Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Living Art Traditions of India

Question:

Choose the correct painting tradition with the shown painting:

Options:

Mithila or Madhubani painting of Bihar

Warli painting of Maharashtra

Pata Chitra of Odisha and Bengal

Gond Paintings of Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer:

Gond Paintings of Madhya Pradesh

Explanation:

Answer- Gond Paintings of Madhya Pradesh

Gonds of Madhya Pradesh have a rich tradition with their chiefs ruling over Central India. They worshipped nature. Paintings of Gonds of Mandla and its surrounding regions have recently been transformed into a colourful depiction of animals, humans and flora. The votive paintings are geometric drawings done on the walls of huts, portraying Krishna with his cows surrounded by gopis with pots on their heads to which young girls and boys make offerings.