Which school of painting followed the Rajasthani Schools, in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Pahari School
Option (1) Deccani School — Incorrect. The Deccani School flourished in Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda and Hyderabad from the sixteenth century. It is not the school named as following the Rajasthani Schools.
Option (2) Mughal School — Incorrect. The Mughal School dominated from the sixteenth century through the courts of Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Lahore.
Option (3) Pahari School — Correct. The Pahari School followed in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Option (4) Provincial Mughal Schools — Incorrect. These grew in regions under the Mughals, headed by governors appointed by the emperors; no later period is given for them.
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): “Malwa School of Painting …The Mughal School dominates the scene from the sixteenth century through the courts of Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Lahore. Provincial Mughal Schools prospered in many parts of the country, which were under the Mughals but headed by powerful and wealthy governors appointed by Mughal emperors, where pictorial language evolved through an amalgamation of Mughal and eccentric local elements. The Deccani School flourished in centres, such as Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda and Hyderabad from the sixteenth century. The Rajasthani Schools came into prominence in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, with the Pahari School following in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.” |