Modern Indian prints and sculptures show scenes from life and tradition. Match the works in List-I with what they show in List-II.
List-I (Work) | List-II (What it shows) |
A. Of Walls | I. Four men moving a rock |
B. Santhal Family | II. Woman's face amid folk motifs |
C. Devi | III. Setting out for work |
D. Triumph of Labour | IV. Poor man sleeping on ground |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Of Walls | (IV) The lower part of a poor man sleeping on the ground in the foreground | In Anupam Sud’s etching, the sleeping poor man contrasts with the clothed woman and adds to the sadness. |
| (B) Santhal Family | (III) A daily activity of setting out for work, turned into a larger than life size piece | Ramkinkar Baij turned a family’s setting out for work into an outdoor sculpture at Kala Bhavana. |
| (C) Devi | (II) A linear drawing of the frontal face of a woman, with folk motifs and patterns | Jyoti Bhatt re-cast the image of Devi with a frontal face, folk motifs and patterns. |
| (D) Triumph of Labour | (I) Four men trying to move a rock | Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury’s bronze shows four men loosening a massive rock. |
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): “Of Walls … The painting depicts the figure of a lonely woman seated on the pavement before a dilapidated wall. In the foreground, we only get a glimpse of the lower part of a poor man sleeping on the ground, contrasting with the clothed woman, and adds to the sadness of the print.” “Introduction to Modernism in India …Ramkinkar Baij was an artist given to the celebration of nature. His art reflects his everyday experiences. Almost all his sculptures and paintings are created as response to his environment. For instance, his Santhal Family, made as an outdoor sculpture within the Kala Bhavana compound, turned the daily activity of a Santhal family setting out for work into a larger than a life size piece of art.” “Devi … In this print, pictorial image of Devi is re-cast and re-contextualised with a linear drawing of the frontal face of a woman, folk motifs and patterns.” “Triumph of Labour This is an open air large-scale sculpture in bronze made by Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury (1899–1975). It was installed at Marina Beach, Chennai, on the eve of the Republic Day in 1959. It shows four men trying to move a rock, rendering the importance and contribution of human labour in nation building.” |