Some artists of the colonial period are listed below. Match the artis…

Some artists of the colonial period are listed below. Match the artists in List-I with their role or work in List-II.

List-I	List-II
A. Amrita Sher-Gil	I. Principal, Bombay School of Art
B. Jamini Roy	II. Bauhaus-style Indian scenes
C. Gladstone Solomon	III. Taught art in South India
D. K. Venkatappa	IV. Village community as resistance

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Amrita Sher-Gil	(II) Bauhaus-style Indian scenes	She used the style the Bauhaus exhibition showed to depict Indian scenes, meeting Western and Indian points of view.
(B) Jamini Roy	(IV) Village community as resistance	He used the village community to resist colonial rule, making the local signify the national.
(C) Gladstone Solomon	(I) Principal, Bombay School of Art	As Principal of the Bombay School of Art he trained its students in realistic studies.
(D) K. Venkatappa	(III) Taught art in South India	Kala Bhavana trained many artists who taught art across the country; he is the South India example.

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): “Different Concepts of Modernism: Western and Indian …Amrita Sher-Gil, whom we will discuss in the next chapter, is a perfect example of the meeting of both these points of view. She used the kind of style that the Bauhaus exhibition showed to depict Indian scenes.”

“Woman with Child …Roy used the notion of village community as a weapon of resistance to colonial rule and a political act of making local signify national.”

“Shantiniketan — Early modernism …Kala Bhavana, the institution where Bose taught art, inspired many young artists to carry forward this nationalist vision. It became a training ground for many artists, who taught art in different parts of the country. K. Venkatappa in South India being a prominent example. …However, the struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued as seen in the art policy of the British Raj. For example, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon.”