Read the passage and answer the questions given below it.
Most visitors to the Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha come to see its carvings. Sooner or later a guide stops the group beside one of the stone wheels and points to the shadow a spoke casts on the rim. This wheel, he says, can tell you the time.
The temple was built in the thirteenth century under King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty. It was planned as the chariot of Surya, the Sun god, with twenty-four carved wheels and seven stone horses to pull it. Each wheel has eight thick spokes and eight thinner ones. Guides explain that the gap between two thick spokes stands for about three hours, so the shadow gives a rough idea of the hour.
It is a pleasing story, and on a bright morning the shadow does seem to behave. Whether the builders meant it that way is harder to say. A wheel set in a wall faces one direction only, so for part of each day it stands in shade. A clock that works only some of the time is an odd thing to build in stone. The wheels may have been carved first as signs of the Sun’s journey, with the time-telling read into them later.
None of this has harmed the wheel’s fame. The temple was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, and the wheel now appears on the back of the ten-rupee note. Millions who have never seen Odisha carry it in their pockets, and few have tried to read the time from it.
Which of the following statements are NOT true according to the passage?
(A) The temple was planned as the chariot of the Sun god, with seven horses to pull it.
(B) The passage states that the builders planned the wheels as clocks.
(C) Each wheel has eight thick spokes as well as eight thinner ones.
(D) The wheel is shown on the front side of the ten-rupee note.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (D) only
The question asks for the statements that are NOT true.
(A) The temple was planned as the chariot of the Sun god, with seven horses to pull it. — True.
- The passage says it was planned as “the chariot of Surya, the Sun god” with “seven stone horses to pull it”.
(B) The passage states that the builders planned the wheels as clocks. — Not true.
- The passage says, “Whether the builders meant it that way is harder to say.”
(C) Each wheel has eight thick spokes as well as eight thinner ones. — True.
- The passage says, “Each wheel has eight thick spokes and eight thinner ones.”
(D) The wheel is shown on the front side of the ten-rupee note. — Not true.
- The passage says the wheel appears “on the back of the ten-rupee note”.