The Bikaner studio kept careful records and used its own terms for its work. Match the terms of the Bikaner School in List-I with their meanings in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Gudarayi | I. Repairing of older works |
| B. Marammat | II. Copies of older works |
| C. Nakals | III. Royal archival day-to-day diaries |
| D. Bahis | IV. Master’s finishing touches |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Gudarayi | (IV) Master’s finishing touches | The master artist would at times put finishing touches to the paintings. The term for this was gudarayi, meaning to ‘lift’. |
| (B) Marammat | (I) Repairing of older works | Besides making new miniatures, the studio repaired older works. This task was called marammat. |
| (C) Nakals | (II) Copies of older works | The studio also made nakals, or copies, of older works. |
| (D) Bahis | (III) Royal archival day-to-day diaries | The Bahis were the royal day-to-day diaries. With the inscriptions, they make Bikaner one of the best documented schools. |
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): “Bikaner School of Painting …On the completion of a painting, the court archivist entered the name of the master artist and the date behind the painting. This practice resulted in the name of the master artist being inscribed on works of his pupils, who may not be painting in the same style as the master. However, it becomes evident from these entries that the master artist would occasionally put finishing touches to the paintings. The term used for this was gudarayi, literally meaning to ‘lift’. Apart from its activities of making new miniatures, the studio was entrusted with the task of marammat or repairing and making nakals (copies) of older works. …Accounts from the Bahis, royal archival day-to-day diaries, and numerous inscriptions on Bikaner paintings make it one of the best documented schools of painting.…” |