Consider M. F. Husain’s place in modern Indian art. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Husain’s art came to eventually represent Indian modern art in the international art world.
Reason (R): Husain successfully combined a modern style of painting with Indian themes.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): Husain’s art came to eventually represent Indian modern art in the international art world. — True. In time his art stood for Indian modern art across the world.
Reason (R): Husain successfully combined a modern style of painting with Indian themes. — True. He used western expressionist brush strokes with bright Indian colours, and drew on Indian mythology, miniatures, village crafts and folk toys.
Why R explains A? Husain joined a modern style with Indian themes. Because this blend worked, his art came to represent Indian modern art in the international art world. So R is the cause of A.
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 Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art …M. F. Husain, on the other hand, wanted to make the modern style of painting understandable in Indian context. For example, he would paint using the western expressionist brush strokes with bright Indian colours. He not only drew from Indian mythology and religious sources but also from the style of miniature paintings, village crafts and even folk toys. As a result of successfully combining a modern style of painting with Indian themes, Husain’s art came to eventually represent Indian modern art in the international art world.” |