Rajasthani and Malwa schools of painting. Match the schools of painting in List-I with what is said about where or how they flourished in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Malwa School | I. Courts of Delhi and Agra |
| B. Mughal School | II. Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda, Hyderabad |
| C. Provincial Mughal Schools | III. No precise centre of origin |
| D. Deccani School | IV. Mixed eccentric local elements |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Malwa School | (III) Defies a precise centre for its origin, with only a sporadic mention of a few places | Malwa painting is not tied to one court. Only a few places are mentioned, such as Mandu, Nusratgarh and Narsyang Sahar. |
| (B) Mughal School | (I) Dominated the scene from the sixteenth century through the courts of Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Lahore | The Mughal School dominates the scene from the sixteenth century through these four imperial courts. |
| (C) Provincial Mughal Schools | (IV) Prospered in many parts of the country, its pictorial language mixing eccentric local elements | These schools grew where powerful and wealthy governors ruled for the Mughal emperors. Their style mixed Mughal and local elements. |
| (D) Deccani School | (II) Flourished from the sixteenth century in centres such as Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda and Hyderabad | The Deccani School flourished in these Deccan centres from the sixteenth century. |
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NCERT (2026-27): “Malwa School of Painting …Unlike the specificity of Rajasthani schools that emerged and flourished in precise territorial kingdoms and courts of their respective kings, Malwa School defies a precise centre for its origin and instead suggests a vast territory of Central India, where it got articulated with a sporadic mention of few places, such as Mandu, Nusratgarh and Narsyang Sahar. … The Mughal School dominates the scene from the sixteenth century through the courts of Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Lahore. Provincial Mughal Schools prospered in many parts of the country, which were under the Mughals but headed by powerful and wealthy governors appointed by Mughal emperors, where pictorial language evolved through an amalgamation of Mughal and eccentric local elements. The Deccani School flourished in centres, such as Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golconda and Hyderabad from the sixteenth century.…” |