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EasyConsider the following:
- 1.Tughlaqabad fort
- 2.Lodi Garden
- 3.Qutab Minar
- 4.Fatehpur Sikri
The correct chronological order in which they were built is:
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) 3, 1, 2, 4
Qutb Minar was begun in the late twelfth century and completed in the early thirteenth, Tughlaqabad in 1321, the Lodi tombs and garden in the fifteenth century and Fatehpur Sikri from 1571.
- ✓ 3. Qutb Minar: early 13th century.
- ✓ 1. Tughlaqabad: begun by Ghiyasuddin Tughluq, 1320s.
- ✓ 2. Lodi Garden: 15th-century tombs.
- ✓ 4. Fatehpur Sikri: 1571 onwards.
Remember · Qutb Minar, Tughlaqabad, Lodi Garden, Fatehpur Sikri: 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
Sources
- Qutb Minar and its Monuments, UNESCO ↗ “Built in the early 13th century a few kilometres south of Delhi, the red sandstone tower of Qutb Minar is 72.5 m high”
- Delhi: History, Britannica ↗ · reference work “A new capital was built by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Tughluq (1320–25) at Tughlakabad”
- Lodhi Garden, Incredible India ↗ “Lodhi Garden traces its roots to the 15th century when Lodhi lords chose it as their burial ground.”
- Fatehpur Sikri, UNESCO ↗ “it was made capital by the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605 CE) and constructed between 1571 and 1573”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 1998, General Studies paper. UPSC did not publish an answer key for 1998: the answer shown is the one the sources above support. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 24 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·