Question

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.

2. Most of us have seen her only in photographs or Sketches, therefore, the impact of

actually holding her is magnified a million times over. One discovers that the dancing girl

has no Feet. She is small a little over 10 cm tall, the length of a human palm- but she

surprises us with the power of great art the ability to communicate across centuries.

3. A Series of bangles of shell or ivory or thin metal – clothe her left upper arm all the way

down to her fingers. A necklace with three pendants bunched together and a few bangles

above the elbow and wrist on the right hand display an almost modern art.

4. She speaks of the undaunted, ever hopeful human Spirit. She reminds us that it is

important to visit museums in our country to experience the impact that a work of art

leaves on our Senses, to find among all the riches one particular vision of beauty that

speaks to us along.

On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions.

j) The antonym of the word ‘display’ in para -3 is :

i) Hiding ii) Dancing iii) Making​

Answer 1

Answer:

j). ( i). hiding is the correct answer

Explanation:

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