Monuments & Religious Places Questions with Solutions
This topic covers India's important monuments, temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and pilgrimage sites, who built them and when, their architectural styles, and India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Questions ask who built a monument, where it is located, or which dynasty or style it belongs to. For example, the Qutub Minar was begun by Qutbuddin Aibak, and the Sun Temple at Konark was built by the Eastern Ganga king Narasimhadeva I. Revise the UNESCO World Heritage Sites as a list, noting the most recent additions. Practise the monuments and religious places questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q41.
The Bhoramdeo Temple, known as the 'Khajuraho of Chhattisgarh', is located in:
A. JharkhandB. ChhattisgarhC. Madhya PradeshD. OdishaeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q42.
The Bidar Fort, built by the Bahmani Sultans, is situated in:
A. MaharashtraB. KarnatakaC. Andhra PradeshD. TelanganaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q43.
The Nahargarh Fort is located in:
A. RajasthanB. HaryanaC. GujaratD. Madhya PradesheasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q44.
The Bandhavgarh Fort, the Asirgarh Fort and the Gwalior Fort are all located in:
A. Uttar PradeshB. RajasthanC. Madhya PradeshD. MaharashtraeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q45.
The headquarters of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is located in:
A. MumbaiB. AgraC. New DelhiD. KolkataeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q46.
The 'Forbidden City', the former imperial palace complex, is located in:
A. Hanoi, VietnamB. Tokyo, JapanC. Beijing, ChinaD. Seoul, South KoreaeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q47.
The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is located in:
A. PeruB. MexicoC. BoliviaD. ChileeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q48.
The 'Christ the Redeemer' statue is located in:
A. MexicoB. BrazilC. PortugalD. ArgentinaeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q49.
The famous Pashupatinath Temple is located in:
A. TibetB. IndiaC. NepalD. BhutaneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q50.
In Dravidian (South Indian) temple architecture, the monumental entrance gateway tower is called the:
A. GopuramB. ToranaC. ShikharaD. MandapaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q51.
The style of temple architecture popular in northern India is known as:
A. DravidaB. NagaraC. VesaraD. Indo-SaraceniceasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q52.
The Konark Sun Temple, also called the 'Black Pagoda', is built in which architectural style?
A. Indo-Islamic architectureB. Kalinga architectureC. Dravidian architectureD. Hoysala architectureeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q53.
The Arulmigu Kapaleeshwarar Temple is located in:
A. KeralaB. Andhra PradeshC. Tamil NaduD. KarnatakaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q54.
The Srikalahasti Temple, famous for the Vayu Lingam, is located in:
A. Tamil NaduB. TelanganaC. Andhra PradeshD. KarnatakaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q55.
The Sri Akal Takht Sahib is located within the:
A. Bangla Sahib complex, DelhiB. Anandpur Sahib complexC. Golden Temple complex, AmritsarD. Patna Sahib complexeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q56.
The Madan Mohan Temple, one of the oldest temples of Vrindavan, is situated in:
A. GujaratB. Madhya PradeshC. Uttar PradeshD. RajasthaneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q57.
The Hoysaleswara Temple is located in:
A. MaharashtraB. Tamil NaduC. KarnatakaD. Andhra PradesheasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q58.
The Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, which entered the Guinness World Records as the world's largest comprehensive Hindu temple in 2007, is located in:
A. MumbaiB. New DelhiC. VaranasiD. AhmedabadeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q59.
The Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, connected to India by a visa-free corridor, is located in:
A. NepalB. AfghanistanC. PakistanD. IndiaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q60.
The birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev is now known as:
A. Anandpur SahibB. Kartarpur SahibC. Nankana SahibD. Fatehgarh SahibeasyAsked in SSCView solution ›