Modern Indian artists took up different themes and styles. Match the artists in List-I with their work or interest in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Anupam Sud | I. Mysterious halls and rooms |
| B. Gaganendranath Tagore | II. Photographs of women ascetics |
| C. T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan | III. Social problems of marginalised communities |
| D. Sheba Chachi, Ravi Agarwal and Atul Bhalla | IV. Photorealism on communal violence |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Anupam Sud | (III) Social problems of marginalised communities | Sud had a deep interest in the social problems of people from marginalised communities. She wanted to understand them artistically. |
| (B) Gaganendranath Tagore | (I) Mysterious halls and rooms | He used the language of Cubism in his own way. His halls and rooms were built of straight lines, not Picasso’s facets. |
| (C) T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan | (IV) Photorealism on communal violence | They used photorealism on communal violence and also showed the new look of cities. |
| (D) Sheba Chachi, Ravi Agarwal and Atul Bhalla | (II) Photographs of women ascetics | They photographed people on the margins of society whom we rarely notice. |
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): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Gaganendranath Tagore used the language of Cubism to create a unique style of his own. His paintings of mysterious halls and rooms were made with vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines, which were quite different from the Cubist style of famous artist Pablo Picasso, who invented the style using geometrical facets.…” “The Modern Indian Art …Many younger artists used oil or acrylic to paint in the manner of a photograph or television screen. T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan used photorealism to comment on communal violence on one hand and at the same time, gave us a glimpse of the new look that cities had acquired with India’s technological advancements. Photography could also be used to document changes in society as artists saw them. Sheba Chachi, Ravi Agarwal and Atul Bhalla, among others, photographed those, who lived on the margins of our society, whom we do not notice much in our day-to-day life — women ascetics, queer people, and so on.…” “Of Walls This is an etching made from zinc plate and printed on paper made by Anupam Sud in 1982. She had studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, in the early 1970s. When she returned to India, she was drawn to its everyday reality. Apart from her deep interest in social problems faced by people, belonging to marginalised communities of the society, she was keen to understand them artistically.…” |