From the sixteenth century, in which centres did the Deccani School of painting flourish?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda, Hyderabad
Option (1) Mewar, Bundi, Kota, Kishangarh — Incorrect. These are seats of the Rajasthani schools, which came into prominence in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.
Option (2) Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda, Hyderabad — Correct. The Deccani School flourished in Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda and Hyderabad from the sixteenth century.
Option (3) Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Lahore — Incorrect. These are the courts of the Mughal School, which dominated the scene from the sixteenth century.
Option (4) Mandu, Nusratgarh, Narsyang Sahar, Datia — Incorrect. Mandu, Nusratgarh and Narsyang Sahar are the few places named for the Malwa School; many Malwa paintings came from the Datia Palace collection.
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): “Malwa School of Painting …Malwa School defies a precise centre for its origin and instead suggests a vast territory of Central India, where it got articulated with a sporadic mention of few places, such as Mandu, Nusratgarh and Narsyang Sahar. … The Mughal School dominates the scene from the sixteenth century through the courts of Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Lahore. … The Deccani School flourished in centres, such as Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda and Hyderabad from the sixteenth century. The Rajasthani Schools came into prominence in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, with the Pahari School following in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.” |