PAPER-III

MUSEOLOGY CONSERVATION Signature and Name of Invigilator

Note This section consists of two essay type questions of twenty marks, each to be answered in about five hundred words each.

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1. Give an outline of planning of an ideal building for an art museum and discuss its ventilation arrangement.

2. What factors are responsible for deterioration of paper objects and suggest preventive measures against them

3. What are the factors within Taj trapezium which contribute towards the damage of Taj Mahal at Agra Discuss its preventive and curative measures.

4. How do the museums contribute to the International understanding and point out the role of UNESCO and ICOM in the field of International Cooperation between museums

Note This section contains three questions of fifteen marks, each to be answered in about three hundred words. ×15 45 marks)

5. Museum publication is considered as the mouth-piece of a museum. Discuss.

6. Why audio-visual aids are used in display

7. Museum may be regarded, first, as an adjunct to the classroom and lecture room, secondly as a bureau of information. Justify.


Note This section contains nine questions of ten marks, each to be answered in about fifty words. × 10 90 marks)

8. Describe the modes of acquisition of archaeological objects.

9. What are the demerits of a spot light

10. State the preventive measures against dry-rot.

11. Comment on air-conditioning in a museum.

12. What is eco-museum

13. How miniature paintings should be stored

14. How do excessive humidity and temperature lead to physical, chemical and biological deterioration of museum objects

15. Elucidate the social accountability of museums.

16. Discuss the merits and demerits of side lighting in a showcase.


Note This section contains five questions of five marks each based on the following passage. Each question should be answered in about thirty words.

17. Answer the below questions according to the passage

Assam State in India records the highest rainfall in the world. The heavy rains in the State have their adverse effect on the buildings and monuments which include the ones of archaeological importance. Apart from heavy rains the archaeological monuments of this region also face of wrath of high velocity winds and earthquakes. When the heavy rainfall, growth of vegetation over the monuments is a perpetual problem which needs periodical attention, if not every day, to safeguard the monuments of this region.

Assam State in India records the highest rainfall in the world. Why

18. If Assam means undivided Assam, does it includes all the seven States including the place called Cherapunji, where highest rainfall occurs.

19. Does the vegetational growth lead to the decay of the monuments

20. How frequently the vegetations on monuments should be removed by the
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21. How the high velocity of winds and earthquake cause ruining the standing
monuments of the region in the Pre-Ahom period