UPSC Prelims · 1990 · GS Paper I · Q30
Which of the following features are associated with the architecture of Tughlaq period? Select the correct answer using the codes given below the features. 1. Sloping walls. 2. Deliberate attempt to combine the principles of the arch, the lintel and the beam in the buildings. 3. Placing the buildings especially the tombs on a high platform.
- (A)1 only
- (B)1 and 3
- (C)2 and 3
- (D)1 and 2
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Answer: (D) 1 and 2
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Indian Architecture (Temple, Rock-cut, Indo-Islamic, Colonial)
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