Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 12

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Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 12

 

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :-

The brilliant history of Indian paintings starts from the wall paintings of Ajanta — the frescaes. Scholars believe that during that period, nowhere in the world were such fascilating and amazing paintings created as in the thirty caves of Ajanta. The paintings represent the golden period of Indian art. These temples of Ajanta are situated in the district of Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Twenty-nine of these thirty caves are complete. The thirtieth cave is very small and incomplete some scenes of Buddha's life are inscribed here and some statues of Buddha have been found in this cave. Regrettably for a hundred years, this place remained the home of wild animals and birds. In 1819, some officers of the Madras Regiment noticed these caves for the first time while hunting. Thereafter several attempts mere made to prepare copies of these paintings so that the world gets to know about them. Some copies mere made with the help of Sri Nandalal Bose and his students between 1909 and 1911. After Independence, the Government of India published the paintings in four volumes, which the Lalit Kala Akademi got photographed. The subjects of these paintings are varied. Different aspects of life have been captured in colour. Inspite of their limited means, the artists moulded with such skill and perfection that even today we are fascinated by the rhythm and the balance of the ornamentation. 

A) State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False'. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False.

i) The wall paintings of Ajanta are frescoes. 

ii) There are forty painted caves at Ajanta. 

iii) These caves were first noticed in 1909. 

iv) Lalit Kala Akademi have got the paintings photographed. 

B) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words. 

i) What have been found in the thirteenth cave ? 

ii) How did the world get to know about the caves ? 

iii) Why are we still fascinated by the caves?