Question

What is Terracotta?
A. Cloth of a particular size (taka) which could be adjusted in a matchbox.
B. Heap up the dead.
C. Artifacts and the utensils made up of clay.
D. A leather bag for fetching water.

Answer 1

Hint: The word is used to represent for sculpture for various practical uses such as vessels, waste water pipes etc.
They were found by archaeologists during 3000 to 1500 BC in Mohenjodaro in Pakistan.
There are various other types of terracotta such as fired terracotta and painted terracotta.

Complete answer:
Option C - Terracotta word is derived from the Italian word meaning ‘baked earth’. There are many types of Ceramic pottery and one of them is terracotta. It is used for making pipes, sculptures, bricks and flower pots. The process of making terracotta involves the baking of terracotta clay. With the help of terracotta any shapes can be easily made. Terracotta is also the name of color which means Natural Brown orange. Once the terracotta is given shape then it is heated up to 1000 Fahrenheit and 2000 Fahrenheit to make it hard.
It is one of the materials which has been in use for a very long time from about 14 century. One of the most fascinating examples of the terracotta is the terracotta army. This is the army of Qin Shi Huang. He was the first emperor of China. The army sculpture was founded in 1974 by the farmers while digging. The army consists of 8000 soldiers, 520 horses and 120 cavalry horses. There were two main reasons for the making of the terracotta army by the emperor. Firstly According to him they will protect him after life and they will be the one on home the King will rule. Each of the soldiers in the terracotta army was unique. They vary in their height, uniform and hairstyle. Their swords also vary according to their ranks. The sculpture made by terracotta is also cost effective for example if compared to bronze sculpture and very low time taking. If you use terracotta utensils for storing water and food the minerals of the terracotta utensils are mixed with the water and food while maintaining the nutrients of water and food intact and the water and food also have good taste. So, it is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:Some of the prominent advantages of terracotta are-
The process of terracotta is simple as well as fast for creating any finished work with low costs of material.
The use of fingers for modelling or shaping the material gives the artist with a free and flexible approach.
The advantage of reusing the mold makes it possible to use for production of various identical pieces.