Which of the following statements about The Progressives group is NOT correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The group was formed in Calcutta.
Option (1) The group was formed in Calcutta. — Not true of The Progressives. The group was formed in Bombay. The group formed in Calcutta, in 1943, was the Calcutta Group.
Option (2) Francis Newton Souza was its outspoken leader. — True of The Progressives. Souza led the group and wanted to question the conventions of art schools.
Option (3) The group was formed in 1946. — True of The Progressives. The Bombay artists formed The Progressives in 1946.
Option (4) S. H. Raza was one of its members. — True of The Progressives. Raza is named among its members, with Husain, Ara, Bakre and Gade.
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): “The Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art The desire for freedom — political, as well as, artistic — soon spread widely among young artists, who witnessed Independence from the British Raj. In Bombay, another set of artists formed a group, called The Progressives in 1946. Francis Newton Souza was the outspoken leader of the group, which included M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, S. A. Bakre, H. A. Gade and S. H. Raza.” |