Abstraction became a new trend in modern Indian art. Consider the following statements:
(A) Abstraction was important for sculptors like Piloo Pochkhanawala and printmakers like Krishna Reddy.
(B) For Pochkhanawala and Reddy, the use of material mattered less than the new shapes they were creating.
(C) K. C. S. Paniker, a South Indian pioneer of abstraction, established Cholamandalam artist village near Madras.
(D) Paniker drew motifs from Persian and Arabic scripts to show that abstraction has a long history in India.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Two
(A) Abstraction was important for sculptors like Piloo Pochkhanawala and printmakers like Krishna Reddy. — Correct. Pochkhanawala is named as a sculptor and Reddy as a printmaker who took up abstraction.
(B) For Pochkhanawala and Reddy, the use of material mattered less than the new shapes they were creating. — Incorrect. For them, the use of material was as important as the new shapes.
(C) K. C. S. Paniker, a South Indian pioneer of abstraction, established Cholamandalam artist village near Madras. — Correct. Paniker later went on to set up Cholamandalam near Madras.
(D) Paniker drew motifs from Persian and Arabic scripts to show that abstraction has a long history in India. — Incorrect. He drew motifs from Tamil and Sanskrit scripts, floor decorations and rural crafts.
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): “Abstraction – A New Trend …Abstraction was important for many sculptors like Piloo Pochkhanawala and printmakers like Krishna Reddy. For them, the use of material was as important as the new shapes they were creating. Whether in painting, printmaking or sculpture, abstraction had a wide appeal for many artists across the 1960s and 1970s. In South India, K. C. S. Paniker, who later went on to establish Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras, was a pioneer in abstraction. In fact, he showed by imbibing artistic motifs from Tamil and Sanskrit scripts, floor decorations and rural crafts that abstraction has a long history in India.” |