Question : Nek Chand Saini is best known for:

Option 1: designing the Lotus Temple in New Delhi.

Option 2: transforming trash and debris into the Rock Garden of Chandigarh.

Option 3: the painting titled "Woman With The Lamp".

Option 4: planning the city of Lavasa near Pune.

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 : What is the field in which Pradosh Dasgupta distinguised himself ?

Option 1: Sculpture .

Option 2: Painting .

Option 3: Instrument music .

Option 4: Hindustanic music (vocal)

Question : Kalamkari painting refers to

Option 1: a hand-painted cotton textile in South India.

Option 2: a handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in Northeast India.

Option 3: a block-painted woollen cloth in the Western Himalayan region of India.

Option 4: a hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North Western India.

Question : The following pie chart shows the total number of children who opted for different courses in a summer camp in May 2019.


300 students attended the summer camp, and every child was allowed to opt for only one activity for the camp. The total number of students who opted for Yoga and Painting taken together is how much less than the total number of children who opted for Music and Dance taken together.

Option 1: 45

Option 2: 35

Option 3: 30

Option 4: 40

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Chanhudaro was a tiny settlement (less than 7 hectares) as compared to Mohenjodaro (125 hectares), almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shell cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making. The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian (of a beautiful red colour), jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience and terracotta or burnt clay. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together, some of stone with gold caps. The shapes were numerous - disc-shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, and segmented. Some were decorated by incising or painting, and some had designs etched onto them.

Techniques for making beads differed according to the material. Steatite, a very soft stone, was easily worked. Some beads were moulded out of a paste made with steatite powder. This permitted making a variety of shapes, unlike the geometrical forms made out of harder stones. How the steatite micro bead was made remains a puzzle for archaeologists studying ancient technology. Archaeologists' experiments have revealed that the red colour of carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material and beads at various stages of production. Nodules were chipped into rough shapes, and then finely flaked into the final form. Grinding, polishing and finally drilling completed the process. Specialised drills have been found at Chanhudaro, Lothal and more recently at Dholavira. Nageshwar and Balakot, both settlements are near the coast. These were specialised centres for making shell objects including bangles, ladles and inlay - which were taken to other settlements. Similarly, it is likely that finished products (such as beads) from Chanhudaro and Lothal were taken to the large urban centres such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Question:
Which of these stones is very soft and easy to mould?

Option 1: Quartz

Option 2: Steatite

Option 3: Jasper

Option 4: Crystal

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Chanhudaro was a tiny settlement (less than 7 hectares) as compared to Mohenjodaro (125 hectares), almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shell cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making. The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian (of a beautiful red colour), jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience and terracotta or burnt clay. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together, some of stone with gold caps. The shapes were numerous - disc-shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, and segmented. Some were decorated by incising or painting, and some had designs etched onto them.

Techniques for making beads differed according to the material. Steatite, a very soft stone, was easily worked. Some beads were moulded out of a paste made with steatite powder. This permitted making a variety of shapes, unlike the geometrical forms made out of harder stones. How the steatite micro bead was made remains a puzzle for archaeologists studying ancient technology. Archaeologists' experiments have revealed that the red colour of carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material and beads at various stages of production. Nodules were chipped into rough shapes, and then finely flaked into the final form. Grinding, polishing and finally drilling completed the process. Specialised drills have been found at Chanhudaro, Lothal and more recently at Dholavira. Nageshwar and Balakot, both settlements are near the coast. These were specialised centres for making shell objects including bangles, ladles and inlay - which were taken to other settlements. Similarly, it is likely that finished products (such as beads) from Chanhudaro and Lothal were taken to the large urban centres such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Question:
According to the text, which of these crafts was Not practised in Chanhudaro?

Option 1: Weight making

Option 2: Seal making

Option 3: Metal cutting

Option 4: Paper making

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 3.

Option 1: bewilder

Option 2: houses
 

Option 3: cryptic

Option 4: blurts

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Chanhudaro was a tiny settlement (less than 7 hectares) as compared to Mohenjodaro (125 hectares), almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shell cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making. The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian (of a beautiful red colour), jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience and terracotta or burnt clay. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together, some of stone with gold caps. The shapes were numerous - disc-shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, and segmented. Some were decorated by incising or painting, and some had designs etched onto them.

Techniques for making beads differed according to the material. Steatite, a very soft stone, was easily worked. Some beads were moulded out of a paste made with steatite powder. This permitted making a variety of shapes, unlike the geometrical forms made out of harder stones. How the steatite micro bead was made remains a puzzle for archaeologists studying ancient technology. Archaeologists' experiments have revealed that the red colour of carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material and beads at various stages of production. Nodules were chipped into rough shapes, and then finely flaked into the final form. Grinding, polishing and finally drilling completed the process. Specialised drills have been found at Chanhudaro, Lothal and more recently at Dholavira. Nageshwar and Balakot, both settlements are near the coast. These were specialised centres for making shell objects including bangles, ladles and inlay - which were taken to other settlements. Similarly, it is likely that finished products (such as beads) from Chanhudaro and Lothal were taken to the large urban centres such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Question:
What is the final process in the production of beads?

Option 1: Polishing

Option 2: Drilling

Option 3: Gringing

Option 4: Chipping

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Chanhudaro was a tiny settlement (less than 7 hectares) as compared to Mohenjodaro (125 hectares), almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shell cutting, metalworking, seal-making, and weight-making. The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian (of a beautiful red colour), jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience, and terracotta or burnt clay. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together, some of stone with gold caps. The shapes were numerous - disc-shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, and segmented. Some were decorated by incising or painting, and some had designs etched onto them.

Techniques for making beads differed according to the material. Steatite, a very soft stone, was easily worked. Some beads were moulded out of a paste made with steatite powder. This permitted making a variety of shapes, unlike the geometrical forms made out of harder stones. How the steatite micro bead was made remains a puzzle for archaeologists studying ancient technology. Archaeologists' experiments have revealed that the red colour of carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material and beads at various stages of production. Nodules were chipped into rough shapes, and then finely flaked into the final form. Grinding, polishing and finally drilling completed the process. Specialised drills have been found at Chanhudaro, Lothal and more recently at Dholavira. Nageshwar and Balakot, both settlements are near the coast. These were specialised centres for making shell objects including bangles, ladles and inlay - which were taken to other settlements. Similarly, it is likely that finished products (such as beads) from Chanhudaro and Lothal were taken to the large urban centres such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Question:
Which of these statements is NOT true?

Option 1: Beads were made in numerous shapes and sizes.

Option 2: Chanhudaro was exclusively devoted to craft production.

Option 3: Carnelian is a beautiful bluish stone.

Option 4: Harappa and Mohenjodaro were large urban centres.