Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
In her paintings, Kahlo repeatedly employed Aztec (a member of the Nahuatl-speaking people that founded the Mexican empire conquered by Cortes in 1519) symbols, such as skeletons or bleeding hearts that were traditionally related to the emanation of life from death, and light from darkness. These images of destruction coupled with creation speak not only to Kahlo’s personal battle for life, but also to the Mexican struggle to emerge as a nation and with the political and cultural strength admired in the Aztec civilization. A self-portrait at the border between Mexico and the United States (1932), for example, shows Kahlo wearing a bone necklace, holding a Mexican flag, and standing between a highly industrialized United States and an agricultural, pre-industrial Mexico. On the United States side are mechanistic and modern images such as smokestacks, light bulbs, and robots. In contrast, the organic and ancient symbols on the Mexican side: a blood-drenched Sun, lush vegetation, an Aztec sculpture, a pre-Columbian temple, and a skull alluding to those that lined the walls of Aztec temples emphasize the interrelation of life, death, the earth and the cosmos.
Kahlo portrayed Aztec images in the folkloric style of traditional Mexican paintings, thereby heightening the clash between modern materialism and indigenous tradition; similarly, she favored planned economic development, but not at the expense of cultural identity. Her use of familiar symbols in a readily accessible style also served her goal of being popularly understood; in turn, Kahlo is viewed by some Mexicans as a mythic figure representative of nationalism itself.
Question 1
In the context of the passage, why did Kahlo portrayed Aztec images in the folkloric style of traditional Mexican paintings?
(A) So that they look dreamy and escapist.
(B) They bring nostalgic and idealistic sense.
(C) They heighten the clash between modern materialism and indigenous tradition.
(D) They illustrate overwrought and sentimental images.
Question 2
The passage mentions Aztec symbol or image found in Kahlo’s paintings
1. skeleton
2. sculpture
3. skull
4. pumping heart
Which of the above are present?
(A) 1, 2 and 3 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 4 only
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Question 3
Consider the following statements:
1. The image of harm joined with creation speaks to Kahlo’s personal battle for life, and Mexican struggle to emerge as a nation.
2. Kahlo is seen as epic symbol of nationalism.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Question 4
The main purpose of the passage is
(A) To explain Kahlo’s usage of repeated symbols.
(B) To explain why Kahlo struggled in her personal life.
(C) To evaluate Kahlo using her paintings and heighten the clash between nationalism and materialism among people.
(D) To advocate Kahlo’s identity as an artist and the steps taken for Mexico’s struggle for an independent identity.
Question 5
Which of the following words means the opposite of “mythic” as mentioned in the passage?
(A) Storied
(B) Factual
(C) Fictitious
(D) Fabled
SOLUTIONS TO DAILY CSAT MISSION # 47
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (B)
Explanations
1. Remember that each face of the dice has four adjacent faces, and the one face that is not adjacent to a specific face is the face opposite to it. From the second and third positions of rest, the four faces adjacent to E have been found to be D, C, F and B. This means A is not adjacent to it, and A and E are opposing faces.
2. In the evening, the sun is to the West, and a person’s shadow forms to wards the East. The left of Murali is thus, East (because that is where Vijay’s shadow is). If left of Murali is East, his front has to be South.
3. If C manages to be a good sportsman despite not having a well-balanced diet, it goes against the sentence which says that “all sportsmen who do not eat a balanced diet are bad sportsmen”.
4. The option (B) is pretty simply understood from the line “all sportsmen who do not eat a balanced diet are bad sportsmen”.
5. Let the cost price to the shopkeeper be Rs.100.
For a gain of 20%, he would have to sell at Rs.120.
If the selling price is Rs. 120 and the discount is 10%, the marked price should be 120/(90/100) = Rs. 133.33
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