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Art & CultureMediumAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GK

Consider the following : 1. Tughlaqabad Fort 2. Bada Gumbad in Lodhi Garden 3. Qutub Minar 4. Fatehpur Sikri Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of building the above monuments?

  1. A.3, 1, 4, 2
  2. B.3, 1, 2, 4
  3. C.1, 3, 2, 4
  4. D.1, 3, 4, 2

Correct answer

B. 3, 1, 2, 4

Explanation

The correct answer is B, 3, 1, 2, 4. The Qutub Minar came first, then Tughlaqabad Fort, then the Bada Gumbad of the Lodi period and last the Mughal city of Fatehpur Sikri.

Qutbuddin Aibak began the Qutub Minar around 1199 and Iltutmish completed its upper storeys, so it belongs to the early Delhi Sultanate. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq built the massive Tughlaqabad Fort in the early 1320s. The Bada Gumbad in today's Lodhi Garden is a domed gateway building dated to about 1490, in the reign of Sikandar Lodi. Akbar built Fatehpur Sikri between about 1571 and 1585, with the Buland Darwaza added after his Gujarat victory.

Option A is wrong because it puts Fatehpur Sikri before the Lodi-era Bada Gumbad. Option C is wrong because it places Tughlaqabad before the Qutub Minar, which is about 120 years older. Option D is wrong because it makes both the same errors.

Exam tip: Slave dynasty (Qutub) - Tughlaq (Tughlaqabad) - Lodi (Bada Gumbad) - Mughal (Fatehpur Sikri).

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  3. C.They were located in rural areas.
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