Early twentieth-century artists in India and Europe developed their own styles. Match the artists in List-I with the description of their art in List-II.
| List-I (Artist) | List-II (Description) |
| A. Gaganendranath Tagore | I. Sketched flora, fauna and people |
| B. Rabindranath Tagore | II. Own style from Cubism’s language |
| C. Ramkinker Baij | III. Invented Cubism with geometrical facets |
| D. Pablo Picasso | IV. Calligraphy from crossed-out words |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Gaganendranath Tagore | (II) Used the language of Cubism to create a unique style of his own | His paintings of mysterious halls and rooms were made with vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines. |
| (B) Rabindranath Tagore | (IV) Developed a unique calligraphic style out of crossed out words | While writing poems, he made patterns out of doodles and crossed out words. |
| (C) Ramkinker Baij | (I) Developed a style of sketching and painting to capture flora, fauna and the people living there | He and Benode Behari Mukherjee, students of Nandalal Bose, drew the life around Shantiniketan, including the Santhal people. |
| (D) Pablo Picasso | (III) Invented the Cubist style using geometrical facets | Picasso invented the Cubist style using geometrical facets. |
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): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Gaganendranath Tagore used the language of Cubism to create a unique style of his own. His paintings of mysterious halls and rooms were made with vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines, which were quite different from the Cubist style of famous artist Pablo Picasso, who invented the style using geometrical facets. Rabindranath Tagore turned to visual art quite late in life. While writing poems, he would often make patterns out of doodles and developed a unique, calligraphic style out of crossed out words.…” “Introduction to Modernism in India …Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij, Bose’s most creative students, gave a lot of thought as how to understand the world. They developed their own unique style of sketching and painting that could capture not only their immediate environment like flora and fauna but also those who lived there.…” |