Modern Indian artists worked in many media and places. Consider the following statements:
(A) The Communist Party of India asked Chittoprasad to sketch villages worst affected by the Bengal Famine.
(B) Chittoprasad’s famine sketches were later published as pamphlets under the name Hungry Bengal.
(C) In Santhal Family, Ramkinker Baij preferred stone, a traditional medium, to cement.
(D) K. C. S. Paniker, who painted The Dog, later went on to establish Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B) and (D) only
A. The Communist Party of India asked Chittoprasad to sketch villages worst affected by the Bengal Famine. — Correct. He was sent to the famine-hit villages to make sketches.
B. Chittoprasad’s famine sketches were later published as pamphlets under the name Hungry Bengal. — Correct. The sketches came out as pamphlets called Hungry Bengal, much to the annoyance of the British.
C. In Santhal Family, Ramkinker Baij preferred stone, a traditional medium, to cement. — Incorrect. Baij avoided traditional media like marble, wood or stone and preferred cement, the symbol of modernisation.
D. K. C. S. Paniker, who painted The Dog, later went on to establish Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras. — Correct. Paniker, the painter of The Dog (1973), set up Cholamandalam near Madras.
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): (p.103) “… Chittoprasad’s etchings, linocuts and lithographs showed the deplorable condition of the poor. It is not surprising that he was asked by the Communist Party of India to travel to villages worst affected by the Bengal Famine and make sketches. These were later published as pamphlets under the name, Hungry Bengal, much to the annoyance of the British.” “Santhal Family This is an open air large-scale sculpture created by Ramkinker Baij in 1937. It is made out of metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles … The material of which it is made of is important. The artist has avoided traditional medium like marble, wood or stone, and has preferred cement, the symbol of modernisation.” “Abstraction – A New Trend … In South India, K. C. S. Paniker, who later went on to establish Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras, was a pioneer in abstraction.” “The Dog K. C. S. Paniker, The Dog, 1973. NGMA, New Delhi, India” |