Read the following statements on modern art in India:
(A) Colonialism introduced art schools in India.
(B) Colonialism introduced art magazines in India.
(C) Nationalist artists rejected these new institutions of art.
(D) Nationalist artists accepted a larger Asian identity for a while.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Colonialism introduced art schools in India. — Correct. Art schools were among the new institutions of art that came with colonial rule.
(B) Colonialism introduced art magazines in India. — Correct. Art magazines came with colonial rule too, along with exhibition galleries and art societies.
(C) Nationalist artists rejected these new institutions of art. — Incorrect. Nationalist artists accepted these changes. Within them, they kept asserting a more Indian taste in art.
(D) Nationalist artists accepted a larger Asian identity for a while. — Correct. Besides an Indian taste, nationalist artists for a time took on a larger Asian identity.
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): “Different Concepts of Modernism: Western and Indian …Modern art in India can be best understood as a result of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. Colonialism introduced new institutions of art like art schools, exhibition galleries, art magazines and art societies. Nationalist artists, while accepting these changes, continued to assert more Indian taste in art and even accepted a larger Asian identity for a while. This legacy was going to leave a deep impact on the later history of modern Indian art.” |