RULERS AND BUILDINGS
I NAME THE RULERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS.
1. He constructed the first floor of the Qutub Minar.______________________
2. The Chandela king who built the Kandariya Mahadeva temple.________________
3. He constructed the Red Fort._________________
4. This king built the Rajarajeshvara temple at Thanjavur which had the tallest shikhara among the temples of its time.___________________
5. He adapted the river- front garden in the layout of the Taj Mahal. ______________
6. This Sultan built a large reservoir just outside Dehli- i- Kuhna.________________
7. The Mughal ruler who got many buildings made at Fatehpur Sikri influenced by the architectural styles of Gujarat and Malwa._______________
8. He began the construction of Qutub Minar from the second floor and completed it.____________________
9. Any two Mughal rulers who constructed some of the most beautiful chaharbaghs._____________________ and _________________________
10. He built the Humayun’s Tomb. _______________
II USE THE GIVEN CLUES TO IDENTIFY & NAME THE ARCHITECTURAL TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
1. Roofs, doors and windows were made by placing a horizontal beam across two vertical columns. ____________________________
2. Large mansions of merchants.___________________
3. The part of a building above the ground floor.__________________________
4. Ceremonial hall for ‘public’ audience built by the Mughals.____________________
5. Coloured hard stones placed in depressions carved into marble or sandstone creating beautiful ornate patterns._________________________
6. An architectural form in which the weight of the superstructure above the doors and windows was carried by the arches.______________________
7. Large stepped- wells._____________
8. Gardens which were symmetrically divided into four quarters._________________
9. The forty- pillared halls._________________________
10. Ceremonial hall for ‘private’audience built by the Mughals. __________________
III MATCH THE FOLLOWING.
S.NO. COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. Harmandar Sahib a. Paris
2. Notre Dame b. Has five storeys
3. Jodha Bai Palace c. Main shrine
4. QutubMinar d. Means water
5. Persian word ‘ab’ e. Amritsar
6. Garbhagriha f.FatehpurSikri
7. Jami Masjid g. Greek God
8. Agra Fort h. Sikhs
9. Gurdwara i. Shahjahanabad
10. Orpheus j. Akbar
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