The painter was able to produce that strange smile on Mona Lisa 39 s face by ........

English Language (Defence) Reading comprehension (P)

COMPREHENSION

Directions: In this section there are four short passages. After each passage, you will find some questions based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

Passage-I

Much rhapsodical nonsense has been written about the "Mona Lisa” and her enigmatic smile, and there have been endless speculations as to her character and the meaning of her expression. It is all beside the mark. The truth is that the "Mona Lisa" is a study of modeling. Leonardo da Vinci had discovered that the expression of smiling is much more a matter of modeling of the cheek and of the forms below the eye than of the change in the line of the lips. It interested him to produce a smile wholly by these delicate changes of surface; hence the mysterious expression.

The painter was able to produce that strange smile on Mona Lisa's face by

delicate changes on the surface of cheeks below the eyes

using bright colours

using a painting knife

looking constantly at a smiling model while painting

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Explanation:

Refer to the line, “Leonardo da Vinci had discovered that the expression of smiling is much more a matter of modelling of the cheek and of the forms below the eye than of the change in the line of the lips.” Thus, option (1) is correct.