Jantar Mantar is a/an
Answer: A
Jantar Mantar is an observatory.
Sawai Jai Singh II built five between 1724 and 1735, at Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura and Varanasi. Their masonry instruments - the Samrat Yantra sundial, the Jai Prakash Yantra - measure time and the positions of the stars. The Jaipur one is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Who built the tomb of Akbar?
Answer: D
Jahangir built it.
Akbar's tomb at Sikandra near Agra was begun by Akbar himself and completed by his son Jahangir about 1613. Its five-storeyed pyramidal form, in red sandstone and marble, is unlike any other Mughal tomb.
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Mawsynram village is famous as the
Answer: C
Mawsynram is the wettest place on earth.
It receives about 11,870 mm of rain a year. Moist air from the Bay of Bengal is funnelled up the Khasi hills and forced to rise abruptly; the shape of the valley concentrates the effect. Nearby Cherrapunji holds the record for a single year.
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What does the name Junagadh mean?
Answer: C
Junagadh means old fort.
The town in Gujarat takes its name from the Uparkot fort at its centre, which dates from the Mauryan period. Its Nawab acceded to Pakistan in 1947 despite a Hindu majority population, and the state was taken into India after a plebiscite.
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India’s first satellite launch station was built at
Answer: A
It was built at Thumba.
The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station near Thiruvananthapuram was set up in 1962 and made its first launch in November 1963, chosen because the earth's magnetic equator passes over it. The first rocket parts were carried to the pad on a bicycle.
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Fatehpur Sikri is famous for which of the following?
Answer: B
It is famous for the Panch Mahal.
Akbar built Fatehpur Sikri as his capital from 1571 and abandoned it fifteen years later for want of water. The Panch Mahal is its five-storeyed open pavilion, each storey smaller than the one below, with 176 carved columns no two alike.
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Where is the Brihadeeswarar Temple?
Answer: C
It is at Thanjavur.
Rajaraja Chola I completed it in 1010, and its vimana rises 66 m - the tallest of its time, capped by a single stone said to weigh 80 tonnes. It is one of the Great Living Chola Temples inscribed by UNESCO.
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In which hill station is the Dilwara temple complex situated?
Answer: D
They are at Mount Abu.
The five Jain temples in the hills of Rajasthan were built between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries by the ministers Vimal Shah and Vastupala-Tejpal. Their marble ceilings and pillars carry carving of extraordinary delicacy.
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Central Rice Research Institute is situated in
Answer: D
The Central Rice Research Institute is at Cuttack.
Founded in 1946 in Odisha and now the National Rice Research Institute under ICAR, it holds one of the largest collections of rice germplasm in the world.
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In which city is the Sun Temple located?
Answer: D
The Sun Temple is at Konark.
Narasimhadeva I built it about 1250 on the Odisha coast, conceived as the chariot of Surya with twenty-four carved wheels drawn by seven horses. Sailors called it the Black Pagoda.
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