Who built the ‘Gol Gumbaj’ at Bijapur, famous for the

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Who built the ‘Gol Gumbaj’ at Bijapur, famous for the world’s second largest dome and the whispering gallery?

1. Mahmud Gawan
2. Yusuf Adil Shah
3. Ismail Adil Shah
4. Muhammad Adil Shah

Correct Option: B

Gol Gumbaz is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur. The tomb, located in Bijapur, Karnataka in India, was completed in 1656 by the architect Yaqut of Dabul. With an area of 1,700 square meters, the mausoleum has one of the biggest single chamber spaces in the world.