Painting in the Rajasthani courts was a kind of teamwork. What did the scribe do in it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Wrote the verse in the space left for it
Option (1) Burnished the painting with an agate — Incorrect. Burnishing came on completion, to give the painting a uniform sheen. It is not named as the scribe’s work.
Option (2) Entered the artist’s name and date behind the painting — Incorrect. At Bikaner this was done by the court archivist, who entered the master artist’s name and the date.
Option (3) Wrote the verse in the space left for it — Correct. In the teamwork, the scribe wrote the verse in the space left for it.
Option (4) Made nakals (copies) of older works — Incorrect. Making nakals, along with marammat or repairing, was a task given to the Bikaner studio.
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 Rajasthani Schools of Painting …On completion, the painting was burnished with an agate to lend it a uniform sheen and an appealing resplendence. The painting activity was a kind of teamwork, with the master artist composing and doing preliminary drawings, followed by pupils or experts of colouring, portraiture, architecture, landscape, animals, etc., taking over and doing their bit, and finally, the master artist putting the finishing touches. The scribe would write the verse in the space left for the one.” “Bikaner School of Painting …On the completion of a painting, the court archivist entered the name of the master artist and the date behind the painting. …Apart from its activities of making new miniatures, the studio was entrusted with the task of marammat or repairing and making nakals (copies) of older works.” |