{"id":85756,"date":"2025-06-01T03:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=85756"},"modified":"2025-06-01T03:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:27:10","slug":"consider-the-following-tughlaqabad-fort-bada-gumbad-in-lodhi-gard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-tughlaqabad-fort-bada-gumbad-in-lodhi-gard\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following :\n  Tughlaqabad Fort  Bada Gumbad in Lodhi Gard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tughlaqabad Fort<\/li>\n<li>Bada Gumbad in Lodhi Garden<\/li>\n<li>Qutub Minar<\/li>\n<li>Fatehpur Sikri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of building the above monuments?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;3, 1, 4, 2&#8243; option2=&#8221;3, 1, 2, 4&#8243; option3=&#8221;1, 3, 2, 4&#8243; option4=&#8221;1, 3, 4, 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-2 &#8211; 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-2-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-2-2017\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe question asks for the correct chronological order of building the listed monuments. These monuments belong to different periods of Delhi Sultanate and Mughal rule.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211;   **Qutub Minar (3):** Construction began around 1192 by Qutb al-Din Aibak and completed by Iltutmish (Delhi Sultanate, Slave Dynasty). This is the earliest monument among the given options.<br \/>\n&#8211;   **Tughlaqabad Fort (1):** Built by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in the early 14th century (c. 1320) (Delhi Sultanate, Tughlaq Dynasty).<br \/>\n&#8211;   **Bada Gumbad in Lodhi Garden (2):** Built in 1494 during the reign of the Lodhi Dynasty (Delhi Sultanate).<br \/>\n&#8211;   **Fatehpur Sikri (4):** Built by Mughal emperor Akbar, construction started around 1569 and continued through the 1570s. This belongs to the Mughal period and is the latest among the given options.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe chronological order is Qutub Minar (Slave Dynasty) -> Tughlaqabad Fort (Tughlaq Dynasty) -> Bada Gumbad (Lodhi Dynasty) -> Fatehpur Sikri (Mughal Empire). This corresponds to the sequence 3, 1, 2, 4.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following : Tughlaqabad Fort Bada Gumbad in Lodhi Garden Qutub Minar Fatehpur Sikri Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of building the above monuments? 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