GATE 2023 AR — Architecture – Question 57

History and Theory of Architecture · World History of Architecture: Egyptian, Greco-Roman classical period, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque-Rococo · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match P Erechtheion, Q Temple of Karnak, R Hagia Sophia, S Pantheon with 1 hypostyle hall, 2 caryatid, 3 pendentive, 4 flying buttress, 5 oculus.

P–2; Q–1; R–3; S–5
P–1; Q–2; R–4; S–3
P–3; Q–1; R–5; S–2
P–2; Q–3; R–4; S–5

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Correct answer: (A) P–2; Q–1; R–3; S–5

Explanation

Erechtheion’s porch uses caryatids; Karnak contains the great hypostyle hall; Hagia Sophia carries its dome through pendentives; the Pantheon dome has an oculus. The resulting 2, 1, 3, 5 sequence is A. Flying buttresses do not provide one of these four matches.

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