Indian artists of the twentieth century worked in many styles and mediums. Match the artists in List-I with what is said about them in List-II.
| List-I (Artist) | List-II (About the artist) |
| A. Amrita Sher-Gil | I. Early installation artist, Delhi |
| B. Nalini Malani | II. Linked miniatures with Gauguin’s art |
| C. Vivan Sundaram | III. Early installation artist, Mumbai |
| D. Amarnath Sahgal | IV. Bronze Mulk Raj Anand wrote about |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Amrita Sher-Gil | (II) Saw parallels between miniature traditions of north India and the art of Paul Gauguin | Trained in modern art in Europe, she saw this link and used it in Haldi Grinder. |
| (B) Nalini Malani | (III) An early installation artist from Mumbai | Installation depended on technology, so its early artists came from big cities. Malani came from Mumbai. |
| (C) Vivan Sundaram | (I) An early installation artist from Delhi | He was the other early installation artist named, from Delhi. |
| (D) Amarnath Sahgal | (IV) Made a bronze sculpture about which Mulk Raj Anand wrote movingly | He made the bronze Cries Un-heard (1958). The socialist poet Mulk Raj Anand wrote movingly about it. |
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): “New Media Art: from 1990s … However, the art form that was increasingly seen as contemporary was installation. … However, it was more dependent on technology and it is, therefore, not surprising that most of the early installation artists came from big cities — Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi.” “Haldi Grinder Amrita Sher-Gil painted Haldi Grinder in 1940. … Given her training in modern art in Europe, she was quick to see parallels between miniature traditions of north India and modern art of Paul Gaugin, an artist she admired.” “Cries Un-heard This is a sculpture in bronze made by Amarnath Sahgal in 1958. … None other than socialist poet, Mulk Raj Anand, wrote movingly about this work, which now is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.” |