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Who among the following founded the city of Ahmedabad?

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  1. Muzaffar Shah II

  2. Ahmad Shah I

  3. Qutub- ud- din Ahmad Shah

  4. Muhammad I Begarha

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Correct Option: B

Who had got the Konark Sun Temple constructed?

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  1. Kanishka

  2. Ashoka

  3. Narasimha Deva II

  4. Rajendra Chola

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Correct Option: C

The city of Ajmer was founded by ________.

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  1. Sindhuraja

  2. Ajayaraja

  3. Bhoja

  4. Vigraharaja

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Correct Option: B

A temple for 'Patini devi' was constructed by

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  1. Karikala

  2. Paranar

  3. Senguttuvan

  4. Udiyanjeral

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Correct Option: C

Sri Perumbudur, a temple town in south is the birthplace of ____________.

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  1. Adi Shankaracharya

  2. Vidyaranya

  3. Madhavacharya

  4. Ramanuja

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Correct Option: D

The Craftsmen of Bidar were famed for their inlay work in _________ and _________.

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  1. Copper and Silver

  2. Gold and Silver

  3. Iron and Copper

  4. Silver and Iron

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The town of Bidar is located in the current Indian state of Karnataka. The craftspersons of Bidar were so famed for their inlay work in copper and silver that it came to be called as Bidri.

How many kinds of structures were build by Kings in between the eighth and the eighteenth centuries?

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  1. Two

  2. Three

  3. Four

  4. Six

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Between the eighth and the eighteenth centuries kings and their officers built two kinds of structures. The first were forts, palaces, garden residence and tombs. The second were structures meant for public activity including temples, mosques, tanks, wells, caravanserais.

Surat was an important trading port on the Bay of Bengal.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Surat is located in Gujarat on the west coast of India. Bay of Bengal is situated on the east whereas Surat is located on the west coast.

Arrange the following commercial towns and settlements in accordance with their order of antiquity.
a) Hampi
b) Kanchipuram
c) Masulipatnam
d) Bombay

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  1. a, b, d, c

  2. b, a, c, d

  3. b, c, d, a

  4. b, c, a, d

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Correct Option: B

Formal gardens, placed within rectangular walled enclosures and divided into four quarters by artificial channels during the Mughal regime was known as ___________. 

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  1. Pishtaq

  2. Hasht Bihisht

  3. Chahar Baghs

  4. Chihil Sutun

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

These gardens were called chahar baghs, four gardens, because of their symmetrical division into quarters. Beginning with Akbar, some of the most beautiful chahar baghs were constructed by Jahangir and Shah Jahan in Kashmir, Agra and Delhi.