Questions

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

I don’t know whether the Madras Photographic Society has anything to do with the recently-publicised Chennai Photo Biennales, the first last year and the next scheduled for 2018, but participant or not, it certainly deserves a bow for being the country’s first photographic society. Its founder was an Army doctor, Alexander Hunter. The Society was founded in 1857, shortly after Lord Canning arrived as Governor-General. Canning and Lady Canning, both photography enthusiasts, were responsible for creating the famed Government series, The People of India. Hunter had still earlier, in 1850, privately started the Madras School of Arts. The School, taken over by Government in 1852, moved from Popham’s Broadway to Poonamallee High Road. There, he and an eight-member committee revised the syllabus, offering two streams, Industrial and Artistic. Hunter was put in charge of the institution, renamed the Government School of Industrial Arts, in 1855. It was the first formal school of Art in the country. In it, Hunter introduced Photography.

Hunter retired in 1868, to be succeeded by Robert Chisholm. No mean photographer, Hunter encouraged the School, it is now the Government College of Arts and Crafts to build up a photographic collection. Unfortunately, little is left of his work, especially the monuments of South India captured by Government photographer Linnaeus Tripe and his assistant C Iyahsawmi. Hunter himself did a series of pictures of the ‘Seven Pagodas’ (Mahabalipuram) and worked with his wards on photographs of the five hill tribes of the Nilgiris. It was at a prize-giving of the School that Hunter urged the Governor to provide it more suitable premises. They came up on the PH Road site in Chisholm’s time and to his design — and remain there.

Who was in charge of the Government School of Industrial Arts before Chisholm?

A person who speaks many languages

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

This scooter is not efficient as it used to be; instead it is still a very useful machine.

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

I am senior(a) than him(b) by two years(c). No error.(d)

Where was the concept of written constitution, first born

Which of the following are the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)?

1. Free treatment available at all public and empanelled private hospitals in times of need

2. Cashless and paperless access to quality health care services

3. Government provides health insurance cover of up to Rs.5,00,000 per family per year4. Pre-existing diseases are not covered

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

What does airbag, used for safety of car driver, contain?

Who was appointed as new Brand Ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission in 2017 ?