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.
- Q101.
The Srikalahasti Temple, famous for the Vayu Lingam, is located in:
A. Tamil NaduB. TelanganaC. Andhra PradeshD. KarnatakaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q102.
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 › - Q103.
The Ramappa Temple in Telangana is dedicated to:
A. Lord ShivaB. Lord HanumanC. Lord RamaD. Lord VishnumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q104.
The Mundeshwari Temple, considered one of the oldest functional Hindu temples in India, is located in:
A. Uttar PradeshB. OdishaC. JharkhandD. BiharmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q105.
The Meguti Jain Temple, which bears the famous inscription of Ravikirti, is located in:
A. RajasthanB. Madhya PradeshC. KarnatakaD. GujaratmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q106.
Kardang Monastery is situated in:
A. Arunachal PradeshB. SikkimC. Himachal PradeshD. LadakhmediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q107.
The Airavatesvara Temple (Iravatanesvara) at Darasuram is situated in:
A. KarnatakaB. Tamil NaduC. KeralaD. Andhra PradeshmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q108.
The Madan Mohan Temple, one of the oldest temples of Vrindavan, is situated in:
A. GujaratB. Madhya PradeshC. Uttar PradeshD. RajasthaneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q109.
The Phodong Monastery is located in:
A. Himachal PradeshB. LadakhC. SikkimD. Arunachal PradeshmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q110.
The Hoysaleswara Temple is located in:
A. MaharashtraB. Tamil NaduC. KarnatakaD. Andhra PradesheasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q111.
The Sabarimala Temple in Kerala is located inside the:
A. Periyar Tiger ReserveB. Silent Valley National ParkC. Eravikulam National ParkD. Parambikulam Tiger ReservemediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q112.
The Kadam Rasul Mosque, which holds a stone said to bear the footprint of the Prophet, is located at:
A. Ahmedabad, GujaratB. Gaur, West BengalC. Hyderabad, TelanganaD. Lucknow, Uttar PradeshhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q113.
Govardhan Math, one of the four mathas established by Adi Shankaracharya, is located at:
A. Joshimath, UttarakhandB. Sringeri, KarnatakaC. Puri, OdishaD. Dwarka, GujaratmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q114.
The famous terracotta (brick) temples of the Malla kings are located at:
A. Khajuraho, Madhya PradeshB. Bishnupur, West BengalC. Kanchipuram, Tamil NaduD. Bhubaneswar, OdishamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q115.
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 › - Q116.
The Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, connected to India by a visa-free corridor, is located in:
A. NepalB. AfghanistanC. PakistanD. IndiaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q117.
The birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev is now known as:
A. Anandpur SahibB. Kartarpur SahibC. Nankana SahibD. Fatehgarh SahibeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q118.
Poa Mecca, a holy place for Muslims, is situated on the Garurachal Hill at Hajo in:
A. West BengalB. BiharC. AssamD. TripuramediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q119.
The 'Soniji Ki Nasiyan' Jain temple in Ajmer is dedicated to:
A. Lord NeminathB. Lord Rishabhdev (Adinath)C. Lord ParshvanathD. Lord MahavirahardAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q120.
The Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple is situated in:
A. Nashik, MaharashtraB. Ujjain, Madhya PradeshC. Omkareshwar, Madhya PradeshD. Varanasi, Uttar PradesheasyAsked in RailwayView solution ›