Observe the image and answer the following question.
What is the central figure of the painting holding on her lap?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A grown-up man
The painting is Mother Teresa by M. F. Husain. Its central seated Mother holds a grown-up man lying across her lap. The other Mother figures in the painting each hold a baby, not the central one. The kneeling woman is at one side of the scene, and no vina is shown.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. It is painted in a style typically of this artist, who created a new language of modern Indian art. The figure of the faceless Mother appears several times, each time holding a baby with a lot of attention given to the hand. The central figure of the seated Mother has a grown up man lying on her lap horizontally. This speaks of the artist’s familiarity with European art, especially, the famous sculpture of Italian Renaissance master, Michelangelo’s Pieta. … It is the kneeling figure of the woman on one side that gives us a hint that the story about healing and nursing the helpless is unfolding in India.”
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