1) The Ajanta Caves, rock-cut

Buddhist cave monuments located in c) Ellora Caves

Maharashtra have been a UNESCO d) Agra Fort
World Heritage Site since year?

a) 1983
4) Which is one of the largest rock-
b) 1988 cut monastery- temple cave
c) 1990 complexes in the world, featuring
Buddhist, Hindu and Jain
d) 1991 monuments?

a) Ellora caves

2) Consider the following statements b) Ajanta caves

regarding the Red Fort of Agra-
c) Elephanta caves
1) It was the main residence of the
emperors of the Mughal Dynasty until d) Barabar caves
1638

2) It has been inscribed as UNESCO 5) Elephanta caves, a collection of

world heritage site in 1989 cave temples dedicated to the Hindu
3) It is situated on the bank of god Shiva is located in which of the
following Indian state?
River Yamuna Which of the
a) Andhra Pradesh
above statements is not correct?
b) Maharashtra
a) Only 3
c) Tamil Nadu
b) Both 1 and 2
d) West-Bengal
c) Both 2 and 3
6) Elephanta Caves which is a
d) Only 2
UNESCO World Heritage Site located
in Maharashtra is maintained by…
?
3) Which of the following UNESCO
World Heritage Site won the Aga Khan a) Government of Maharashtra
Award for Architecture in 2004?
b) Archaeological Survey of India
a) Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
c) Ministry of Culture
b) Elephanta Caves
d) Ministry of Tourism
10) Fathepur Sikri which was
founded as the capital of Mughal
7) Which is one of the oldest stone Empire by Emperor Akbar was
structures in India, and an important designated as UNESCO World
monument of Indian Architecture? Heritage Site in which year?
a) Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi a) 1986
b) Elephanta Caves b) 1988
c) Pattadakal Monuments c) 1999
d) Rani Ki Vav c) 1967

8) Which one of the following 11) The Khajuraho Group of

statements is not true about Sanchi Monuments is a group of Hindu
Stupa? temples and Jain temples located in
which of the following Indian state?
a) Sanchi Stupa is a Buddhist
complex in Raisen District of a) Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
b) Odisha
b) It is one of the oldest stone structures in
India c) Madhya Pradesh

c) It was originally commissioned d) Karnataka

by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd
12) The Khajuraho group of
century BCE
temples were dedicated to
d) Sanchi Stupa was tagged as the World which of the following
Heritage site by UNESCO in 1990 religion/religions?
9) Which of the following town was
a) Buddhism
founded as the capital of Mughal
Empire by Emperor Akbar in Agra? b) Hinduism
a) Fatehpur Sikri c) Jainism
b) Taj Mahal d) Both b and c
c) Mariam Tomb 13) The Khajuraho Group of
Monuments located in Madhya
d) Great Idgah Pradesh was built by which of the
following dynasty? c) Mariam Tomb

a) Chola dynasty d) Great Idgah

b) Chera dynasty

c) Chandela dynasty 17) The Taj Mahal was designated as

a UNESCO World Heritage Site in
d) Pandyan dynasty
which year for being "the jewel of
Muslim art in India?

14) The Qutub Minar a minaret that a) 1985

forms part of the Qutub complex is a b) 1988
UNESCO World Heritage Site in the
Mehrauli area of… ............................................... ? c) 1982

a) Mumbai d)1983

b) Chennai 18) Which of the following world

heritage site depict the fine
c) Delhi Dravidian style of art and
Architecture?
d) Odisha
a) Elephanta Caves
15) Qutub Minar was established
by which of the following ruler of b) Ellora Caves
the Delhi Sultanate?
c) Fatehpur Sikri
a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
d) Hampi
b) Aram Shah

c) Iltutmish
19) The Group of Monuments at
d) Rukn-ud-din Firuz Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage
Site in Karnataka is located on the
banks of which river?
16) ………………. is an ivory-white a) Yamuna
marble mausoleum on the south bank
of the Yamuna river in the Indian city b) Godavari
of Agra?
c) Tungabhadra
a) Fatehpur Sikri
d) Krishna
b) Taj Mahal
20) The Virupaksha temple, the oldest
shrine and the principal destination for b) Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
pilgrims and tourists is located at… c) Group of Monuments at
? Mahabalipuram
a) Agra d) Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
b) Bodhgaya 24) Champaner-Pavagadh
Archaeological Park located in Gujarat
c) Fatehpur Sikri was designated as UNESCO World
Heritage Site in which year?
d) Hampi
21) Archaeological Site of Nalanda a) 2004
Mahavihara is located in which of
b) 2007
the following Indian state?
c) 2009
a) Bihar
d) 2002
b) West-Bengal

c) Andhra Pradesh
25) Which world heritage site was
d) Maharashtra
designed by British architectural
engineer Frederick William Stevens in
the style of Victorian Italianate Gothic
22) Which among the following Revival architecture?
is a UNESCO World Heritage
Site located in Chandigarh? a) Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological
Park
a) Sukhna Lake
b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
b) Pinjore gardens
c) Humayun’s Tomb
c) Chandigarh Capitol Complex
d) Jantar Mantar
d) International Dolls Museum

26) Which among the following is

23) Which world heritage site has the the UNESCO World Heritage Site
oldest known rock art in the Indian located in the Indian state of Goa?
subcontinent and is one of the largest
prehistoric complexes? a) Churches and Convents of Goa

a) Archaeological Site of Nalanda b) Dudhsagar Waterfalls

Mahavihara
c) Fort Agauda b) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

d) Chapora Fort c) Great Living Chola Temples

d) Group of Monuments at Hampi

27) The Great Himalayan National
Park which was added to the 30) Which among the following
UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tamil
in 2014 was established in which Nadu is located is on the Coromandel
year? Coast of the Bay of Bengal?

a) 1987 a) Great Living Chola Temples

b) 1988 b) Group of Monuments at Hampi

c) 1984 c) Group of Monuments at

Mahabalipuram
d) 1990
d) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

28) ………………..is a UNESCO

World Heritage Site designation for a 31) The Descent of the Ganges or
group of Chola dynasty era Hindu Arjuna's Penance which is one of the
temples in the Indian state of Tamil largest open-air rock reliefs in the
Nadu? world is a part of ....................................?

a) Great Living Chola Temples a) Great Himalayan National Park

Conservation Area
b) Group of Monuments at Hampi

c) Group of Monuments at b) Great Living Chola Temples

Mahabalipuram
c) Group of Monuments at Hampi
d) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
d) Group of Monuments at
Mahabalipuram

29) The Brihadisvara Temple, the

Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram
32) The Group of monuments at
and the Airavatesvara Temple are
Mahabalipuram were built during
the monuments located in
which of the following dynasty?
?
a) Pallava dynasty
a) Group of Monuments at
Mahabalipuram b) Chola dynasty
c) Gupta dynasty founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in the
15th century is located on the eastern
d) Chandela dynasty
bank of which river?
33) UNESCO has described which
heritage site as "a harmonious blend a) Sabarmati river
of architectural forms from northern
b) Betwa river
and southern India"?
c) Khari river
a) Mahadobhi Temple
d) Karma river
b) Monuments of Buddha

c) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

37) Which among the following was
d) Historic city
the first garden-tomb on the Indian
subcontinent located in Nizamuddin
East, Delhi, India?
34) Hill Forts of Rajasthan spread
across Rajasthan state in northern a) Jantar Mantar
India designated as UNESCO World
b) Qutub Minar
Heritage Site are mainly
based in ............. ? c) Red Fort

a) Vindhya Range d) Humayun Tomb

b) Aravalli Range

c) Satpura Range 38) Humayun's tomb, the tomb of the

Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi is
d) Velikonda Range
built on which of the following river
bank?

35) The Historic City of Ahmadabad a) Godavari river

was inscribed as the World Heritage
b) Krishna river
City by UNESCO in which year?
c) Narmada river
a) 2015
d) Yamuna river
b) 2018
39) Jantar Mantar located in the
c) 2017 modern city of New Delhi consists of
how many architectural astronomy
d)2014 instruments?
36) The Walled city of Ahmadabad
a) 15
 d) Nanda Devi National Park
b) 18

c) 13
43) Keoladeo National Park which is a
d) 11 famous avifauna sanctuary that hosts
thousands of birds during the winter
season is located in which of the
40) Jantar Mantars of which of the following Indian State?
following city is largest which features
a) Bihar
many instruments along with the
world's largest stone sundial? b) Uttar Pradesh
a) Mathura c) Rajasthan
b) Ujjain d) Gujarat
c) Varanasi

d) Jaipur 44) ………………….was inscribed to

the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list
in 2016, becoming the first "Mixed
41) Kaziranga National Park, a Heritage" site of India?
national park in the state of Assam
a) Nagarhole National Park
was inscribed as UNESCO World
Heritage Site in which year? b) Khangchendzonga National Park
a) 1985 c) Bandipur National Park
b) 1988 d) Periyar National Park
c) 1982 45) Which UNESCO World Heritage
Site, is an ancient Buddhist temple in
d) 1980 Bodh Gaya, marking the location
42) Which of the following national where the Buddha is said to have
park is inhabited by the world's largest attained enlightenment?
population of one- horned
a) Lingaraj Temple
rhinoceroses?
b) Brihadeeshwara Temple
a) Kaziranga National Park
c) Mahabodhi Temple
b) Keoladeo National Park
d) Konark Sun Temple
c) Khangchendzonga National Park
 Heritage Site. Which is not one of
them?
46) Which among the following is one
of the earliest Buddhist temples built a) Nilgiri Mountain Railway
by Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century
BC? b) Guwahati Mountain Railway

a) Guruvayur Temple c) Kalka-Shimla Railway

b) Brihadeeshwara Temple d) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

c) Mahabodhi Temple

d) Laxminarayan Temple 50) Which among the following is the

fourth railway on the tentative list of
UNESCO World Heritage Sites to be
included in the mountain railways of
47) Which among the following
India?
national park is famous for its
population of the wild water buffalo? a) Matheran Hill Railway
a) Kaziranga National Park b) Kangra Valley Railway
b) Keoladeo National Park c) Kashmir Railway
c) Khangchendzonga National Park d) Nilgiri Mountain Railway
d) Manas National Park
48) UNESCO declared which of the 51) Rani Ki Vav, a stepwell situated
following national park as a world in the town of Patan in Gujarat was
heritage site in danger due to heavy added to the list of UNESCO's World
poaching and terrorist activities? Heritage Sites in which year?

a) Kanha Tiger Reserve a) 2011

b) Jim Corbett National Park b) 2015

c) Manas National Park c) 2014

d) Bandipur Tiger Reserve d) 2010

49) The Mountain railways of India 52) Rani Ki Vav, a stepwell

are the three railway lines that were situated in the Indian state of
built in the mountains of India Gujarat is located on the banks of
designated as a UNESCO World which river?
a) Mahanadi River b) Red Fort

b) Krishna River c) Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

c) Saraswati River d) Konark Sun Temple

d) Godavari River

56) Which UNESCO World Heritage

Site is featured in the new ₹ 100 note in
53) Which UNESCO World Heritage the Mahatma Gandhi New Series since
Site was named as India's "Cleanest July 2018?
Iconic Place" at the 2016 Indian
Sanitation Conference? a) Pattadakal Monuments

a) Monuments of Buddha b) Qutub Minar

b) Monuments of Khajuraho c) Rani Ki Vav

c) Rani Ki Vav (The Queen’s Stepwell) d) Taj Mahal

d) Red Fort 57) The Nanda Devi National Park

which is designated as a world
heritage site situated in the state of
54) The Red Fort where the Prime
Uttarakhand was established in which
Minister hoists the Indian "tricolour
year?
flag" every year on the Independence
day of India is located in a) 1982
?
b) 1988
a) Kolkata
c) 1990
b) Delhi
d) 1985
c) Gujarat

d) Lucknow
58) Which among the following
UNESCO World Heritage Site in
India follows the traditional style of
55) Which UNESCO World Heritage
Kalinga architecture?
List appears on the back of the ₹ 500
note of the Mahatma Gandhi New a) Monuments of Buddha
Series of the Indian rupee?
b) Monuments of Khajuraho
a) Rani Ki Vav
c) Konark Sun Temple
 62) Which UNESCO World Heritage
d) Mahabodhi Temple Site is one of the eight "hottest hot-
spots" of biological diversity in the
world?
59) Konark Sun Temple was
a) Western Ghats
inscribed as UNESCO World
Heritage Site in which year? b) Eastern Ghats
a) 1986 c) Victorian Gothic and Art Deco
Ensembles
b) 1988
d) Sanchi Stupa
c) 1990
63) The Centre for Cellular and
d) 1984 Molecular Biology, designated as
60) Which among the following "Center of Excellence" by the Global
national park is considered as one Molecular and Cell Biology Network,
of the largest reserves for the UNESCO is located in ........... ?
Bengal tiger?
a) Ahmedabad
a) Kanha Tiger Reserve
b) Lucknow
b) Nagarhole National Park
c) Hyderabad
c) Sundarbans National Park
d) Mumbai
d) Gir National Park

64) Where is the Railway Staff College

61) The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco located?
Ensembles which is a collection of 19th a) Vadodara
century Victorian Neo Gothic public
buildings and 20th century Art Deco b) Pune
buildings is located in ............................ ?
c) Allahabad
a) Kerala
d) Delhi
b) Mumbai

c) Kolkata
65) Dilwara temples which are
d) Ahmedabad believed to be the most beautiful
example of architectural perfection is
located in which Indian state?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Lord Reading

b) Andhra Pradesh c) Lord Dalhousie

c) Tamil Nadu d) Lord Irwin

69) The Aga Khan Palace which was
d) Rajasthan
declared as the place as a monument
66) The National Power Training of national importance by
Institute, a National Apex body in India Archaeological Survey of India
for training and human resources is located in ............. ?
development in the power sector is
headquartered in ...................................... ? a) Pune

a) Lucknow b) Chennai

b) Faridabad c) Chandigarh

c) Jaipur d) Meghalaya

d) Gurugram

70) Which among the following was

the palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh,
67) Indian Institute of Science founder of Sikh Empire in Punjab,
(IISc), a premier scientific India?
research institute in India is
located a) Lalgarh Palace
in ......................... ?
b) Umaid Bhawan

a) Mumbai c) Ram Bagh Palace

b) Chennai d) Farah Bagh Palace

c) Bangalore

d) Ahmedabad 71) The Central Drug Research

Institute, a multidisciplinary research
laboratory employing scientific
68) Which among the following personnel from various areas of
Viceroy of India inaugurated the biomedical sciences is located in ............................ ?
Indian School of Mines located in a) New-Delhi
Dhanbad?
b) Hyderabad
a) Lord Canning
c) Manipur
 vehicles for India's satellite
d) Lucknow programme is located in the Indian
72) Which among the following palace state of… ........................................................ ?
is the largest of its kind in India and a) Manipur
the only one in Eastern India?
b) Madhya Pradesh
a) Naukhanda Palace
c) Andhra Pradesh
b) Farah Bagh Palace
d) Kerala
c) Kangla Palace

d) Neer Mahal
76) The Indian Museum, which is
the largest and oldest museum in
73) Which among the following region India is located
is known for the diamond trade that in ..........................?
has produced some of the world's most
famous gems in India? a) Kolkata
a) Lalgarh Palace b) Bangalore
b) Padmanabhapuram Palace c) Meghalaya
c) King Kothi Palace d) Agartala
d) Golkonda Fort

77) Hawa Mahal, a palace in Jaipur,

India that sits on the edge of the City
74) ……………………… is a historic
Palace, Jaipur was built in which
Hindu temple located on the southern
year?
bank of the Vaigai River in the temple
city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu? a) 1780
a) Jagannath Temple b) 1799
b) Lingaraj Temple c) 1822
c) Meenakshi Temple d) 1777
78) Which among the following is one
d) Omkareshwar Temple
of the largest forts in India located in
75) The Vikram Sarabhai Space Jodhpur, Rajasthan?
Centre, major space research centre
a) Mehrangarh fort
of ISRO focusing on rocket and space
 d) Rajabai Clock Tower
b) Agra fort

c) Gwalior fort
82) The Lotus Temple notable for its
d) Jaisalmer fort flowerlike shape is a prominent
attraction located in the city of…
?
79) Jim Corbett National Park, the
a) Chennai
oldest national park in India to protect
the endangered Bengal tiger is located b) Mumbai
in ?
c) Delhi
a) Uttar Pradesh
d) Bangalore
b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttarakhand
83) ……………………. is the one of
d) Rajasthan the largest islands that comprises a
chain of islands to the east of Great
Andaman in the Andaman Islands?
80) Jama Masjid of Delhi which is one
a) Agatti island
of the largest mosques in India was
built by which of the following mughal b) Kadmat island
emperor?
c) Barren island
a) Ahmad Shah Bahadur
d) Havelock island
b) Babur

c) Humayun 84) Which among the following

complex in Delhi displays millennia of
d) Shah Jahan traditional Hindu and Indian culture,
81) Which monument has been spirituality, and architecture?
referred to as the Taj Mahal of
a) Yogmaya temple
Mumbai and is the city's top
tourist attraction? b) ISKCON temple
a) Gateway of India c) Akshardham
b) Kanheri caves d) Ayyapa temple
c) Hanging Gardens
85) Which among the following forts
located in Rajasthan is believed to be b) Kuskem waterfall
one of the very few "living forts" in the c) Dudhsagar waterfall
world?
d) Arevalam waterfall
a) Chittorgarh fort

b) Jaisalmer fort
89) Which of the following valley
c) Junagarh fort
located in northern Indian state of
d) Kankwari fort Himachal Pradesh is a research and
cultural centre for Buddhists?

a) Spiti valley
86) Which historical palace in Mysore
is the official residence of the Wadiyar b) Kangra valley
dynasty and the seat of the Kingdom of c) Solang valley
Mysore?
d) Parvati valley
a) Lalitha Mahal Palace

b) Jaganmohan Palace 90) Which among the following was

the first large Hindu temple built in
c) Jayalakshmi Vilas Palace Delhi?
d) Mysore Palace a) Lakshminarayan temple
87) Which among the following
national park in Kerala is b) ISKCON temple
inscribed by UNESCO as the c) Akshardham
world heritage site?
d) Ayyapa temple
a) Silent Valley National Park

b) Periyar National Park

91) Which among the following is the
c) Eravikulam National Park
first reserve in the world to have
d) Nagarhole National Park successfully relocated tigers?

a) ) Periyar National Park

88) Which among the following is b) Eravikulam National Park

amongst India's tallest waterfalls c) Nagarhole National Park
located in the Indian state of Goa?
d) Sariska Tiger Reserve
a) Netravali waterfall
92) The National Dairy Research 95) Indian Veterinary Research
Institute, India's premier institute for Institute, India’s premier advanced
dairy research is located research facility in the field of
in .......................... ? veterinary medicine and allied
branches is located in which Indian
a) Uttar Pradesh state?

b) Mizoram a) Andhra Pradesh

c) Manipur b) Uttar Pradesh

d) Haryana c) West Bengal

d) Arunachal Pradesh

93) The Indian Council of Agricultural 96) The Archaeological Survey of

Research (ICAR), an autonomous body India, Indian government agency
responsible for coordinating responsible for archaeological research
agricultural education and research in and the conservation of cultural
India was established in which year? monuments was founded in ............................. ?
a) 1926 a) 1861
b) 1929 b) 1865
c) 1930 c) 1877
d) 1922 d) 1890

94) The National Botanical Research 97) Which among the following Hindu
Institute engaged in the field of Temple located in Assam is an
taxonomy and modern biology is important pilgrimage destination for
located in.................................................? Hindus and especially for Tantric
a) Lucknow worshipers?

a) Mahabalipuram Temple
b) Chennai
b) Meenakshi Temple
c) New-Delhi
c) Gomateshwra Temple
d) Mumbai
d) Kamakhya Temple

98) Which among the following oldest

pilgrimage centres located in Gujarat is
built on the shore of Arabian Sea?
a) Brihadeeshwara Temple

b) Somnath Temple

c) Kedarnath Temple

d) Rameshwaram Temple

99) How many UNESCO World

Heritage Sites are there in India till
now?

a) 35

b) 38

c) 33

d) 37

100) Which of the following

UNESCO World Heritage Site has
earned the name as “Necropolis of the
Mughal dynasty”?

a) Qutb Minar

b) Taj Mahal

c) Humayun’s Tomb

d) Agra Fort
 ANSWERS
1.a 2.d 3.d 4.a 5.b 6.b 7.a 8.d 9.a 10.a
11.c 12.d 13.c 14.c 15.a 16.b 17.d 18.d
19.c 20.d 21.a 22.c 23.d 24.a 25.b 26.a
27.c 28.a 29.c 30.c 31.d 32.a 33.c 34.b
35.c 36.a 37.d 38.d 39.c 40.d 41.a 42.a
43.c 44.b 45.c 46.c 47.d 48.c 49.b 50.a
51.c 52.c 53.c 54.b 55.b 56.c 57.a 58.c
59.d 60.c 61.b 62.a 63.c 64.a 65.d 66.b
67.c 68.d 69.a 70.c 71.d 72.d 73.d 74.c
75.d 76.a 77.b 78.a 79.c 80.d 81.a 82.c
83.d 84.c 85.b 86.d 87.c 88.c 89.a 90.a
91.d 92.d 93.b 94.a 95.b 96.a 97.d 98.b
99.b 100.c