Manuscript paintings were precious, valuable and portable artworks. Between whom were they exchanged as gifts as acts of gratitude?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Between kings and courtiers
Option (1) Between kings and courtiers — Correct. Paintings were exchanged as gifts between kings and courtiers as acts of gratitude.
Option (2) Between monks and pilgrims — Incorrect. Monks and pilgrims carried paintings to remote regions as they moved. They did not exchange them as gifts.
Option (3) Between merchants and traders — Incorrect. Traders also carried paintings, and paintings were traded to distant places. That was trade, not a gift of gratitude.
Option (4) Between scribes and artists — Incorrect. Scribes and artists made the folios. They are not named as exchanging paintings as gifts.
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): “The Manuscript Painting Tradition …Considered as precious and valuable artifacts and also being portable, paintings were often gifted to princesses as part of their dowries when they got married. They were also exchanged as gifts between kings and courtiers as acts of gratitude and traded to distant places. Paintings also travelled to remote regions with moving pilgrims, monks, adventurers, traders and professional narrators.” |