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.
- Q61.
The Sufi shrine of Charar-e-Sharif is located near:
A. AjmerB. DelhiC. LucknowD. SrinagarmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q62.
Velankanni, the famous Christian pilgrim centre known as the 'Lourdes of the East', is located in:
A. GoaB. Nagapattinam district, Tamil NaduC. Kochi, KeralaD. Mangaluru, KarnatakaeasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q63.
'Mrignayani ka Mahal' (Gujari Mahal) is situated in:
A. GwaliorB. ChittorgarhC. OrchhaD. MandumediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q64.
The Napier Museum, built in the Indo-Saracenic style, is situated in:
A. Chennai, Tamil NaduB. Mumbai, MaharashtraC. Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaD. Bengaluru, KarnatakamediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q65.
The Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is situated in:
A. GujaratB. MaharashtraC. Madhya PradeshD. RajasthaneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q66.
The Fort Aguada, built by the Portuguese in 1612, is located in:
A. MaharashtraB. KeralaC. GoaD. DamaneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q67.
The tomb of the Sufi saint Muhammad Ghaus, the spiritual teacher of Tansen, is located at:
A. DelhiB. Fatehpur SikriC. GwaliorD. AgramediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q68.
The Bhoramdeo Temple, known as the 'Khajuraho of Chhattisgarh', is located in:
A. JharkhandB. ChhattisgarhC. Madhya PradeshD. OdishaeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q69.
The Hill Palace Museum, the largest archaeological museum in Kerala, is located at:
A. ThrissurB. ThiruvananthapuramC. Tripunithura, KochiD. KozhikodemediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q70.
The Bidar Fort, built by the Bahmani Sultans, is situated in:
A. MaharashtraB. KarnatakaC. Andhra PradeshD. TelanganaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q71.
The Nahargarh Fort is located in:
A. RajasthanB. HaryanaC. GujaratD. Madhya PradesheasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q72.
The Bhima Devi Temple Complex, an archaeological site with ancient temple remains, is situated at:
A. Mandi, Himachal PradeshB. Kurukshetra, HaryanaC. Pinjore, HaryanaD. Rupnagar, PunjabhardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q73.
The Gugor Fort, the Khejarla Fort and the Bhatner Fort are located in:
A. Madhya PradeshB. PunjabC. RajasthanD. GujaratmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q74.
The Bandhavgarh Fort, the Asirgarh Fort and the Gwalior Fort are all located in:
A. Uttar PradeshB. RajasthanC. Madhya PradeshD. MaharashtraeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q75.
The headquarters of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is located in:
A. MumbaiB. AgraC. New DelhiD. KolkataeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q76.
The Shawala Teja Singh Temple, an ancient Hindu shrine, is situated in:
A. PakistanB. BangladeshC. NepalD. IndiahardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q77.
The Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in:
A. JapanB. MyanmarC. ChinaD. AfghanistanmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q78.
The Imphal Peace Museum in Manipur was built with the support of:
A. United StatesB. MyanmarC. JapanD. United KingdomhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q79.
The Katas Raj Temples complex, with shrines associated with several faiths, is located in:
A. IndiaB. NepalC. PakistanD. AfghanistanmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q80.
The Lotus Temple in New Delhi was designed by Fariborz Sahba, an architect originally from:
A. AfghanistanB. TurkeyC. EgyptD. IranmediumAsked in SSCView solution ›