Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not (1) _____________ that in which I no longer believe, (2) ____________ it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to (3) _______________ myself in some mode of life or art as (4) _____________ as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I (5) ____________ myself to use: silence, exile and cunning.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

Option 1: morbidly

Option 2: bleakly

Option 3: pithily

Option 4: freely

Question : In bio-medical therapy, a common technique is the use of:

Option 1: Support groups

Option 2: Psychoeducation

Option 3: Pharmacotherapy

Option 4: Art therapy

Question :  There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

An 1)_______________ painting from 1969 by VS Gaitonde on Feburary 24 went for a price of Rs 42 crore at an auction by Pundole’s in Mumbai. This is one of highest price for which an Indian modern or contemporary artwork has been sold at an auction internationally. Gaitonde has 2)_______________ broken records in recent years, his paintings has been selling for highest prices in auctions.
For the very first time this particular oil on canvas by Gaitonde was coming into the auction market. It belongs to the Glenbarra Art Museum in Japan, which 3)_____________ the private collection of businessman Masanori Fukuoka. Gaitonde painted a limited number of canvases during his lifetime, which makes each one the most sought after.
Mamta Saran shares that Gaitonde once said that his only ambition was to join an art school, everything else was by 4)______________, including finding a book on Zen Buddhism at a bookstore in Mumbai in 1959. This was a turning point in the artist’s career. The discovery of Zen Buddhism have greatly alterrd his 5)_______________ to art, making it shift from figuration and geometric shapes to abstraction.

 Choose the correct word to be used in blank 5.

Option 1: approach
 

Option 2: hamper

Option 3: boycott
 

Option 4: quaintly

Question : Which of the following is one of the objectives of the "Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme"?

Option 1: To provide vocational training to youth

Option 2: To enhance the contribution of farming

Option 3: To increase private sector investment in tourism and hospitality

Option 4: To promote local art and culture handicrafts and cuisines etc.

Question : Teejan Bai was awarded a Padma Bhushan for her art in 2003. She is a great exponent of which dance form?

Option 1: Pandavani

Option 2: Chhau

Option 3: Ghumar

Option 4: Kalbelia

Question : The analysis of temple architecture in Hampi reveals:

Option 1: The economic decline of the Vijayanagar Empire

Option 2: The influence of religious beliefs on art and architecture

Option 3: The impact of climate change on construction materials

Option 4: The transition from traditional to modern building techniques

Question : There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

How did Facebook become a huge business 1) ___________________ $1 trillion at one point last year? Not just by fulfilling its motto of “connecting people,” but by also keeping them constantly 2) ___________________ on the site, sometimes for hours on end.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Twitter Inc. have spent many years 3) ___________________ the art of building 4) ___________________ -forming products, whether through the social affirmation of “likes,” the temptaion of a never-ending newsfeed or the way YouTube hits your dopamine receptors every time it 5) ___________________ a new video.

Choose the correct word to be used in the blank number 4.

Option 1:  hearsay
 

Option 2:  meagre
 

Option 3:  habit
 

Option 4:  expedite

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Rabindranath Tagore founded a small school at Santiniketan in 1901 and Kala Bhavan, an art school, in 1919, which (1)________ became a part of the Visvabharati University founded in 1921. Located in an (2)________ village some distance from the city of Calcutta, Kala Bhavan presented an alternative methodology of art training in which studio-based practice was (3)________ in favour of learning through observation and living as a part of nature. The natural surroundings, with the (4)________ of bare red earth dotted with trees, the colours of the changing seasons, and the animals and birds (5)________ inspiration to students.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.

Option 1: accepted

Option 2: rejected

Option 3: investigated

Option 4: aspired

Question : There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

How did Facebook become a huge business 1) ___________________ $1 trillion at one point last year? Not just by fulfilling its motto of “connecting people,” but by also keeping them constantly 2) ___________________ on the site, sometimes for hours on end.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Twitter Inc. have spent many years 3) ___________________ the art of building 4) ___________________ -forming products, whether through the social affirmation of “likes,” the temptaion of a never-ending newsfeed or the way YouTube hits your dopamine receptors every time it 5) ___________________ a new video.

Choose the correct word to be used in the blank number 5

Option 1: recommends
 

Option 2:  change
 

Option 3:  persecutes
 

Option 4: validate