The ancient 'Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram' includes a precarious natural balance rock monument. What is it popularly named? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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The ancient 'Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram' includes a precarious natural balance rock monument. What is it popularly named?
A. Bhim's Pebble
B. Krishna's Butterball
C. Arjuna's Rock
D. Shiva's Boulder
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Krishna's Butterball (Vaan Irai Kal) is a massive, independent granite boulder resting on a smooth short slope in Mahabalipuram, surviving all attempts to move it.
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The unique structural monument 'Hawa Mahal' does not stand on a regular foundation. How is its architecture supported?
A. It is anchored via underground heavy wooden piles
B. It is built as a pyramid-shaped thin screen wall attached to the city palace complex chambers
C. It is carved directly into a living mountain face
D. It rests entirely on a floating concrete raft foundation
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Hawa Mahal is essentially a five-story screen wall built of pink sandstone, narrow in depth, designed to allow royal ladies to watch street pageants.
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Question #2
The world-renowned Khajuraho Group of Monuments, famous for its Nagara-style temples, was constructed by rulers of which dynasty?
A. Kalachuri Dynasty
B. Chandela Dynasty
C. Bundela Dynasty
D. Paramara Dynasty
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Correct Answer: Option B

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The Khajuraho temples in Madhya Pradesh were constructed between 950 and 1050 CE by the Rajput rulers of the Chandela Dynasty.
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Question #3
The monumental 'Shore Temple' at Mahabalipuram is considered unique among Pallava architecture because of which reason?
A. It is one of the earliest structural stone temples of South India, rather than rock-cut
B. It contains no images or idols of any Hindu deities
C. It is entirely carved out of an offshore live coral reef
D. It features a circular dome modeled on Buddhist chaityas
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Unlike the rock-cut cave rathas of Mahabalipuram, the Shore Temple is a free-standing structural temple built out of dressed granite blocks.
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