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    Limestone cement, a very high quality cement was used during the twelfth century for the construction of which of the following structures?
    Solution
    Limestone cement was increasingly used in construction. This was very high-quality cement, which, when mixed with stone chips hardened into concrete. This made the construction of large structures easier and faster. Arches, domes and limestone mortar were used extensively in buildings after 1190 AD.
  • Question 2
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    During the reign of which Mughal ruler the cities of Agra and Delhi witnessed a huge amount of construction activity?
    Solution
    It was during Shah Jahan's reign that the different elements of Mughal architecture were fused together in a grand harmonious synthesis. His reign witnessed a huge amount of construction activity especially in Agra and Delhi. The ceremonial halls of public and private audience (diwan-i khas or aam) were carefully planned. These courts were also described as chihil sutun or forty-pillared halls, placed within a large courtyard. 
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    Who was responsible for the construction of Hauz-i Sultani or the Kings Reservoir in Delhi?
    Solution
    It was widely believed that the rule of a just king would be an age of plenty when the heavens would not withhold rain. At the same time, making precious water available by constructing tanks and reservoirs was highly praised. Sultan Iltutmish won universal respect for constructing a large reservoir just outside Dehli-i kuhna. It was called the Hauz-i Sultani or the Kings Reservoir.
  • Question 4
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    The 12th-century architectural form where the weight of the superstructure above the doors and windows was carried by arches is known as ________. 
    Solution
    In the twelfth century, the weight of the superstructure above the doors and windows was sometimes carried by arches. The roof too used this principle and was converted into vaults and domes. This architectural form is called arcuate.
  • Question 5
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    The structures built between the eighth and the Eighteenth Century were mainly for ________.
    Solution
    Between the eighth and the eighteenth centuries, kings and their officers built two kinds of structures: the first were forts, palaces, garden residences and tombs safe, protected and grandiose places of rest in this world and the next; the second were structures meant for public activity including temples, mosques, tanks, wells, caravanserais, and bazaars. Kings were expected to care for their subjects, and by making structures for their use and comfort, rulers hoped to win their praise. Construction activity was also carried out by others, including merchants.
  • Question 6
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    Between the ____ and ____ centuries architects started adding more rooms, doors and windows to buildings.
    Solution
    Between the 7th and 10th centuries architects started adding more rooms, doors and windows to buildings. Roofs, doors and windows were still made by placing a horizontal beam across two vertical columns, a style of architecture called trabeate or corbelled like earlier times.
  • Question 7
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    During Vijayanagar Empire, the shelter was to be provided to _________ in royal stables. 
    Solution
    The Elephant Stable in Hampi displays an Indo-Islamic style of architecture.
    This is one of the few structures that have not suffered much damage during the attack of Mughals on Hampi.
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    On which high platform of wooden pillars did the Vijayanagara kings hold their Navaratri Puja and their Dussera court?
    Solution
    The most impressive remain of Vijayanagara, the Mahanavami Dibba is a very high platform, of 55feet that is as tall as a five floor building, and 11000 feet in area. Its height was increased at least three times during two hundred years. It did not have a complete building on the top. The platform was covered by cloth shamiana or pandal supported by wooden pillars. On this platform the Vijayanagara kings held their Navaratri Puja and held their Dussera court in which all their subordinate chiefs, nayakas and officers paid their tributes to the Emperor.
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    Which temple had the longest Shikhara amongst the temples of its time?
    Solution
    The Rajarajeshvara temple at Thanjavur had the tallest shikhara amongst temples of its time. Constructing it was not easy because there were no cranes in those days and the 90 tonne stone for the top of the shikhara was too heavy to lift manually. So the architects built an inclined path to the top of the temple, placed the boulder on rollers and rolled it all the way to the top. The path started more than four kilometres away so that it would not be too steep. The path was dismantled after the temple was constructed.
  • Question 10
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    The large Shiva Temple at Thanjavur was built __________.
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