Question

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Section - A
(Reading)
Read the following passage carefully.
(1) Caged behind thick glass, the most famous dancer in the world can
easily be missed in the National Museum, Delhi. The Dancing Girl of
Mohenjo Daro is that rare artefact that even school children are
familiar with. Our school textbooks also communicate the wealth of
our 5000 year heritage of art. You have to be alert to her existence
there, amid terracotta animals to rediscover this bronze image,​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 1

B) 3

C) 4

D) 1

E) 1

F) 1

G) Amid

H) True

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Answer 2

The passage here refers to Mohenjo Daro's unique piece, caged behind a thick window. It can easily be overlooked as it is kept in the form of bronze among the terracotta animals. Dancing girl is a little more than 10 cm in height, the size of the human palm.

Explanation:

Based on the given passage (4 paragraphs on the Dancing Girl) the answers are

(a)The Dancing girl belongs to Mohenja Daro (option i) (as mentioned in para one of the passage, 3rd line of the passage)

(b) In the museum, she's kept among terracotta animals (option iii) (as mentioned in para one, line 6 of the passage)

(c) The information not given in the passage is that she cannot be rediscovered as she's bronze (option iv) (she can be rediscovered, as mentioned in para one, line 7 of the passage)

(d) Great Art has power because it appeals to us despite a passage of time (option (i)) (as understood in para 4 of the passage)

(e) The jewellery she wears consists of a necklace with 3 pendants and bangles in both hands, hence option (iv)  is correct, since other options are wrong ( as mentioned in para 3 of the passage)

She reminds us of (ii) why museums in our country are exciting. (option ii) ( as mentioned in para, line of the passage)

(g) The synonym of the word “among" in para 1 is among – Amid

(h) The size of the dancing girl is equal to the length of human palm. True