Rajasthani and Malwa schools of painting. Which of the following pairs of a painting and its school of painting is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Ashwin, from a Baramasa set – Bundi
Option (1) Raga Megha by Madho Das – Bundi — Incorrect. Raga Megha by Madho Das (1680) is a Malwa painting, one of the few early dated Malwa sets.
Option (2) Krishna as Shrinathji celebrating the festival of Sarad Purnima – Kishangarh — Incorrect. This painting is from Nathdwara, the Vaishnava centre near Udaipur where pichhwais were painted for Shrinathji.
Option (3) Ashwin, from a Baramasa set – Bundi — Correct. Ashwin is a folio of a seventeenth-century Bundi Baramasa.
Option (4) Krishna playing Flute surrounded by Cows – Jaipur — Incorrect. Krishna playing Flute surrounded by Cows (1777) is a Bikaner painting.
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): “Bundi School of Painting …Baramasa is a popular theme of Bundi paintings. As mentioned earlier, it is an atmospheric description of the 12 months by Keshav Das that is part of the tenth chapter of Kavipriya written for Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha.”
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