NATA GK Questions 2027: Sample Questions with Answers [PDF Download Here]

Key Highlights: NATA 2027 GK Questions

• NATA GK questions typically include 15-16 questions in the exam, making GK a useful scoring section in the NATA aptitude section.
• Most questions are based on famous architects, design & architecture terminology, architectural styles (Gothic, Mughal, Modern), Indian monuments, world landmarks, UNESCO sites, the Pritzker Prize, sustainable architecture and building materials.
• Candidates should revise current affairs related to architecture, global events, and cultural developments to perform well in GK. 
• Practicing NATA GK questions from previous year papers helps understand the exam pattern and frequently asked topics. 
• Regular practice of NATA GK questions with answers PDF and mock tests improves accuracy and quick recall during the exam. 

Table of Contents

1. Important NATA GK Questions 2027
2. Important GK Topics for NATA Exam
3. Topic Wise Important NATA Architecture GK Questions
4. How to Prepare GK for NATA - Full Study Plan for 2027 Exam

Q.1.) Nandalal Bose was a famous 

• a) Sculptor
• b) Painter
• c) Scientist
• d) Architect

Ans: b

Q.2.) In which state of India the famous Sun temple of Modhera is situated?

• a) Maharashtra
• b) Gujarat
• c) Uttar Pradesh
• d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans: b

Q.3.) In which year the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai was established? 

• a) 1857
• b) 1935
• c) 1960
• d) 1980

Ans: a

Q.4.) One MB of computer memory is equal to

• a) 1000 KB
• b) 100 KB
• c) 1024 KB
• d) 512 KB

Ans: c

Q.5.) Stonehenge structure is an example of 

• a) Dome architecture
• b) Post and Lintel
• c) Arch
• d) Concrete

Ans: b

Q.6.) Manneken piss is a 

• a) Painting of a lady
• b) Monument
• c) Tomb
• d) Sculpture of a young boy

Ans: d

Q.7.) The famous painting ‘The starry night’ was painted by

• a) Vincent Vangogh
• b) Pablo Picasso
• c) Leonardo da Vinci
• d) None of these

Ans: a

Q.8.) The famous monument ‘Bird’s Nest’ is a 

• a) Temple
• b) Olympic Stadium
• c) Tower
• d) Hospital

Ans: b (Beijing National Stadium)

Q.9.) The famous painting ‘The starry night’ was painted by

• a) Vincent Vangogh
• b) Pablo Picasso
• c) Leonardo da Vinci
• d) None of these

Ans: a

Q.10.) ‘Mickey Mouse was created by 

• a) Walt Disney
• b) Warner brothers
• c) Charlie Chaplin
• d) Cartoon network

Ans: a

Q.11.) ‘Pakhwaz’ is a 

• a) musical instrument
• b) monument
• c) fort
• d) painting

Ans: a

Q.12.) Salim Chisti was a

• a) Scientist
• b) Sufi Saint
• c) Musician
• d) artist

Ans: b

Q.13.) Pandit D.V. Paluskar is known for his contribution in

• a) painting
• b) dance
• c) music
• d) sports

Ans: c

Q.14.) Sitara Devi is the master of 

• a) Instrumental music
• b) Singing
• c) Kathak
• d) Bharatnatyam

Ans: c

Q.15.) ‘Lust for Life’ is a biography of

• a) M.F. Hussein
• b) Vincent Van Gogh
• c) Pablo Picasso
• d) Rabindranath Tagore

Ans: b

Q.16.) Mahatma Gandhi was born in the year

• a) 1849
• b) 1869
• c) 1889
• d) 1899

Ans: b

Q.17.) Which of the following is the opaque medium of colouring? 

• a) watercolours
• b) oil pastels
• c) crayons
• d) pencils

Ans: b

Q.18.) Mesopotamia is the ancient name of today’s 

• a) Afghanistan
• b) America
• c) Egypt
• d) Iraq

Ans: d

Q.19.) The Petronas towers are situated in 

• a) the U.S.A.
• b) China
• c) France
• d) Malaysia

Ans: d

Q.20.) Edward Munch is famous for

• a) ‘The scream.’
• b) chocolates
• c) his music
• d) None of these

Ans: a

Architecture GK

Q) What is the name of the tower associated with mosques? 

• a) minaret
• b) minbar
• c) mizpah
• d) muezzin

Ans: Minaret

Explanation: It's the slender tower from which the call to prayer is given.

Q) A group of ancient temples built between 950–1050 CE in the Nagara architectural style, located in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, refers to which site?

• (a) Sun Temple, Konark
• (b) Khajuraho Group of Monuments
• (c) Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram
• (d) Dilwara Temples, Mount Abu

Ans: Khajuraho Group of Monuments 

Explanation: Khajuraho is a UNESCO site from Chandela dynasty.

Q) Identify the type of staircase shown in the given image.

• (a) Helical staircase
• (b) C Shaped staircase
• (c) Spiral staircase
• (d) Cylindrical staircase

Ans: Helical Staircase

Explanation: You might get confused between spiral staircase and helical staircase. While spiral stairs winds tightly around a central pole or column, a helical staircase curves in an open arc without a central column (leaving an open void in the middle).

Q) The 4 x 4 (2003) house (on the left) designed by Tadao Ando in Hyogo, Japan; has a twin (on the right) designed by the same architect but constructed with different materials. What are they?

• (a) Concrete and Steel
• (b) Stone and Concrete
• (c) Concrete and Wood
• (d) Concrete and Aluminum panels

Ans: Concrete and Wood

Explanation: The first house (Left) is made of heavy reinforced concrete with a continuous internal flight of steps. While the second house (Right) is made of timber / wood structure and features an elevator instead of a staircase.

Q) This type of artwork belongs to a particular style. Identify

• (a) Renaissance
• (b) Medieval
• (c) Tudor
• (d) Roman

Ans: Renaissance

Explanation: This artwork is The School of Athens by Raphael, which belongs to the Renaissance (specifically, High Renaissance) style. Characteristics include linear perspective, humanism, harmonious composition.

Famous Buildings

Q) What is the old city usually built around North African citadels called?

• a) Favela
• b) Inner City
• c) Old Quarter
• d) Casbah

Ans: d) Casbah

Explanation: The old city built around a North African citadel is called a casbah (or qasba), which refers to the fortified quarter, fortress, or old walled town.

Q) Which iconic building in New York City did Andy Warhol feature in a single-shot documentary with an eight-hour run time? 

• a) Trump Tower
• b) the Chrysler Building
• c) the Guggenheim
• d) the Empire State Building

Ans: the Empire State Building

Explanation: Andy Warhol featured the Empire State Building in his 1964 silent experimental film titled Empire. 

Q) The Giza Pyramid Complex is from which era? 

• a) Ancient Egyptian
• b) Pre-historic times
• c) Stone Age
• d) Bronze Age

Ans: Ancient Egyptian

Explanation: The Giza Pyramid Complex belongs to the Old Kingdom era of ancient Egypt, specifically during the 4th Dynasty (circa 2575–2465 BCE).

Q) Stonehenge structure is an example of 

• a) Dome architecture
• b) Post and Lintel
• c) Arch
• d) Concrete

Ans: Post and Lintel

Explanation: Vertical stone pillars (posts) hold up horizontal stone beams (lintels) across the top, forming the classic trilithons seen at the site.

Q) ‘Pieta’ is the name of a famous 

• a) City
• b) country
• c) Painter
• d) sculpture

Ans: sculpture

Explanation: The Pieta is a world-famous Renaissance sculpture created by the Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti. Housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, it depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.

Indian Monuments

Q) How old are the famous Indus Valley civilization ruins at Mohen jo Daro?  

• a) around 500 years
• b) around 1000 years
• c) around 5000 years
• d) around 20000 years

Ans: around 5000 years

Explanation: Mohenjo-daro was built around 2500 BCE (approximately 4,500 to 5,000 years ago) and was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization.

Q) The Mount Mary church is in 

• a) Mumbai
• b) Delhi
• c) Kolkata
• d) Chennai

Ans: Mumbai

Explanation: The Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, commonly known as Mount Mary Church, is a famous Roman Catholic basilica located in Bandra, Mumbai.

Q) The Mughal emperor built the red fort at Delhi 

• a) Akbar
• b) Jahangir
• c) Shahjahan
• d) None of these

Ans: Shahjahan

Explanation: The Red Fort (Lal Qila) in Delhi was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1638 when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to his new city of Shahjahanabad. Construction finished in 1648.

Q) Which of the following is a rock-cut temple? 

• a) Lingaraj Mandir
• b) Birla Mandir
• c) Kailas Mandir
• d) Konark Sun Temple

Ans: Kailas Mandir

Explanation: This famous 8th-century Hindu temple is one of the most remarkable rock-cut structures in the world. Builders carved the entire temple vertically downward out of a single, massive basalt cliff face.

Q) Charminar at Hyderabad is a 

• a) victory memorial
• b) tomb
• c) fort
• d) mosque

Ans: mosque

Explanation: The Charminar, built in 1591 by Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, is an iconic historical monument that houses a functional mosque on its top/second floor.

Q) The given image shows a grand royal palace known for its Indo-Saracenic architecture and famous illumination during festivals. Identify the monument.

• (a) City Palace, Jaipur
• (b) Mysore Palace
• (c) Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad
• (d) Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur

Ans: Mysore Palace

Explanation: A brilliant example of the Indo-Saracenic style, located in the city of Mysuru, Karnataka. Famously lit with nearly 100,000 light bulbs during the Dasara festival.

Current Affairs / Static GK 

Q) Name the country from this flag

Ans: Ukraine

Explanation: The national Flag of Ukraine is a bicolour consisting of two equal horizontal bands of blue on top and yellow on the bottom, with an aspect ratio of 2:3.

Q) Image shown below is part of a logo. Identify

• (a) Archeological Survey of India
• (b) State Archeology Department
• (c) National Museum
• (d) Indian Institute of Architects

Ans: Indian Institute of Architects

Explanation: The image depicts the central emblem of the official logo of the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA). The design features a traditional Indian gateway (torana) inspired by the architecture of the Sanchi Stupa, flanked by elephants, with a multi-pointed star at the base.

Q) Which among the following is known as India's first fully solar powered village?

• (a) Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh
• (b) Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
• (c) Modhera, Gujarat
• (d) Agasthiyamalai, TN

Ans: Modhera, Gujarat

Explanation: Modhera was officially declared by the Prime Minister as India’s first round-the-clock (24x7), 100% solar-powered village.

Famous Architects

Q) Who designed Hearst Castle

• a) Julia Morgan
• b) Marian Davies
• c) William Randolph Hearst
• d) Orson Welles

Ans: Julia Morgan

Explanation: Julia Morgan, the pioneering American architect hired by William Randolph Hearst in 1919 to design the estate.

Q) A team of architects designed the Seagram Building. Who were they?

• a) Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson
• b) Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid
• c) Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright
• d) Charles Correa and I.M. Pei

Ans: Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson

Explanation: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the overall functionalist structure of the Seagram Building in New York City, while Philip Johnson designed the interior spaces, including the famous Four Seasons Restaurant.

Q) Who designed the Hagia Sophia? 

• a) Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus
• b) Justinian I
• c) Saladin
• d) Theodora

Ans: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus

Explanation: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus were the Greek geometrician and mathematician appointed by Emperor Justinian I (choice b) to design and build the famous basilica in Constantinople (now Istanbul) between 532 and 537 AD.

Q) Which architect wrote I Quattro Libri dell Architettura (1570; The Four Books of Architecture)? 

• a) Benedetto Antelami
• b) Michelangelo
• c) Sinan
• d) Andrea Palladio

Ans: Andrea Palladio

Explanation: Andrea Palladio published this highly influential treatise on architecture in Venice in 1570, which heavily shaped Western architecture for centuries, inspiring the Palladian style.

Q) What great Ottoman architect designed the Mosque of Süleyman I the Magnificent? 

• a) Nūbār Pasha
• b) Saladin
• c) Sinan
• d) Omar Khayyam

Ans: Sinan

Explanation: Mimar Sinan (often known simply as Sinan) was the chief Ottoman architect who designed the magnificent Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, which was completed in 1557 for Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. He is widely considered the greatest architect of the classical period of Ottoman architecture.

Q) Whose Turning Torso (1999–2005), a unique apartment tower in Malmö, Sweden, is based on a twisting spinal column? 

• a) Santiago Calatrava
• b) Jean Nouvel
• c) Zaha Hadid
• d) Frank Gehry

Ans: Santiago Calatrava

Explanation: The Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden, was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The building's striking design is based on a white marble sculpture he created called the Twisting Torso, which mimics the natural curves and rotation of a human spine.

Q) What prolific female architect merged Modernism and populism in works she built largely in Brazil? 

• a) Lota de Macedo Soares
• b) Tarsila do Amaral
• c) Clarice Lispector
• d) Lina Bo Bardi

Ans: Lina Bo Bardi

Explanation: Lina Bo Bardi was a prolific Italian-born Brazilian architect who famously merged Modernism and populism in her work. She designed iconic, socially engaging Brazilian landmarks such as the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) and the SESC Pompéia.