Indian Institue of Management 2000 M.B.A CAT - Question Paper

(1) depiction of nature's cyclical renewal. (2) use of non-representational images.
(3) emphasis on arrangement of forms. (4) limited reliance on original models.


15. According to the author, the attraction of the Kandinsky-Klee school for Indian abstractionist can be discussed by which 1 of
the following?
(1) The conservative tendency to aspire to the mystical without a complete renunciation of the symbolic.
(2) The discomfort of Indian abstractionists with Malevich's Suprematism.
(3) The easy identification of obvious points of affinity with European and American abstract art, of which the Kandinsky-Klee
school is an example.
(4) The double-edged nature of abstractionism which enabled identification with mystically-oriented schools.


16. Which 1 of the following, according to the author, is the most important cause for the stalling of abstractionism's progress
in an impasse?
(1) a few artists have followed their abstractionist logic to the point of extinction.
(2) a few artists have allowed chance or trend to dominate the execution of their paintings.
(3) Many artists have avoided the trap of a near-generic and an open symbolism.
(4) Many artists have obtained it difficult to fuse the twin principles of the metaphysical and the painterly.




PASSAGE III
In a modern computer, electronic and magnetic storage technologies play complementary roles. Electronic memory chips are fast but
volatile (their contents are lost when the computer is unplugged). Magnetic tapes and hard disks are slower, but have the advantage
that they are non-volatile, so that they can be used to store software and documents even when the power is off.
In laboratories around the world, however, researchers are hoping to achieve the best of both worlds. They are trying to build
magnetic memory chips that could be used in place of today's electronic ones. These magnetic memories would be non-volatile; but
they would also be faster, would consume less power, and would be able to stand up to hazardous environments more easily. Such
chips would have obvious applications in storage cards for digital cameras and music-players; they would enable hand-held and
laptop computers to boot up more quickly and to operate for longer; they would allow desktop computers to run faster; they would
doubtless have military and space-faring advantages too. But although the theory behind them looks solid, there are tricky practical

Earning:   Approval pending.