IPM Indore 2023

The concept of the ‘Villa’ and other European ideas came to Lucknow with foreign soldiers, travellers and adventurers. For the Nawabs of Lucknow, architecture became the physical manifestation of their new status, and a way of proclaiming their alignment to the new power bloc. _________________. Villas, hence, provided an ideal substitute. Europe sold to the Nawabs the idea of villas, based on designs in publications carried by them, and often aided by memory. The building chosen as the prototype for the famous Dilkusha Kothi was a country house in Northumberland.

A study of the social and cultural context of Indian poetry in English reveals several important insights into its origin. Indian poetry in English began in Bengal, the province where the British first gained a stronghold. In addition, this poetry was a largely urban phenomenon, centered in Calcutta. _________________. Then, gradually, it moved to other urban centres such as Madras and Bombay. Even today, Indian poetry in English remains largely urban. Moreover, because English was an elite language, Indian poets writing in English came from the upper classes.

In the late 1960s, architect Charles Correa began his career as an urban planner, creating New Bombay (now Navi Mumbai), an urban area that provided housing and job opportunities for many who lived across the harbour from the original city. In the midst of overpopulated cities, he tried to create quasi-rural housing environments. In all of his urban planning commissions, Correa avoided high-rise housing solutions. _____________

The human resource chief said that the company will not ____________ on investing in people and has ____________ spending on employee needs in order to ____________ them and provide them with a sense of stability and certainty.

In the alleyways of old Cairo, in its cafes, warehouses and barbershops, framed portraits of Egyptian icons are ______________. Kings, presidents, religious and political figures are all ______________ on fading walls, held up as symbols of a glorious past.

In its early stages, dementia is often _______________ from normal ageing, in which the older brain may naturally begin to show signs of cognitive impairment. Neither dementia nor cognitive ageing is currently _____________, though they may be slowed through diet, exercise, and keeping the mind agile with social and intellectual activity.

The culture of the 21st century - on an increasingly ___________ scale - is oriented around the practical principles of utility, effectiveness, and impact. Things are good to the extent that they are instrumental, with instrumentality usually defined as the capacity to produce money or things. The worth of anything -an idea, an activity, an artwork, a with another person - is determined _______________.

_______________ have to label their ______________ posts in order to bring about transparency and ________________ the interests of the customers.

Working from home requires that you may have to put your ______________ life on _______________. Some people find this very ________________ as they like to keep their work and home lives separate.

One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly or inappropriately. Choose the option which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.