The painters below belong to the Bengal School and the early modern p…

The painters below belong to the Bengal School and the early modern period. Match the painters in List-I with the descriptions of them in List-II.

List-I (Painter)	List-II (Description)
A. Kshitindranath Majumdar	I. Called the father of the folk renaissance in India
B. Abdul Rehman Chughtai	II. Made use of the language and syntax of Cubism
C. Gaganendranath Tagore	III. An early student of Abanindranath Tagore in the wash tradition
D. Jamini Roy	IV. A descendant of Ustad Ahmed, the chief architect of Shahjahan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Kshitindranath Majumdar	(III) An early student of Abanindranath Tagore in the wash tradition	The painter of Rasa-Lila was one of the early students of Abanindranath. He carried forward the wash tradition with some deviations.
(B) Abdul Rehman Chughtai	(IV) A descendant of Ustad Ahmed, the chief architect of Shahjahan	The painter of Radhika came from the family of Ustad Ahmed, Shahjahan’s chief architect.
(C) Gaganendranath Tagore	(II) Made use of the language and syntax of Cubism	The painter of City in the Night was one of the earlier Indian painters to use Cubism to render his ideas.
(D) Jamini Roy	(I) Called the father of the folk renaissance in India	The painter of Woman with Child was called the father of the folk renaissance. He learnt from the folk painters of Bengal.

NCERT (2026-27): “Rasa-Lila This is a watercolour painting in wash technique portraying the divine life of Sri Krishna made by Kshitindranath Majumdar (1891–1975). He was one of the early students of Abanindranath Tagore, who carried forward the wash tradition with some deviations.…”

“Radhika This is a wash and tempera painting made on paper by Abdul Rehman Chughtai (1899 –1975). He was a descendant of Ustad Ahmed, the chief architect of Shahjahan.…”

“City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922. He was one of the earlier Indian painters, who made use of language and syntax of Cubism to render his ideas.…”

“Woman with Child This is a gouache painting on paper made by Jamini Roy (1887–1972) in 1940. He was called the father of the folk renaissance in India, who created an alternative vision of modern Indian identity.…”