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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 8 of 200

Q8
EnglishVocabulary: Meaning, Synonyms & Antonyms
Marble may be used with
  1. a.painting
  2. b.music
  3. c.rocks
  4. d.sculpture

Answer: (C) rocks

Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone (calcite) is changed by heat and pressure, which is the link the book's key uses. Other parent-rock pairs asked in exams: sandstone to quartzite, shale to slate, granite to gneiss, coal to graphite. Marble is equally famous as a sculpting and building stone (Makrana marble of the Taj Mahal, Michelangelo's David), which is why 'sculpture' is also a defensible answer here.

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