer: Astrolab
   
130) Match the following sultans with the cities founded by them
Listl      List II
A. Alauddin Khilji       1. Agra
B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq       2. Siri Fort
C. Feroz Shah Tughlaq       3. Tughlaqabad
D. Sikander Lodhi       4. Hissar
Below the options are given in A B C D order
A) 2 3 4 1
B) 2 4 3 1
C) 1 2 3 4
D) 1 3 2 4

Answer: 2 3 4 1