Several modern Indian artists trained or worked in new ways. Match th…

Several modern Indian artists trained or worked in new ways. Match the artists in List-I with the facts about them in List-II:

List-I	List-II
A. K. G. Subramanyan	I. Studied at Slade School, London
B. Jyoti Bhatt	II. Learned Rajasthani sand casting
C. J. Swaminathan	III. Studied painting, printmaking and photography
D. Anupam Sud	IV. Manifesto free from any ideology

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) K. G. Subramanyan	(II) Learned sand casting from local Rajasthani artists	From them he learned to make large-scale relief sculptures by repeating a basic unit of shape.
(B) Jyoti Bhatt	(III) Studied painting, printmaking and photography	He studied these three arts and was inspired by his mentor K. G. Subramanyan.
(C) J. Swaminathan	(IV) Wrote a manifesto claiming freedom from any ideology	He led Group 1890, formed in 1963, and wrote its manifesto.
(D) Anupam Sud	(I) Studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, London	She studied at the Slade School in the early 1970s and then returned to India.

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): “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s …K. G. Subramanyan, Sheikh’s teacher and a founding member of the Baroda Art School, had studied in Shantiniketan. … He was attracted to the technique of sand casting, which was known to local Rajasthani artists. From them, he learned how to create large-scale relief sculptures by repeating the basic unit of shape.”

“Devi This is an etching on paper made by Jyoti Bhatt (1934) in 1970. He studied painting, printmaking and photography, and was inspired by his mentor K. G. Subramanyan.”

“Abstraction – A New Trend …In 1963, another group was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan, named Group 1890. Swaminathan also wrote a manifesto for the group, in which the artists claimed being free from any ideology.”

“Of Walls This is an etching made from zinc plate and printed on paper made by Anupam Sud in 1982. She had studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, in the early 1970s.”