Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.

Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.

Question:
What tool does Aristotle advocate to teachers to develop good habits in students?

Option 1: Writing

Option 2: Reading

Option 3: Questioning

Option 4: Repetition

Question : Which of the following statements is incorrect for management as an art? 

Option 1: Art involves the creative practise of existing theoretical knowledge. 

Option 2: Artistic principles are developed through observations. 

Option 3: Art is the skillful and personal application of existing knowledge. 

Option 4: None of the above.

Question : Assertion: Management is considered an art.

Reason: It requires the application of skills, knowledge, and creativity to achieve organizational goals.

Option 1: Both assertion and reason are correct, and the reason explains the assertion.
 

Option 2: Both assertion and reason are incorrect.
 

Option 3: The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
 

Option 4: The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.

Option 5: Both assertion and reason are correct, and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

Question : The 'Gandhara' School of Art was influenced by the art from which of the following European countries?

Option 1: Italy

Option 2: Greece

Option 3: Hungary

Option 4: Belgium

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

A child in an art museum is like a bull in a China shop.

Option 1: A clumsy person in a delicate situation

Option 2: A person who cries for everything

Option 3: A talkative person

Option 4: A person with no moral values

Question : There are few 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.

Even when one experience the 1) ________________ of scintillating heat and the thick cloud of dust in  Delhi ,the mural is impossible to miss. Different shades of pinks, blues, greens and yellows seems to pop off the wall,  these coming of different colours together form a 2) ________________ scene of representing equality, and splashed across in the middle of the mural is inscribed a slogan designed to challenge the male-dominated society of India. “The future is femme,” it 3) ________________.

This wonderful artwork can be seen at the entrance of this year’s India art fair. The art fair which is considered to be country’s largest event 4) ________________ Indian artists and galleries will open for the public in Delhi this weekend after a two-year 5) ________________  which was caused due to the pandemic.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2

Option 1:  lucrative
 

Option 2: entitlement

Option 3: utopian
 

Option 4: insurmountable

Question : How did the partition impact the cultural landscape of Bengal?

Option 1: It led to a resurgence of traditional art forms

Option 2: It caused a decline in the Bengali film industry

Option 3: It resulted in the division of Bengal's literary heritage

Option 4: It promoted the fusion of Bengali and Western music

Question : Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.
A. Raja Ravi Verma was a famous Indian painter.
B. He was also known for making affordable prints of his paintings available to the public.
C. His works were a fusion of European art and Indian sensibility.
D. This enhanced the interest of public in fine arts.

Option 1: ACBD

Option 2: ADBC

Option 3: ABCD

Option 4: ADCB

Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

Built by King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty from 1238-1250 CE, the 13th century late-style Kalingan temple forms part of the golden triangle of Odisha, along with Puri and Bhubaneswar, and attracts tourists, pilgrims, and history and art lovers.

Option 1: Embodies

Option 2: Shrouds

Option 3: Elucidates

Option 4: Deters

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 1.

Option 1: untitled
 

Option 2: amorphous
 

Option 3:  mystic
 

Option 4: vague