Gaganendranath Tagore, brother of Abanindranath Tagore, was deeply interested in making caricatures. Whom did he often make fun of in them?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Rich Bengalis blindly following the European style of living
Option (1) Marginalised sections of Indian society — Incorrect. The Haripura Posters echoed Gandhi’s vision of including marginalised sections of Indian society through art. They were not mocked.
Option (2) Students of the Bombay School of Art trained in realistic studies — Incorrect. These students, trained by Gladstone Solomon, got the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings. They were not the target of his caricatures.
Option (3) Rich Bengalis blindly following the European style of living — Correct. His caricatures often made fun of rich Bengalis who blindly followed the European style of living.
Option (4) British officials imposing European taste in art on Indians — Incorrect. Abanindranath and Havell were critical of the way European taste in art was imposed on Indians. This was not what Gaganendranath’s caricatures mocked.
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): “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …It is in the paintings by Gaganendranath Tagore, brother of Abanindranath Tagore, that the influence of modern western style of paintings can be clearly seen. He made several paintings using Cubist style, in which building interiors were created out of geometric patterns. Besides, he was deeply interested in making caricatures, in which he often made fun of rich Bengalis blindly following the European style of living.” |