Design and Construction Technology: Multiple choice questions with answer

Tamils and Technology

Unit - II

DESIGNAND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

 

1. What is the size of a housing plot?

a) 1500 sq.ft

b) 1400 sq.ft

c) 2400 sq.ft

d) 2500 sq.ft

(Ans: c)

2. How many types of plots are there?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: a)

3. What is the word for a small plot?

a) Small house

b) Sand house

c) Kurumbai

d) Kudil

 (Ans: c)

4. Which book mentions mud brick houses of the Sangam period?

a) Kurunthogai

b) Sirupanartippadai

c) Perumpanartuppadai

d) Nartinai

(Ans : c)

5. What is the front of the house called?

a) Front

b) Munril

c) Entrance

d) Yard

(Ans: b)

6. What is the name of the platform in front of the house?

a) Platform

b) Yard

c) Entrance

d) Thinnai

(Ans: d)

7. What are the elements found in Tamil architectural art?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

(Ans: a)

8. What is the name of a tall man-made structure?

a) Upstairs

b) Attic

c) Tower (Vimanam)

d) Roof

(Ans: c)

9. How many types of architecture are there in the Pallava period?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

(Ans: a)

10. What is Kartali?

a) Stone building

b) Rock protruding from the ground

c) Cave hill

d) Hill

(Ans: b)

11. How many building materials of the Sangam period are mentioned?

a) 5

b) 6

c) 7

d) 8

(Ans: b)

12. How many types of trees are there?

a) 2

b) 4

c) 3

d) 5

(Ans: c)

13. What tree is used for making small diameter planks?

a) Male tree

b) Female tree

c) Eunuch tree

d) Individual tree

(Ans: c)

14. What is the tree used to make the porch of a house?

a) Male tree

b) Female tree

c) Eunuch tree

d) Individual tree

 (Ans: a)

15. What is the amount of silica found in the bricks and roof tiles found in Keezhadi?

a) 50%

b) 60%

c) 70%

d) 80%

(Ans: d)

16. What is the use of Aryan stone?

a) To grind flour

b) To break down the type of legume

c) To prepare paste

d) To build a tower

(Ans: b)

17. What is another name for the 'Hero Stone'?

a) Planted stone

b) God stone

c) Heroic stone

d) Cargo bearing stone

(Ans: c)

18. What is Vediappan stone?

a) Temples

b) Town

c) Hero stone

d) Sculpture

(Ans: c)

19. What is the Siraimeetan Temple?

a) Temple

b) Hero stone

c) Sculpture

d) Monument

(Ans: b)

20. How many steps are there in the laying of Hero stone?

a) 5

b) 6

c) 7

d) 9

(Ans: c)

21. What is drawing the Hero stone?

a) Carving the image of the deceased stone

b) Stripping

c) Drawings

d) Carving

(Ans: a)

22. What is Perumpadai in the Hero stone?

a) Telling of war prowess

(b) Setting up a camp

c) Performing abhishekam and aradhanai

d) Military force

(Ans: c)

23. Letters appearing on the Hero stone

a) Pictographic letters

b) Round letters

c) Scriptural characters

d) Codes

(Ans: b)

24. The one who has clearly spoken about the theatre.

a) Anna

b) Periyar

c) Kambar

d) Elangovadigal

(Ans: d)

25. How many levels does a theatre stage have?

a) 5

b) 6

c) 7

d) 8

(Ans: d)

5. What is Ezhini?

a) Drama

b) Stage

c) Screen

d) Arena

(Ans: c)

27. How many types of Ezhini are there?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: b)

28. What is the name of the Ezhini that descends from the top to the bottom?

a) One faced Ezhini

b) Porumuga Ezhini

c) Karanthai Varal Ezhini

d) Suzhantruvaral Ezhini

(Ans: c)

29. How many cave temples are there in Mamallapuram?

a) 3

b) 7

c) 9

d) 5

(Ans: c)

30. How many Yazhi sculptures are there inside the tiger cave?

a) 14

b) 16

c) 26

d) 18

(Ans: b)

31. What is the height of the rock where Arjuna performed penance?

a) 100 ft

b) 90 ft

c) 80 ft

d) 70 ft

 (Ans: b)

32. What is the largest composite sculpture in the world?

a) Mahabalipuram rock carvings

b) Pudukkottai palace culture

c) Madurai Anaimalai sculpture

d) Nayak Mahal sculpture

(Ans: a)

33. Give evidence of sculptures carved from a single stone.

a) Hero stone

b) Panchapandava chariot

c) Krishnapuram temple

d) Heroic stone

(Ans: b)

34. What is the lighthouse of the Pallava period?

a) Mahabalipuram

b) Ulaganeswarar temple deepam

c) Kancheepuram deepam

d) Beach temple deepam

(Ans: b)

35. What is the structure of embolmed sculpture?

a) Three dimensional structure

b) Linear system

c) 3D structure

d) Normal appearance

(Ans: a)

36. Who built the beach Temple?

a) Raja simman (700-728)

b) Aborijidhan (728-750)

c) Narasimman (625-700)

d) Mahendravarman (600-625)

 (Ans: a)

37. How many temples are there in the coastal Temple?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: b)

38. Shich year was the Thanjavur big temple built?

a) 1000

b) 1005

c) 1009

d) 1010

(Ans: c)

39. Who was the chief sculptor who built the great temple of Thanjavur?

a) Rajarajan

b) Kunjaremallan Rasarasan

c) Mamallan Perumthatchan

d) Mamallan

(Ans: b)

40. What is the height of the Sanctum Sanctorum Linga in the big temple?

a) 3.7 metres

b) 37 metres

c) 14 metres

d) 7.0 metres

(Ans: a)

41. How many floors are there in total in the big temple?

a) 10

b) 13

c) 15

d) 17

(Ans: c)

42. When was Gangaikonda cholapuram built by whom?

a) Rajendra Chola – 1036

b) Rajarajan - 1036

c) Rajendran - 1056

d) Rajarajan – 1056

(Ans: a)

43. Which temple has the largest Siva lingam in South India?

a) Tiruvannamalai Temple

b) Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple

c) Rameshwaram temple

d) Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple

(Ans: d)

44. Who plated the Thillai Nataraja Temple with gold?

a) Rajarajan

b) Rajendra cholan

c) Andhagan

d) Paranthagan

(Ans: d)

45. Who built the Jambukeswarar Temple?

a) Kochaidaiyan

b) Kochenganar

c) Paranthagan

d) Kulothungan

(Ans : b)

46. What is the Nayak period?

a) A.D.1500-1700

b) A.D.1526-1736

c) A.D.1600-1700

d) A.D.1526-1716

(Ans: b)

47. How tall are the towers of the Nayak era?

a) 150-200 ft

b) 160-170 ft

c) 180-200 ft

d) More than 200 ft

(Ans: a)

48. How many openings do the entrances of the Nayak period towers have?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

(Ans: b)

49. What do the paintings in the Alagar Temple and Andal temples represent?

a) Mahabharatha stories

b) Bhagavatha stories

c) Thiruvilaiyadal puranam

d) Ramayana stories

(Ans: d)

50. How many scenes are there in the Thiruvilaiyattu puranam painted around the Pottramarai pond?

a) 63

b) 64

c) 73

d) 74

(Ans: b)

51. Which temple is dedicated to the story of Manikkavasagar?

a) Chidambaram Natarajar

b) Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple

c) Annamalaiyar Temple

d) Avudaiyar Temple

(Ans: d)

52. How many Sakthi peedas are there?

a) 41

b) 51

c) 61

d) 11

(Ans: b)

53. What is the area of Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple?

a) 50 acres

b) 40 acres

c) 45 acres

d) 60 acres

(Ans: c)

54. Which Pandiya king built the Madurai temple?

a) Kulasekara Pandiya

b) Veerapandiyan

c) Sundarapandian

d) Varaguna Pandian

(Ans: a)

55. What is the sacred tree of the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple?

a) Marutha tree

c) Royal tree

b) Banyan tree

d) Kadamba tree

(Ans : d)

56. How much area is Portamarai Pond?

a) 5 acres

b) 4 acres

c) 3 acres

d) 1 acres

(Ans: b)

57. What is the Madurai Meenakshi Amman sculpture made of?

a) Blackstone

b) Five metals

c) Emerald

d) Marble

(Ans: c)

58. Who built the Meenakshi Amman Sanctum Sanctorum Vimanam?

a) Lord Shiva

b) Devendran

c) Kuberan

d) Devathatchan

(Ans: b)

59. How many halls does the Meenakshi Amman temple have?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: c)

60. How many parts does the Thirumalai Nayak Mahal have?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: a)

61. Which was the residence of the king?

a) Aranga Vilasam

b) Sorga Vilasam

c) Anandha Vilasam

d) Bharatha Vilasam

(Ans: b)

62. Who owns the Aranga Vilasam?

a) King

b) The King's younger brother

c) Queen

d) The Queen's friend

(Ans: b)

63. When did Thirumalai Nayak Mahal become a National monument?

a) 1961

b) 1981

c) 1971

d) 1951

(Ans: b)

64. In which year did the Thirumalai Nayakar Mahal sound and light show start?

a) 1961

b) 1981

c) 1971

d) 1951

(Ans: b)

65. Into how many blocks can Chettinad houses be divided?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: d)

66. What is the name of the area that connects all five parts of a Chettinad House?

a) Valavu

b) Rooms

c) Entrance

d) Roof

(Ans: a)

67. Sunlight entering the house during the day.

a) Good

b) Growth

c) Food does not spoil

d) Availability of food

(Ans: c)

68. What type of wood were Chettinad houses built from?

a) Vengai

b) Teak

c) Burma teak

d) Africa kongu

(Ans: c)

69. How many rooms are there in Chettinad houses?

a) 10

b) 20

c) 25

d) 30

(Ans: d)

70. What is the ancient name of the people of Islam?

a) Turks

b) Muslims

c) Saracene

d) Mughals

(Ans: c)

71. What is Indo-Saracenic architecture?

a) British Mughal

b) Mughal - Hindu

c) British – Chettinad

d) Mughal - Arab

(Ans: a)

72. What is special about Indo- Saracenic architecture?

a) Glass

b) Brick work

c) Domes

d) Pillars

(Ans: c)

73. How many arts are mixed in Indo- Saracenic architecture?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: b)