Questions

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order

Every government wants

P-­all, they have so many votes
Q­-to shower favours on
R­-farmers; after

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

To many women human rights are

P : foreign to their culture and

Q : of individual and community identity

R : challenge deeply held notions

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

It is a labour of love and the result of painstaking research. Chikankari - A Lucknawi Tradition by Paola Manfredi, an Italian, is a book that shows her close and long association with the craft. Lucknow’s chikankari is known across the world yet very little research or documentation has been done. Articles or features have appeared off and on but this book is amongst the first of its kind, which aims to document the vast treasure called Chikan. What makes the book extremely interesting is that unlike other books that tend to rely on second hand material, with exhaustive references and quotes, Paola Manfredi has filled her tome with passionate grass-roots level research. The narrative more in the nature of a personal journey, with all the quirks and street-smart practicality, makes the book refreshing. As Paola says in the book, it is not a scholarly or academic research but more of a documentation of the world of chikankari.

Paola questions the use of chikan as a word for embroidery, highlighting that it has a broader connotation encompassing haute couture, the fine art of making a garment, embroidering it and finishing it with finesse. She is no stranger to chikankari having worked with SEWA and several craftsmen. Her love for white on white embroidery also found a calling in chikan. Paola came to India to work in textile exports and as she says, “If you like textiles ... India is a heaven, an inexhaustible treasure trove.”

Name one type of garment design style that Paola loves?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (has decreed) that all MF schemes must adopt the Total Return variants of their chosen benchmarks to measure and disclose their performance.

What is the name of event caused by the 3200 Phaethon asteroid around 15 December of every year?

Select the synonym of

to permeate

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Public goods are
P-important as they
Q-mitigate the impact of
R-income poverty and inequality

Yeast and mushrooms are the examples of organisms of which kingdom?