Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

Who among the following are important painters of the Kangra style?

Options:

Fattu, Purkhu, and Khushala

Bhagvata Purana, Gita Govinda, and Nala Damayanti

Sansar Chand and Ghamand Chand

Sahibdin, Nainsukh and Jaswnt Singh

Correct Answer:

Fattu, Purkhu, and Khushala

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1- Fattu, Purkhu, and Khushala

Most popular themes that were painted were the Bhagvata Purana, Gita Govinda, Nala Damayanti, Bihari Satsai, Ragamala and Baramasa. Many other paintings comprise a pictorial record of Sansar Chand and his court. He is shown sitting by the riverside, listening to music, watching dancers, presiding over festivals, practising tent pegging and archery, drilling troops, and so on and forth. Fattu, Purkhu and Khushala are important painters of the Kangra style.