Modern Indian artists gave each work its own look. Match the works in List-I with their features in List-II.
List-I (Work) | List-II (Feature) |
A. Of Walls | I. Like a painted woven tapestry |
B. Children | II. Looks like paper cutouts |
C. Mother Teresa | III. Five standing figures, no background |
D. The Lives of Medieval Saints | IV. Lonely woman on a pavement |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Of Walls | (IV) A lonely woman seated on a pavement, her face hollowed out | Anupam Sud’s etching shows a lonely woman seated on the pavement before a dilapidated wall, her face hollowed out. |
| (B) Children | (III) A close knit composition of five standing figures with no background | Somnath Hore’s print shows five standing figures, with no background or perspective. |
| (C) Mother Teresa | (II) Flat shapes that appear like a collage of paper cutouts | M. F. Husain uses flat shapes, which are the modern side of this painting. |
| (D) The Lives of Medieval Saints | (I) eminds us of a painted woven tapestry | Benode Behari Mukherjee links each figure by a rhythmic network of lines, like a woven tapestry. |
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): “Of Walls … Notice how she creates an interesting form of a woman by hollowing out the face. The absence of face gives it a brooding and sad expression. The painting depicts the figure of a lonely woman seated on the pavement before a dilapidated wall.” “Children … This is a close knit composition with five standing figures, having no background, perspective or surrounding situation as the figures are talking to themselves.” “Mother Teresa … On the other hand, the flat shapes used to depict the scene are modern. They appear like a collage of paper cutouts.” “The Lives of Medieval Saints … At the same time, each figure relates with its neighbour by way of rhythmic network of lines. In some ways, the mural reminds us of a painted woven tapestry, a profession that many of these saints belonged to.” |