Modern Indian artists gave their sculptures and prints their own idea…

Modern Indian artists gave their sculptures and prints their own ideas. Match the artworks in List-I with their features in List-II.

List-I	List-II
A. Triumph of Labour	I. Puppet-like stylised figures
B. Of Walls	II. Installed at Marina Beach, Chennai
C. Devi	III. Words and motifs around a portrait
D. Rural South Indian Man–Woman	IV. Face hollowed out

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Triumph of Labour	(II) Installed at Marina Beach, Chennai	This bronze of four men moving a rock was set up at Marina Beach in 1959. It honours human labour in nation building.
(B) Of Walls	(IV) Face hollowed out	The woman in this etching has no face. The missing face gives her a brooding, sad look.
(C) Devi	(III) Words and motifs around a portrait	The portrait of Devi sits in the centre as an icon. Flat words and motifs around it express Tantric philosophy.
(D) Rural South Indian Man–Woman	(I) Puppet-like stylised figures	This etching shows peasants with ornate contours. A gentle stylization makes them look a little like puppets.

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): “Triumph of Labour …It was installed at Marina Beach, Chennai, on the eve of the Republic Day in 1959. It shows four men trying to move a rock, rendering the importance and contribution of human labour in nation building.…”

“Of Walls …Notice how she creates an interesting form of a woman by hollowing out the face. The absence of face gives it a brooding and sad expression.…”

“Devi …In this print, pictorial image of Devi is re-cast and re-contextualised with a linear drawing of the frontal face of a woman, folk motifs and patterns. The portrait of Devi is centrally placed as an iconic image. The two-dimensionality of words and motifs around the portrait expresses the Tantric philosophy, evoking the power of self-evolution and self-involution, seeing reality as the intertwining dynamic and static principle of Shakti.…”

“Rural South Indian Man–Woman …The work is a combination of highly ornate contours, realistic depiction of the peasants and a gentle stylization that gives a touch of puppets to the figures represented in the print.…”