Some modern Indian painters pursued abstraction; others moved between abstraction and figurative work. Which one of the following painters is the odd one out?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → S. H. Raza
Option (1) K. K. Hebbar — Moved between abstraction and figurative work. He is named with Chavda, Padamsee, Tyeb Mehta and Krishen Khanna.
Option (2) Akbar Padamsee — Moved between abstraction and figurative work. He belongs to the same group as Hebbar.
Option (3) S. H. Raza — Moved in the direction of abstraction. Landscape was his favourite theme. His colours ranged from bright to soft, modulated monochromes, and some works drew from mandala and yantra designs.
Option (4) Tyeb Mehta — Moved between abstraction and figurative work. He too kept moving between the two.
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): “Abstraction – A New Trend While Husain largely remained a figurative artist, S.H. Raza moved in the direction of abstraction. It is not surprising then that landscape was a favourite theme for this artist. His colours ranged from bright to soft, modulated monochromes. …Later, Gaitonde, too, pursued abstraction, while artists like K. K. Hebbar, S. Chavda, Akbar Padamsee, Tyeb Mehta and Krishen Khanna would keep moving between abstraction and figurative.” |