Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

Match the artwork in List-I with the place where it is housed in List-II:

List- I

List- II

(A) Re-enacting Krishna’s deeds

(I) National Museum, New Delhi, India

(B) Abhisarika Nayika

(II) N. C. Mehta Collection, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

(C) A couple in the month of Jyestha

(III) Private Collection

(D) Krishna Steals Butter

(IV) Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India


Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

2

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2- 2

(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

"Re-enacting Krishna’s deeds" from the Bhagvata Purana, this artwork from Guler–Kangra, India, dates back to 1780–85 and is currently part of a private collection.

The Abhisarika Nayika of Kangra, 1810–20 is in the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India.

"A couple in the month of Jyestha" was created in Kangra in 1800. It is housed at the National Museum, New Delhi, India.

In the N. C. Mehta Collection in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, there is an artwork titled "Krishna steals butter" inspired by the Bhagavata Purana and created in 1750.