Observe the image and answer the following question.
The Rajasthani folio in the image depicts a ruler touring the countryside, seen in an oblique view with the horizon raised. Who is the ruler shown?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar
Option (1) Bishen Singh of Bundi — Incorrect. Bishen Singh of Bundi loved hunting, and he is often shown hunting wild animals, not touring the countryside on his way hawking.
Option (2) Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar — Correct. This Mewar folio shows Maharana Jagat Singh II touring the countryside on his way hawking, seen in an oblique view.
Option (3) Maharaja Ram Singh I of Kota — Incorrect. Ram Singh I of Kota is shown in another painting, hunting lions at Mukundgarh.
Option (4) Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur — Incorrect. Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur started a trend of portraits and court scenes, and he patronised Krishna themes. He is not the ruler of this Mewar folio.
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): “Mewar School of Painting …Mewar painting in the eighteenth century increasingly became secular and courtly in ambience. Not only an increasing fascination for portraiture emerged but outsized and flamboyant court scenes, hunting expeditions, festivals, zenana activities, sports, etc., were largely favoured as subjects. A folio depics Maharana Jagat Singh II (1734–1752) touring the countryside while on his way hawking. The country scape perceived in an oblique view, with the horizon raised at a tangent in comparison to the foreground enables the artist to visualise a panoramic view of limitless vision.”
Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar hawking, 1744, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
