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SECTION A- Reading
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. The conservation work on the many monuments and sites in the region of Humayun's Tomt
has been going on for some time. There have been various phases in this work to started with
a massive renovation of Humayun's Tomb and moved to the nearby areas of Nizammudi Basti.
This time, it is the 16th-century site of Nila Gumbad, near the Humayun's Tomb complex that is
under consideration. For the people living in the area, these monuments hold special place
2. To show their deep-seated involvement in the renovation of their arca, the tiles that are being
used for renovating the dome of the monument are being fashioned by local youths who have
been trained by craftsmen who have specially come for this purpose from Uzbekistan. So far, this
joint effort under Uzbek 'ustads' has yielded 15,000 tiles. This is not enough because almost 10
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per cent of the tiles are missing from the monument and the current rate of production is not
fast enough to meet this demand. Thus the tile manufacturing process has been sped up to meet
the requirement
3. The Nila Gumbad monument is one of the key components in the development plans drawn up.
Its importance lies in the fact that historically, and architecturally, it encompasses the Persian
influence on Mughal architecture, specially through its unique tile work. The Chief Engineer of
the tile making project, Rajpal Singh, is happy with the youth as he says that the Uzbek masters
have taught youths from the basti to make tiles identical to the ones used in the Mughal period.
4. The complex nature of the restoration in hand has led to the involvement of several agencies.
Who initiated the restoration work?
5. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which first renovated Humayun's Tomb, subsequently took up
the renovation of the Nila Gumbad as part of the Humayun's Tomb Complex renovation
6. The work at the site which was first initiated as part of the Humayun's Tomb complex was taken
up a few months ago by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). The protected monuments for
renovation come under the aegis of the Archaeological Survey of India. Besides the Aga Khan
Trust, there is a multidisciplinary team co-funding the restoration work alongside. Some of the
funds are coming from the Dorabji Tata Trust as well.
7. Another player in the restoration process is the Northern Railways with whom the conservators have
had talks to resolve the issues The railways has not permitted the ongoing plans for implementation
of a landscaping project that was agreed to in 2011. The railway authorities were also required to
demolish a room which stands in the way of integrating the complex
8. The millions of visitors who come to Humayun's Tomb annually are thus denied the chance to
envision the entire complex, due to these issues. Nevertheless, the conservation plans are on in
full swing and are based on exhaustive documentation and an enhanced understanding of the
structure's potential to throw light on Mughal architecture in the early years and much before
had matured into the magnificent edifices of later Mughal era.​

Answer 1

the nila gumbad of the humayuns tomb complex was.