PRE BOARD (HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE)

1. It is the style of architecture which flourished in Europe during the high and late
medieval period. Its characteristic features include the Pointed Arch, the Ribbed
Vault, and the Flying Buttress

a. Renaissance Architecture c. Byzantine Architecture

b. Romanesque Architecture d. Gothic Architecture

2. A high pyramidal staged tower, of which the angles were oriented to the cardinal
points, which formed an important element in ancient Mesopotamian temple
complexes.

a. Pyramid c. Pylon
b. Obelisk d. Ziggurat

3. A wheel window is a circular window, whose mullions converge like the spokes of a
wheel. What is the other term for a wheel window?

a. Radial Window c. Rose Window

b. Round Window d. Dormer Window

4. The truncated wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch.

a. Keystone c. Voussoir
b. Archivolt d. Soffit

5. It is an upright slab forming a Greek Tombstone or carrying an inscription.

a. Stele c. Bas Relief

b. Stellar d. Tablet

6. It is the dining hall in a monastery, convent or college.

a. Refractory c. Dinette
b. Kitchenette d. Refectory

7. A term applied to a type of Renaissance ornament which rock-like forms, fantastic

scrolls and crimped shells are worked up together in a profusion and confusion of
detail often without organic coherence, but presenting a lavish display of decoration.

a. Rococo c. Art Deco

b. Baroque d. Art Noveau

8. A vault in which each bay is divided by intersecting diagonal ribs into four parts.
 a. Groin Vault c. Barrel Vault
b. Quadripartite Vault or d. Pendentive
Vaulting
9. A large convex moulding, used principally in the bases of columns.

a. Scotia c. Torus
b. Cavetto d. Bead

10. In Egyptian architecture, it is a richly carved coffin.

a. Crypt c. Sarcophagus
b. Stele d. Mastaba

11. It is a method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints,
principally employed in Renaissance buildings.

a. Mosaic c. Roughing-in
b. Rustication d. Incrustation

12. A temple with a portico at both ends.

a. Amphi-prostylar c. Peristylar
b. Amphi-antis d. Prostylar

13. An arched opening flanked by two smaller square headed openings developed by
Andrea Palladio.

a. Intercolumniation c. Palladian Motif

b. Superposition d. Palatial Motif

14. A Greek public building for the training of athletes

a. Gymnasium c. Insula
b. Palaestra d. Hippodrome

15. In ancient Greece, a course for horse and chariot racing.

a. Circus c. Coliseum
b. Hippodrome d. Amphitheater

16. It is the hollow-and-roll moulding of an Egyptian cornice. Also found in Persian

Architecture.

a. Helix c. Gorge Cornice

b. Flute d. Ovolo
17. In Egyptian architecture, it is a tall pillar of square section tapering upwards and
ending in a pyramid.

a. Pylon c. Sphinx
b. Ziggurat d. Obelisk

18. It is a long arcaded entrance porch to a Christian Basilican church, originally

allocated to penitents.

a. Narthex c. Aisles
b. Nave d. Transept

19. In Greek Architecture, it is a portico or detached colonnade

a. Propylea c. Peribolus
b. Stoa d. Temenos

20. Is that part of a cruciform church, projecting at right angles to the main building?

a. Apse c. Narthex
b. Baptistery d. Transept

21. It is a Greek senate building or council house.

a. Megaron c. Bauhaus
b. Bouleuterion d. Agora

22. Are carved male figure serving as pillars, also called Telamones.

a. Canephora c. Grotesque
b. Atlantes d. Gargoyle

23. It is the circular or multi angular termination of a church sanctuary, first applied to a
Roman Basilica.

a. Aisle c. Nave
b. Apse d. Narthex

24. Mansard roof has a steep lower slope and flatter upper portion. It is also known as
Gambrel Roof. It is named after the person who developed this. Who was this person?

a. Francis Mansard c. Franco Mansert

b. Francois Mansart d. Frank Lloyd Wright

25. It is an ancient Egyptian rectangular, flat, topped funerary mound, with battered
(sloping) sides, covering a burial chamber below ground.
 a. Mastaba c. Pyramid
b. Rock-hewn Tombs d. Cenotaph

26. In Classical Architecture, it is a triangular piece of wall above the entablature,

enclosed by raking cornices. In Renaissance Architecture, it is used any roof end
whether triangular, broken, or semi-circular.

a. Pendentive c. Pediment
b. Copula d. Triangulation

27. In Gothic architecture, it is a small turret-like termination on the top of buttresses,

parapets, or elsewhere, often ornamented with bunches of foliage called crockets.

a. Spire c. Pinnacle
b. Minaret d. Finial

28. A rectangular feature in the shape of a pillar, but projecting only about one-sixth of its
breadth from a wall, and the same design as the Order with which it is used.

a. Pier c. Plaster
b. Pilaster d. Plinth

29. The lowest square member of the base of a column; also applied to the projecting
stepped or moulded base of any building.

a. Plinth c. Pedestal
b. Pilaster d. Plate

30. The space between Doric triglyphs sometimes left open in ancient examples;
afterwards applied to the carved slab.

a. Metope c. Entablature
b. Architrave d. Pediment

31. In Classical Architecture, it is the term for the spacing between the columns.

a. Intercolumniation c. Column spacing

b. Superposition d. Imposition

32. In Classical architecture, it is a building or temple without a roof or with a central

space open to the sky.

a. Hypaethral c. Hypostyle
b. Tholos d. Gallery
33. Are covered passages around an open space, connecting the church to the chapter
house, refectory, and other parts of the monastery. They were generally south of the
nave and west of the transept, probably to secure sunlight and warmth.

a. Clusters c. Cloisters
b. Patio d. Portico

34. The chief apartment of a temple, where the image of a God stood.

a. Opisthodomos c. Pronaos
b. Naos d. Cella

35. The part of a temple in front of the naos, often synonymous with portico.

a. Opisthodomos c. Pronaos
b. Naos d. Cella

36. A temple without columns on the sides.

a. Prostylar c. Apteral
b. Dipteral d. Monopteral

37. The western limb of a church, as opposed to the choir; also the central aisle of the
Basilican, mediaeval, or Renaissance church, as opposed to the side aisles.

a. Aisles c. Apse
b. Narthex d. Nave

38. A phase of Spanish Architecture of the later fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, an
intricate style named after its likeness to silverwork.

a. Arabesque c. Plateresque
b. Churrigueresque d. Mannerism

39. Sculptured female figures bearing baskets on their heads.

a. Caryatids c. Medusa
b. Canephorae d. Venus

40. A sepulchral monument to a person buried elsewhere.

a. Coffin c. Coemeteria
b. Cenotaph d. Cemetery
41. An upper stage in a building with windows above adjacent roofs; especially applied
to this feature in a church.

a. Cloisters c. Gallery
b. Clerestory or d. Ambulatory
Clearstory

42. Groin vaults are characterized by arched diagonal arrises or groins, which are formed
by the intersection of two barrel vaults. What is the other term for Groin Vaults?

a. Arris Vault c. Wagon vault

b. Barrel vault d. Cross Vault

43. A Dome is a convex covering, usually hemispherical or semi-elliptical over a circular

or polygonal space. A Dome is also called_____________?

a. Pendentive c. Copula
b. Pendant d. Dormer

44. The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, between two ‘crenelles’ or embrasure
openings.

a. Eave c. Merlon
b. Battlement d. Corbel

45. Defensive earthen bank surrounding a castle, fortress or fortified city. May have a
stone parapet.

a. Moat
b. Motte
c. Drawbridge
d. Rampart
46. Is the ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window; it
appears to have been cut out of a plate of stone, with special reference to the shape of
the lights.

a. Plate Tracery c. Bar Tracery

b. Stone Tracery d. Transom

47. An apartment in a Roman baths building equipped with a large, cold bath.

a. Calidarium or Caldarium c. Compluvium

b. Frigidarium d. Unctuaria

48. The space between the lateral walls of the naos of a temple and the Peristyle columns.
 a. Pteroma c. Gallery
b. Hypostyle d. Hypaethral

49. A mass of masonry built against a wall to resist the pressure of an arch or vault.

a. Pylon
b. Anta column
c. Pier
d. Buttress

50. A roofed but open-sided structure affording an extensive view, usually located at the
roof-top of a dwelling but sometimes an independent building on an eminence in a
landscape or garden.

a. Balcony
b. Terrace
c. Belvedere
d. Piazza