From the 1990s, Indian artists sought new ways to react. Match the medium in List-I with its description in List-II.
| List-I (Medium) | List-II (Description) |
|---|---|
| A. Photography | I. Newly available medium |
| B. Video | II. Technology-dependent; artists from big cities |
| C. Easel painting and sculpture | III. Multiple copies for many people |
| D. Installation | IV. Lost importance |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Photography | (III) Allowed multiple copies to reach numerous people simultaneously | Artists of the 1990s found photography attractive because one image could be copied and reach many people at once. |
| (B) Video | (I) The newly available medium that caught the attention of artists | As older media lost importance, the new medium of video drew the artists. |
| (C) Easel painting and sculpture | (IV) Lost importance as signed expressions of the artist’s unique creativity | Artists once proudly signed these works as their own creation. In the 1990s these media lost importance. |
| (D) Installation | (II) More dependent on technology, so its early artists came from big cities | Installation needed technology, so early artists like Nalini Malani (Mumbai) and Vivan Sundaram (Delhi) came from big cities. |
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): “New Media Art: from 1990s …Medium like easel painting and sculpture that was created by artists, who would earlier proudly sign on them as an expression of their unique creativity, lost importance. Instead, the newly available medium, i.e., video caught their attention. Even photography seemed attractive as it allowed multiple copies to reach numerous people simultaneously. However, the art form that was increasingly seen as contemporary was installation. …However, it was more dependent on technology and it is, therefore, not surprising that most of the early installation artists came from big cities — Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi.” |