A Mewar folio shows Jagat Singh II touring the countryside, hawking. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The artist of this folio visualises a panoramic view of limitless vision.
Reason (R): The relevance of the scene lies in its complexity of narration that also aims at reportage.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): The artist of this folio visualises a panoramic view of limitless vision. — True. The folio shows a wide sweep of countryside as the Maharana rides out hawking.
Reason (R): The relevance of the scene lies in its complexity of narration that also aims at reportage. — True. The scene is valued for its complex story-telling, which also records the event like a report.
Why R does not explain A? R speaks of what the scene narrates and reports. It does not say how the artist builds the wide view. The correct reason for A is the oblique view of the countryside, with the horizon raised at a tangent to the foreground.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mewar School of Painting …A folio depics Maharana Jagat Singh II (1734–1752) touring the countryside while on his way hawking. The country scape perceived in an oblique view, with the horizon raised at a tangent in comparison to the foreground enables the artist to visualise a panoramic view of limitless vision. The relevance of the scene lies in its complexity of narration that also aims at reportage.” |