Observe the image and answer the following question.
Who painted the Company painting in the image?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Ghulam Ali Khan
The painting shown is Group of Courtesans by Ghulam Ali Khan, a Company painting of 1800–1825.
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): “Company Painting …It is this mixture of traditional and European style of painting that came to be known as the Company School of Painting. This style was not only popular among the British in India but even in Britain, where albums, consisting a set of paintings were much in demand.”
“Ghulam Ali Khan, Group of Courtesans, Company Painting, 1800–1825. San Diego Museum of Art, California, USA” |
