Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The adoption of arcuate construction facilitated large interiors without intervening pillars in Indo-Islamic buildings.

Reason (R): Arches constructed with interlocking voussoirs and keystones could support domes, while the domes rested on pendentives and squinches.

Which one of the following is correct?

  1. Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. A is correct, but R is incorrect.
  4. A is incorrect, but R is correct.
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