Ramkinker Baij made the open air sculpture Santhal Family at Shantiniketan. Consider the following statements:
(A) The sculpture is made in the round, so it can be seen from all sides.
(B) The sculpture is placed on a high pedestal.
(C) Ramkinker Baij and Benode Behari Mukherjee were among Nandalal Bose’s most creative students.
(D) The sculpture shows a Santhal man and his wife, with a horse walking alongside them.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (C) only
(A) The sculpture is made in the round, so it can be seen from all sides. — Correct. A work made in the round can be viewed from every side, and Santhal Family is one.
(B) The sculpture is placed on a high pedestal. — Incorrect. It stands on a low pedestal, so viewers feel part of the same space.
(C) Ramkinker Baij and Benode Behari Mukherjee were among Nandalal Bose’s most creative students. — Correct. The two were Bose’s most creative students at Shantiniketan.
(D) The sculpture shows a Santhal man and his wife, with a horse walking alongside them. — Incorrect. The man’s wife and a dog walk alongside him, not a horse.
NCERT (2026-27): “Santhal Family This is an open air large-scale sculpture created by Ramkinker Baij in 1937. …It shows a scene of a Santhal man, carrying his children in a double basket joined by a pole, and his wife and dog walking alongside. …The sculpture is made in the round, which means that we can see it from all sides. It is placed on a low pedestal, making us feel as if we are part of the same space.…” “Introduction to Modernism in India …Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij, Bose’s most creative students, gave a lot of thought as how to understand the world.…”
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