In which century was the Bijapur painting Yogini created?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → 17th Century
Yogini is a Bijapur painting of the seventeenth century. Its artist is not on record.
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): “Bijapur School of Painting …The theme of another Deccani painting is Yogini — one who believes in yoga, leads a disciplined life of physical and emotional training, pursues spiritual and intellectual explorations, and is famous for renunciation of worldly attachments. …This work is attributed to an artist, about whom we do not have any record.”
“Yogini, Bijapur, seventeenth century, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland” |
