Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Which one of the following best distinguishes arcuate construction from the earlier trabeate system?

  1. Replacing all locally available stone with bricks
  2. Supporting flat roofs exclusively with brackets and lintels
  3. Using load-bearing arches of voussoirs and keystones, with domes supported by pendentives or squinches
  4. Reducing the weight of domes through perforated surface decoration
  1. A large number of spindles and spindle whorls have been found in Harappan houses. The whorls were made from…
  2. Arrange the following artistic developments in chronological order: 1. Bharhut’s low-relief, linear narratives…
  3. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Paintings in Badami under the early Chalukyas 2.…
  4. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: 1. Mahendravarman I’s…
  5. Arrange the following developments in their most appropriate chronological sequence: 1. The stupa at Sanchi…
  6. Arrange the following monuments or developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: 1. Deogarh…