Indian Heritage and Monuments

Aberdeen in Scotland is known as the Granite City because many of its historic buildings are constructed from locally quarried grey granite. This gives the city a distinctive appearance, especially when the granite sparkles in the rain (earning it the nickname 'Silver City by the Sea'). Jabalpur and Jaipur are Indian cities (not known as Granite City), and 'Stokhome' is a misspelling of Stockholm (which is not known as Granite City).

Chattbir Zoo is a zoological park in Punjab, India, and is not a UNESCO World Heritage site. The other options listed are recognized World Heritage sites.

Jahangir's tomb (mausoleum) is located in Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, in present-day Pakistan.

The gopuram's origins can be traced back to early structures of the Tamil kings Pallavas; and by the twelfth century, under the Pandya rulers, these gateways became a dominant feature of a temple's outer appearance.

Jaunpur was known as the Shiraz of the East during the reign of the Sharqi Sultans. 

Correct Answer: Raigarh

Statement 1: It is correct. The Gandhara School of art had also developed in first century AD along with Mathura School during the reign of Kushana emperor Kanishka. Both Shakas and Kushanas were patrons of Gandhara School, which is known for the first sculptural representations of the Buddha in human form. The art of the Gandhara school was primarily Mahayana and shows Greco-Roman influence. The Gandharan Buddha image was inspired by Hellenistic realism, influenced by Persian, Scythian, and Parthian models. Statement 2: It is incorrect. The 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas' are also known as Mogao. The caves are an example of magnificent Buddhist art. They are located in the desert, about 15 miles South-East of the town of Dunhuang in North-Western China. 

Ramanuja, the great Vaishnava philosopher, spent a significant portion of his life at Srirangam, where he taught and organized the temple administration.

Statement 1 is correct (no free-standing Hindu temples before Gupta). Statement 2 is incorrect because Ellora contains Buddhist and Jain caves as well. Statement 3 is correct (Rajaraja I built the Brihadisvara temple at Tanjore).

Ganj-i-Sawai was a large, heavily armed Mughal ship belonging to Aurangzeb, which was famously captured by the pirate Henry Every in 1695.

The Nasik inscription, recorded by his mother Gautami Balasri, provides the most significant details about the achievements and lineage of Gautamiputra Satakarni.

The Piprawah stupa is widely considered one of the oldest, dating back to the pre-Mauryan or early Mauryan period, often associated with the Sakyas.

According to the Chinese traveler I-tsing, Sri Gupta built a temple for Chinese pilgrims at Mrigasikhavana.

The Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque is located in the Purana Qila complex in Delhi, built by Sher Shah Suri. The other structures listed are iconic buildings within the Fatehpur Sikri complex.

It is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah Suri of Bijapur. It has the second largest dome in the world.