Karnataka Veterinary,Animal and Fisheries Sciences University 2006 Management Aptitude Test for MBA

the 16th century. A author named Firenzuola taught us that for the time period of Mona Lisa,
her smile of slightly parted corners of her mouth was considered a sign of elegance. This certainly
can tell us something of the woman and her existence.
In many ways, she has inspired decades or admirers to react to this mysterious face. In 1911,
she was stolen from the Louvre. It was the biggest art heist in history. An employee, Vinenzo
Peruggia, placed the painting inside of his art smock and simply walked right out of the museum.
It was suggested that he was hired by an Argentine con man, Eduardo de Valierno. It was two
years later, in 1913, that the painting was obtained while trying to be sold. On December 30, 1956,
a Bolivian, Ugo Ungaza Villegas, stared at the painting for hours. He then threw a rock at the
painting permanently damaging the pigment near the left elbow. In the 60's and in the 70's, the
painting went on tour in New York, Moscow and Tokyo allowing others to see the magnificence
of Leonardo Da Vinci. But now due to international rule, the portrait is prohibited to travel. It
is now housed permanently in the Louvre behind ropes and bullet-proof glass with conditioned
air for protection. The sight of Lisa has also inspired a song in writers, Livingston and Evans,
when they wrote the Nat King Cole classic, Mona Lisa.
For as long as we can view the curious beauty known as Mona Lisa, there will be theories and
wonder. She has inspired history to be curious of the woman not just the sight of a famous painting.
History lost track of Lisa di Antonio herself but her face will be remembered to centuries. As
onlookers, we thank Lisa for being the bored housewife.
16. The main idea in the passage is to:
1] dispel the myths surrounding Mona Lisa.
2] detail the process of the phenomenal painting of Mona Lisa and its sequential history.
3] decipher the relation ranging from Da Vinci and his creation.
4] track the number of times the painting has been stolen and restored.
17. Which of the subsequent suggests that Mona Lisa was never really interested in her portrait?
1] Da Vinci had to hire musicians and jesters to entertain Mona Lisa while he was painting.
2] Mona Lisa hurried to accompany her husband on a trip without waiting for the painting
to be finished.
3] Lisa never returned to claim the painting in spite of its great reputation as a masterpiece.
4] None of the above.
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18. In which year did Da Vinci sell the painting?

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