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[116]. Passage: Museums holding objects taken under colonial rule face demands for return from communities of origin. Supporters of return argue that sacred and funerary objects belong where they retain ritual meaning, and that holding them perpetuates an old injustice. Opponents argue that encyclopaedic museums preserve objects for a global public and fear a flood of claims. Recent practice seeks a middle course: provenance research, long-term loans, shared curation, and return where the claim is strong and the receiving institution can care for the object. Dialogue, not a single rule, is reshaping collections. The word 'provenance' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
2.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.
3.
the recorded history of ownership of an object
4.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.
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Option 3 : the recorded history of ownership of an object

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सही उत्तर the recorded history of ownership of an object है।

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In context the word carries the meaning in the correct option.

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[116]. Passage: Museums holding objects taken under colonial rule face demands for return from communities of origin. Supporters of return argue that sacred and funerary objects belong where they retain ritual meaning, and that holding them perpetuates an old injustice. Opponents argue that encyclopaedic museums preserve objects for a global public and fear a flood of claims. Recent practice seeks a middle course: provenance research, long-term loans, shared curation, and return where the claim is strong and the receiving institution can care for the object. Dialogue, not a single rule, is reshaping collections. The word 'provenance' in the passage most nearly means:

1.
a decorative addition with no practical function.
2.
a legal punishment imposed by a court.
3.
the recorded history of ownership of an object
4.
a sudden event that has no lasting effect.

Correct Answer: the recorded history of ownership of an object

In context the word carries the meaning in the correct option.

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