The statements given below are about painters and paintings of the Bengal School period.
(A) Abdul Rehman Chughtai, the painter of Radhika, followed the new direction opened by Abanindranath Tagore.
(B) City in the Night is a tempera painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore.
(C) The scene of Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean is taken from the Valmiki Ramayana.
(D) Radhika is a wash and tempera painting made on paper.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) Abdul Rehman Chughtai, the painter of Radhika, followed the new direction opened by Abanindranath Tagore. — Correct. He was one of the younger artists who followed Abanindranath, with Kshitindranath Majumdar.
(B) City in the Night is a tempera painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore. — Incorrect. City in the Night is a watercolour, not a tempera painting.
(C) The scene of Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean is taken from the Valmiki Ramayana. — Correct. Rama needs to build a bridge to Lanka for his army; this scene comes from the Valmiki Ramayana.
(D) Radhika is a wash and tempera painting made on paper. — Correct. Chughtai made Radhika in wash and tempera on paper. Tempera belongs here, not to City in the Night.
NCERT (2026-27): “Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell …This school set the stage for the development of modern Indian painting. The new direction opened by Abanindranath was followed by many younger artists like Kshitindranath Majumdar (Rasa-Lila) and M. R. Chughtai (Radhika).” “City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922.” “Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the Ocean …This scene is taken from Valmiki Ramayana, where Rama needs to build a bridge in southern India to the island of Lanka for his army to cross the ocean.” “Radhika This is a wash and tempera painting made on paper by Abdul Rehman Chughtai (1899 –1975).” |