This Haryana quiz on Architecture, Monuments and Heritage of Haryana puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
Rakhigarhi, the largest Harappan site in India, is located in which district of Haryana?
Rakhigarhi lies in Hisar district, where its mounds spread across more than one village and cover a larger area than any other Harappan site in India.
Read the full explanation →The city of Hisar was founded in 1354 as Hisar-e-Firoza by which ruler?
He founded the town in 1354 and called it Hisar-e-Firoza, the fort of Firoz, and built a palace complex there that still holds the Gujari Mahal and the Lat ki Masjid, a mosque that reuses an older pillar shaft.
Read the full explanation →The tomb of Sheikh Chilli, often called the Taj Mahal of Haryana, stands at which place?
The tomb stands on a mound at Thanesar, built in marble and sandstone with a tall Persian dome in a walled garden, and the resemblance to a small Mughal mausoleum has earned it the name Taj Mahal of Haryana.
Read the full explanation →The Kabuli Bagh mosque at Panipat was built by which ruler?
Babur had the Kabuli Bagh mosque raised at Panipat to mark his victory over Ibrahim Lodi in the first battle of Panipat in 1526, and tradition says it was named after his queen Mussammat Kabuli Begum.
Read the full explanation →The terraced Mughal garden at Pinjore, also called the Yadavindra garden, was laid out by whom?
Fidai Khan, a foster brother of Aurangzeb who served as a governor and builder in his reign, laid out the garden at Pinjore in Panchkula district in the charbagh tradition, using the natural slope of the Shivalik foothills to carry water down a series of terraces with pavilions on them.
Read the full explanation →Jyotisar, held to be the place where the Bhagavad Gita was spoken, is in which district?
Jyotisar lies a short distance from Kurukshetra town on the road to Pehowa, and an ancient banyan there is pointed out as the spot of the discourse, with a chariot sculpture and a tank beside it.
Read the full explanation →Surajkund, the stepped reservoir where a crafts fair is held every February, is in which district?
Surajkund is a semicircular embankment of stone steps around a reservoir in the Aravalli foothills of Faridabad district, attributed to the Tomar king Surajpal of about the tenth century, from whom it takes its name.
Read the full explanation →The Asigarh fort, linked in tradition with Prithviraj Chauhan, stands at which town of Haryana?
The Asigarh fort, also called the Hansi fort, stands on a high mound in Hansi town of Hisar district and is associated in local tradition with Prithviraj Chauhan, whose family held the region before the battles of Tarain.
Read the full explanation →The Jal Mahal and Birbal ka Chhatta are monuments of which town of Haryana?
Narnaul, in Mahendragarh district, is the richest small town in the state for sixteenth and seventeenth century building.
Read the full explanation →The Tosham rock inscription, written in Brahmi script, is in which district of Haryana?
The inscription is cut into the rock on the Tosham hill in Bhiwani district and is written in Brahmi characters of the Gupta age, which makes it one of the oldest written records found in the state.
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