Under the British Raj, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of which art school?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Bombay School of Art
Option (1) Calcutta School of Art — Incorrect. Its principal, E. B. Havell, supported Abanindranath Tagore and a return to native art. It did not get the Delhi murals.
Option (2) Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan — Incorrect. This was the institution where Nandalal Bose taught art. It trained artists to carry forward the nationalist vision. It did not get the Delhi murals.
Option (3) Bombay School of Art — Correct. Its students were trained in realistic studies by Principal Gladstone Solomon, and they got the mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings.
Option (4) Bengal School of Art — Incorrect. Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London, under close British supervision, not the Delhi buildings.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Bengal School …However, the struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued as seen in the art policy of the British Raj. For example, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon. On the other hand, the Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.” |