Observe the image and answer the following question.
What type of artwork is in the image?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mural
Option (1) Mural — Correct. The picture shows The Lives of Medieval Saints by Benode Behari Mukherjee, a mural painted on the walls of a room in Hindi Bhavana, Shantiniketan.
Option (2) Miniature painting — Incorrect. A miniature is a small painting on paper. This work spreads over the walls of a whole room.
Option (3) Etching on paper — Incorrect. An etching is a print on paper, such as Laxma Goud’s Rural South Indian Man–Woman. This work is painted on the walls of a room, not printed on paper.
Option (4) Viscosity print — Incorrect. Viscosity printing is a printmaking method, used by Krishna Reddy for Whirlpool. This work is painted directly on walls, not printed from a metal plate.
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. The mural employs the technique of fresco buono and covers almost 23 metre of the entire upper half of the three walls of the room.”
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