TEST-2
Section A: Reading 20 marks 1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 1 In the year 2000, the Sattriya dances of Assam received recognition as one of the eight classical dance forms of India. Some of the other traditions have been revived in the recent past, however, Sattriya has remained a living tradition since its creation by the founder of Vaishnavism in Assam, the great saint Srimanta Sankardeva, in the 15th century. 2 The core of Sattriya Nritya has usually been mythological stories. This was an artistic way of presenting mythological teachings to the people in in an accessible, immediate, and enjoyable manner. Traditionally Satrriya was performed only by bhokots (male monks) in monasteries as part of their daily rituals or to mark s...