Modern art grew in Europe and in India in different ways. Consider the following statements:
(A) In Europe, modern artists saw themselves as avant garde, at the frontier of change.
(B) Ramkinker Baij’s Santhal Family is placed in the compound of Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan.
(C) In Europe, modern art came up when academic realism in art academies began to be accepted.
(D) Edouard Manet and Claude Monet saw themselves working inside the main art institutions.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (B) only
(A) In Europe, modern artists saw themselves as avant garde, at the frontier of change. — Correct. They saw themselves leading the change from tradition to modernity.
(B) Ramkinker Baij’s Santhal Family is placed in the compound of Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan. — Correct. It stands outside Kala Bhavana, so one does not need a museum to see it.
(C) In Europe, modern art came up when academic realism in art academies began to be accepted. — Incorrect. Modern art came up when academic realism began to be rejected.
(D) Edouard Manet and Claude Monet saw themselves working inside the main art institutions. — Incorrect. They saw themselves working outside the main art institutions. Cafes and restaurants became their meeting places.
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): “Tracing the Modern Indian Art …In the West, particularly in Europe, modern art came up when academic realism in art academies began to be rejected. These modern artists saw themselves as avant garde or at the frontier of change from tradition to modernity. With the phenomenal development of technology after the Industrial Revolution, the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning. Early modern French artists like Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet and others saw themselves working outside the main art institutions.” “Santhal Family This is an open air large-scale sculpture created by Ramkinker Baij in 1937. It is made out of metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles, and placed in the compound of Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan, India’s first national art school.” |