Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

With reference to the Nagara and Dravida orders of temple architecture, consider the following table:<br/><br/>| No. | Feature | Nagara order | Dravida order |<br/>|---:|---|---|---|<br/>| 1 | Main temple tower | Curving shikhara | Stepped-pyramid vimana |<br/>| 2 | Enclosure and entrance | Usually lacks elaborate boundary walls and gateways | Enclosed by a compound wall with a central entrance gateway called gopuram |<br/>| 3 | Typical entrance figures | Fierce dvarapalas | Ganga and Yamuna |<br/>| 4 | Relation of tower to sanctum | Garbhagriha lies directly beneath the tallest tower | At some major temples, the garbhagriha may lie beneath one of the smallest towers |<br/><br/>How many of the rows given above are fully correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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