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It is our responsibility to protect ___________ as they reveal our culture.

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  1. Old Structures

  2. New Structures

  3. Old people

  4. Young individuals

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is our responsibility to protect the old structures as they reveal our culture and its greatness. Stop harming. Start saving!! Share with the future!!! Its our rich heritage, it should be safely passed on as legacy to the next generation of people.

Which among the following can be done to preserve the old structures ?

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  1. Stop Harming

  2. Start saving

  3. Sharing with the future generations

  4. All

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is our responsibility to protect the old structures as they reveal our culture and its greatness. Stop harming. Start saving!! Share with the future!!! Its our rich heritage, it should be safely passed on as legacy to the next generation of people.

Shankar's International Dolls Museum in _______ houses one of the largest collection of dolls in the country.

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  1. Delhi

  2. Mumbai

  3. Chennai

  4. Kolkata

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The International Dolls Museum is a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India. It is like a dreamland for the children. It has one of the world’s largest collections of dolls. It was set up by K. Shankar Pillai, the famous political cartoonist.

The National Railway Museum located in Chanakyapuri, _________ is a great favorite with children and rail enthusiasts.

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  1. New Delhi

  2. Kolkata

  3. Mumbai

  4. Chennai

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Correct Option: A

The Napier Museum is located in _____________. 

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  1. Vishakhapatnam

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Thiruvananthapuram

  4. Banglore

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Napier Museum is a popular museum in Thiruvananthpuram that showcases glimpse of the Kerala's rich cultural heritage. It houses a great number of artifacts like idols, carvings, eeapons and coins and shows us the complete history of the region with respect to the different rulers who ruled it. Built in the 19th century, this museum has Indo-Saracenic architecture with gothic roof and minarets.

We know the name of the architect of the Rajarajeshvara temple from an inscription.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Rajarajeshvara temple was built in 1010 A.D. It was built by Parashurama, Rajaraja Chola in the '10th century' in Thanjavur. 


State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Megaliths were used to mark burial sites. 

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

The finest architecture of the Pallava kingdom is ________.

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  1. Konark temple

  2. Shore temple

  3. Madurai Meenakshi temple

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Shore temple is the first architecture of Pallava kingdom. It is named so as it overlooks Bay of Bengal at Mahabalipuram, a village south of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is dated back to 8th century AD. Shore temple is a complex of three temples, one large and two small. It was constructed by the Pallava king Narsimhavarman II, who is also known famously as Rajasimha.

Why did kings destroy temples when they attacked each one another's kingdoms?

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  1. A destroyed temple was the symbol of a king's loss of power and wealth

  2. To get access to the valuable and prized artefacts

  3. To gain credit as a powerful personality

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Temples were destroyed by invading rulers as they were a symbol of the power, prestige and wealth of a king. The king was viewed as a representative of God. They were also a large store of treasure and riches. Thus, temples were viewed as targets that were to be attacked in the course of battles.
In the early ninth century, when the Pandyan king Shrimara Shrivallabha invaded Sri Lanka and defeated the king, he removed all the valuables like The statue of the Buddha made entirely of gold in the Jewel Palace and the golden images in the various monasteries.

Sultan Mahmud was not a very important ruler at that time. But by destroying temples he tried to gain credit as a great hero.

Most rulers displayed their political, might and military success by attacking and looting the places of worship of the defeated rulers.

The temple at Konark has a ________ number of columns.

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  1. 130

  2. 140

  3. 150

  4. 110

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

There are around 130 iron pillars/columns giving support to the Sun Temple of Konark at the river Chandrabhaga 30 km from Puri(Orissa). Hence, Option A is correct. Since none of the other numbers correspond to the actual figure, these are incorrect.