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  1. Who constructed the Khajuraho temples?

  2. A.

    Halkar

    B.

    Sindhiya

    C.

    Bundela Rajput

    D.

    Chandel Rajput


  3. Who established the four monasteries Sringeri,

    Badrinath, Dwarka & Puri?

  4. A.

    Ramanuj

    B.

    Ashoka

    C.

    Shankaracharya

    D.

    Madhav Vidhyaranya


  5. Name the Muslim Invader who destroyed Nalanda University?

  6. A.

    Allaudin Khilji

    B.

    Muhammad Bin Tuglaq

    C.

    Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar

    D.

    Muhammad Bin Qasim


  7. Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language ?

  8. A.

    Santali

    B.

    Munda

    C.

    Awadhi

    D.

    Sanskrit


  9. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries

  10. A.

    Iraq

    B.

    Afghanistan

    C.

    Pakistan

    D.

    India


  11. Who was the first Indian astronomer to calculate the time taken by earth to orbit the sun?

  12. A.

    Aryabhatta

    B.

    Ved Bhatnagara

    C.

    Bhaskaracharya

    D.

    Bishu devtamapi


  13. comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution.

  14. A.

    Nalanda

    B.

    Rani ki vav

    C.

    Hill Forts of Rajasthan

    D.

    Fatehpur Sikri


  15. Odisha's World famous Konark Sun Temple was buit by

  16. A.

    Krishnadev Rai

    B.

    Ashoka

    C.

    Chandragupta

    D.

    Narasimhadeva


  17. Which is representative of Dravida style of

    temple architecture ?

  18. A.

    Viman

    B.

    Shikhara

    C.

    Mandapa

    D.

    Gopuram


  19. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram?

  20. A.

    Rathas

    B.

    Prasadas

    C.

    Mathika

    D.

    Gandhakuti