ust recently some French and Canadian researchers have said that the first major scientific analysis of the “Mona Lisa” in 50 years has uncovered some unexpected secrets. Most of you may have heard about these known facts about Mona Lisa. But we will disclose some less known and interesting facts about this mysterious painting. Take a look at these 7 interesting facts about Mona Lisa:
1. The name of the painting, Mona Lisa was the result of a spelling error! The original name of the painting was Monna Lisa. Monna in Italian is a short form of Madonna, meaning 'My Lady'.
2. The identity of the woman in the painting is still a mystery. Some believe that it is the female form of Leonardo Da Vinci himself. Most popular belief is that the woman was Lisa Gherardini, who was 24-years-old and a mother of two sons.
3. The painting has an imperfection. In 1956, a man named Ugo Ungaza threw a stone at the painting. This resulted in a small patch of damaged paint next to her left elbow.
4. The painting is considered priceless and so it cannot be insured.
5. Another interesting fact about the painting is that the woman in the painting has no eyebrows. It is rumored that it is because when the authorities were trying to restore the painting, the eyebrows got accidentally removed. However, some people believe that Leonardo Da Vinci never completed the painting because he was a consummate perfectionist.
6. The painting in the Louvre has a room of its own. It is protected in a climate controlled environment and encased in bullet proof glass. The room was built exclusively for the painting and it cost the museum over seven million dollars!
7. Studies have shown that there are three different layers painted before the present version of the painting. One version has her hands clutching her arm instead of the chair in front of her.
In spite of any kind of imperfections discovered in the painting, this Renaissance art work is revered all around the world as one of the greatest masterpiece of all times.
THE FAMOUS PAINTING OF MONALISA
FACTS YOU WANT TO KNOW
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Students often find it hard to deal with the APTITUDE test during company recruitments and exams like GATE, CAT, GRE, etc. This section is designed to practice solving the variety of questions most likely to appear in such exams. Avoid calculators.
If an 8-digit number with distinct digits has exactly 3 odd digits and is divisible by all non-zero digits in it. Which of the following cannot be a digit of the number?
a)3 b)7 c)1 d)5
A watch loses 2/3% time durng 1st week & gains 1/3% time during next week. If on Sunday noon, it showed right time, what time will it show at noon on the Sunday after the next?
a) 11:26:24 b) 10:52:18 c) 10:52:48
d) 11:36:24
A woman going with a boy is asked by another woman about the relationship between them. The women replied, “My maternal uncle and the uncle of his maternal uncle is the same.” How is the lady related with that boy?
a) Mother and Son b) Aunt and Nephew
c) Grandmother and Grandson d) None of these
How many 6-digit numbers contain exactly 4 different digits?
a)4536 b)294840 c)191520 d) None of these
A work can be done by P in 48 days; Q & R together do the same work in 20 days. If Q is thrice as efficient as R, then P & R can do the work in how many days?
a)30 b)24 c)32 d)40
A train from A to Z stops at all 6 stations -M through R- in between. Train stops at exactly 3 stations between P & Q and at exactly 2 stations between Q & R. There are exactly 2 stops between M & O. N is the third stop. How many stops are there between N & P ?
a)0 b)1 c)2 d) None of these
In above questions, which of thne following pairs of stations are definitely not adjacent to each other?
a)M-Q b)O-Q c)P-R d) N-R
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