AAI ATC Junior Executive 27 Dec 2023 Shift 2 Paper
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Question Numbers: 17-20
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Among those things that man has devised to acquire knowledge, or seek inner delight with, language has an important place. It is the vehicle for literature, science and philosophy. Literature certainly provides man inner delight, but its field of expression is limited. Art, music, dance and the like make up for this. They have their own specialties of expression as literature has its. Man apprehends the world with his mind and senses, derives aesthetic delight and communicates this to others. Education in the arts heightens man's knowledge and aesthetic experience and trains him in various modes of expression. This education in art, music and dance cannot be achieved through the medium of reading and writing, like the ear cannot do what the eye is meant to do. If the objective of our education is total development, art training should have the same status and importance as reading and writing. But, the provision that our universities make for this is sorely inadequate at present. This is due to the general notion that art is the exclusive preserve of a few professionals and common people have nothing to do with it. When the educated do not feel any sense of shame at not understanding art, what question can there be of commoners?
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Among those things that man has devised to acquire knowledge, or seek inner delight with, language has an important place. It is the vehicle for literature, science and philosophy. Literature certainly provides man inner delight, but its field of expression is limited. Art, music, dance and the like make up for this. They have their own specialties of expression as literature has its. Man apprehends the world with his mind and senses, derives aesthetic delight and communicates this to others. Education in the arts heightens man's knowledge and aesthetic experience and trains him in various modes of expression. This education in art, music and dance cannot be achieved through the medium of reading and writing, like the ear cannot do what the eye is meant to do. If the objective of our education is total development, art training should have the same status and importance as reading and writing. But, the provision that our universities make for this is sorely inadequate at present. This is due to the general notion that art is the exclusive preserve of a few professionals and common people have nothing to do with it. When the educated do not feel any sense of shame at not understanding art, what question can there be of commoners?
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