Indian art went through many changes from the eve of Independence to…

Indian art went through many changes from the eve of Independence to the 1990s. Arrange the following developments in the correct order:

(A) Video caught the attention of artists as a newly available medium.

(B) Benode Behari Mukherjee painted the mural The Lives of Medieval Saints.

(D) Bhupen Khakhar painted Janata Watch Repairing.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (D), (C), (A)

(B) Benode Behari Mukherjee painted the mural The Lives of Medieval Saints. — First. He made it around the eve of Independence, during 1946–1947.
(D) Bhupen Khakhar painted Janata Watch Repairing. — Second. The painting is dated 1972.
(C) The impact of globalisation came to be felt first in big cities. — Third. This came with the liberalisation of the economy in the 1990s.
(A) Video caught the attention of artists as a newly available medium. — Fourth. Artists turned to video while reacting to these changing times of the 1990s.

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): “The Lives of Medieval Saints The Lives of Medieval Saints, a mural in Hindi Bhavana, Shantiniketan, was created by Benode Behari Mukherjee around the eve of India’s Independence from Colonial rule, during 1946–1947.…”

“Janata Watch Repairing Bhupen Khakhar, Janata Watch Repairing, 1972. Private Collection, India”

“New Media Art: from 1990s With liberalisation of the Indian economy in the 1990s, the impact of globalisation came to be felt first in big cities. While on one hand, India made advancement in information technology, it also saw many social and political issues. In such extraordinary times of economic progress and social unrest, artists began to look for ways of reacting to the changing times. Medium like easel painting and sculpture that was created by artists, who would earlier proudly sign on them as an expression of their unique creativity, lost importance. Instead, the newly available medium, i.e., video caught their attention.…”