Static GK for Competitive Exam Part 2 - Temples in India

Topic: Temples in India

Q1: Where is the 11-story Pagal Baba Temple located in Uttar Pradesh?

• (A) Varanasi
• (B) Ayodhya
• (C) Vrindavan.
• (D) Mathura

Answer: Option C - Vrindavan.

Q2: Which temple is generally called the Monkey Temple or Monkey Valley?

• (A) Galtaji Temple
• (B) Hawa Mahal
• (C) Birla Mandir
• (D) Govind Dev Ji Temple

Answer: Option A - Galtaji Temple (located in Jaipur, Rajasthan).

Q3: Which temple is known as the Khajuraho of Rajasthan?

• (A) Dilwara Temples
• (B) Ranakpur Temple
• (C) Kiradu Temple of Barmer.
• (D) Osian Temples

Answer: Option C - Kiradu Temple of Barmer.

Q4: Which temple is 56 meters high and is where Lord Vishnu is worshipped?

• (A) Brihadeeswarar Temple
• (B) Kedarnath Temple
• (C) Meenakshi Temple
• (D) Jagannath Temple

Answer: Option A - Brihadeeswarar Temple (built by Chola King Raja Raja I).

Q5: Where is the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) located?

• (A) Amritsar, Punjab.
• (B) Ludhiana
• (C) Jalandhar
• (D) Chandigarh

Answer: Option A - Amritsar, Punjab.

Q6: The Golden Temple in Amritsar is situated in the middle of which sarovar (pool)?

• (A) Harmandir Sarovar
• (B) Amrit Sarovar.
• (C) Guru Sarovar
• (D) Golden Sarovar

Answer: Option B - Amrit Sarovar.

Q7: Which of the following temples is known as the Black Pagoda?

• (A) Sun Temple, Konark
• (B) Meenakshi Temple
• (C) Brihadeeswarar Temple
• (D) Jagannath Temple

Answer: Option A - Sun Temple, Konark (Odisha).

Q8: The Konark Sun Temple was built during the reign of which king?

• (A) King Raja Raja I
• (B) King Narasimhadeva I
• (C) King Krishnadevaraya
• (D) King Anantavarman

Answer: Option B - King Narasimhadeva I (Ganga Dynasty).

Q9: Where is the Modhera Sun Temple located?

• (A) Madhya Pradesh
• (B) Gujarat.
• (C) Rajasthan
• (D) Maharashtra

Answer: Option B - Gujarat.

Q10: Where is the Meenakshi Temple located? (Options mentioned: Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli)

• (A) Tiruchirappalli
• (B) Coimbatore
• (C) Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
• (D) Chennai

Answer: Option C - Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Q11: The Vitthala Temple in Hampi was established by whom?

• (A) Narasimhadeva I
• (B) Krishnadevaraya
• (C) Devaraya II
• (D) Raja Raja I

Answer: Option C - Devaraya II (of the Vijayanagara Empire).

Q12: The roof of Guru Hemkund Sahib looks like which structure/flower?

• (A) Sunflower
• (B) Tulip
• (C) Lotus
• (D) Rose

Answer: Option C - Lotus (Kamal).

Q13: Which temple is dedicated to Lord Jagannath and is located in Puri, Odisha?

• (A) Konark Sun Temple
• (B) Lingaraja Temple
• (C) Rajarani Temple
• (D) Jagannath Puri Temple

Answer: Option D - Jagannath Puri Temple (built by King Anantavarman of the Ganga Dynasty).

Q14: Tawang Monastery, which is India's largest Buddhist monastery, is located where?

• (A) Uttarakhand
• (B) Sikkim
• (C) Arunachal Pradesh.
• (D) Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Option C - Arunachal Pradesh.

Q15: Along with Yamunotri, Gangotri, and Kedarnath, what is the fourth Dham in Uttarakhand?

• (A) Rameswaram
• (B) Dwarka
• (C) Badrinath.
• (D) Jagannath Puri

Answer: Option C - Badrinath.

Q16: What is the most important part of a temple where the idol of God is kept?

• (A) Gopuram
• (B) Mandapa
• (C) Garbhagriha.
• (D) Shikhara

Answer: Option C - Garbhagriha.