Modern Indian artists chose different styles and media for their work. Match the artists in List-I with the styles or media in List-II.
| List-I (Artist) | List-II (Style or medium) |
|---|---|
| A. D. P. Roy Choudhury | I. Wiry sculptures |
| B. Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore | II. Academic realism |
| C. Amarnath Sehgal | III. Abstraction with colours and patterns |
| D. Biren De | IV. Printmaking to reach more people |
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) D. P. Roy Choudhury | (II) Academic realism celebrating the labour of working classes | This earlier sculptor used academic realism to celebrate the labour of working classes in The Triumph of Labour. |
| (B) Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore | (IV) Printmaking, to make many works and reach more people | These two political artists chose printmaking. It made it easier to produce many works and reach more people. |
| (C) Amarnath Sehgal | (I) Wiry sculptures balancing abstraction and figurative | Sehgal struck a balance between abstraction and figurative and made wiry sculptures, as in Cries Unheard. |
| (D) Biren De | (III) Experiments with colours and patterns in Indianised abstraction | Biren De turned to local traditions for an Indian abstract art. This led to experiments with colours and patterns. |
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 …Ramkinkar Baij was an artist given to the celebration of nature. …His style was in sharp contrast with works of earlier sculptor like D. P. Roy Choudhury, who had used academic realism to celebrate the labour of working classes, The Triumph of Labour.” “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore, the two political artists of India, found printmaking to be a strong medium to express these social concerns. With printmaking, it is easier to produce multiple number of artworks and reach out to more number of people.…” “Abstraction – A New Trend …Sculptors like Amarnath Sehgal struck a balance between abstraction and figurative and created wiry sculptures as in Cries Unheard. …In the 1960s, Biren De and G. R. Santosh in Delhi and K. C. S. Paniker in Madras moved in this direction when they turned to the past and local artistic traditions to create a unique Indian abstract art. …This style may also be seen as Indianised abstraction. In Biren De’s works, this move led to captivating experiments with colours and patterns.…” |