In 1943, young artists formed the Calcutta Group under Prodosh Das Gu…

In 1943, young artists formed the Calcutta Group under Prodosh Das Gupta. Consider the following statements about this group:

(A) The group believed in an art that was universal in character and free from older values.

(B) The group admired the Bengal School of Art for its deep interest in the past.

(D) The group simplified its visual expression by excluding details.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only

(A) The group believed in an art that was universal in character and free from older values. — Correct. This was the group’s own aim: an art universal in character, free from older values.
(B) The group admired the Bengal School of Art for its deep interest in the past. — Incorrect. The group did not like the Bengal School. It found that school too sentimental and deeply interested in the past.
(C) The group wanted its paintings and sculptures to speak of their own times. — Correct. The group wanted its works to speak of their own times, not of the past.
(D) The group simplified its visual expression by excluding details. — Correct. By excluding details, the artists could stress material, surface, forms, colours and textures.

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): “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India … In 1943, under the leadership of Prodosh Das Gupta, a sculptor, few young artists formed the Calcutta Group, which included Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Gopal Ghose and Rathin Moitra. The group believed in an art that was universal in character and free from older values. They did not like the Bengal School of Art as it was too sentimental and deeply interested in the past. They wanted their paintings and sculptures to speak of their own times. They started to simplify their visual expression by excluding details.…”