Match the modern Indian artists in List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. J. Swaminathan | I. Died young; experimental spirit |
| B. M. F. Husain | II. Led group that influenced Cholamandalam |
| C. Amrita Sher-Gil | III. Bindu as symbol of oneness |
| D. S. H. Raza | IV. Kneeling woman suggesting Indian setting |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) J. Swaminathan | (II) Led a short-lived group that left an impact on the Cholamandalam School | He led Group 1890, formed in 1963. It was short-lived but influenced the Cholamandalam artists near Madras. |
| (B) M. F. Husain | (IV) Used a kneeling woman to hint that a story of healing unfolds in India | In his Mother Teresa, the kneeling woman hints that the story of healing the helpless is set in India. |
| (C) Amrita Sher-Gil | (I) Died young, leaving work important for its experimental spirit | She died young. Her work shaped the next generation of Indian modernists. |
| (D) S. H. Raza | (III) Used the bindu as a symbol of oneness from Indian philosophy | Raza moved towards abstraction and drew on mandala and yantra designs, using the bindu. |
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): “Abstraction – A New Trend …In 1963, another group was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan, named Group 1890. …It was a short lived movement but left an impact on the next generation of artists, especially, those associated with the Cholamandalam School near Madras.” “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. …It is the kneeling figure of the woman on one side that gives us a hint that the story about healing and nursing the helpless is unfolding in India.” “Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941), half Hungarian and half Indian, emerges as a unique female artist, who contributed immensely to modern Indian art through the 1930s. …She died young, leaving behind a remarkable body of work, which is important for its experimental spirit and the impact it left on the next generation of Indian modernists.” “Abstraction – A New Trend While Husain largely remained a figurative artist, S.H. Raza moved in the direction of abstraction. …Some of his paintings draw from old mandala and yantra designs, and even use bindu as a symbol of oneness from Indian philosophy.” |