Observe the image and answer the following question.
In Abdul Rehman Chughtai’s Radhika, what is Radhika doing?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Walking away from a lighted lamp
Option (1) Lighting a lamp in a gloomy room — Incorrect. Lady lighting a Lamp is another of Chughtai’s works. Here Radhika moves away from the lamp.
Option (2) Walking away from a lighted lamp — Correct. Radhika is walking away from a lighted lamp in a gloomy background, as if in a trance or remorse.
Option (3) Standing beside a grave in remorse — Incorrect. Lady beside a Grave is a separate work by Chughtai. No grave is shown here.
Option (4) Resting under a tree in a trance — Incorrect. Lady under a Tree is a separate work by Chughtai. Radhika is not resting here.
NCERT (2026-27): “Radhika …Chughtai experimented with wash technique and infused a distinct character of calligraphic line, typical in Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings. It gives a deeper sensuous quality to his paintings. In this painting, Radhika is portrayed walking away from a lighted lamp in a gloomy background as if in a state of trance or remorse. …Other works, which carry these poetic qualities, are Gloomy Radhika, Omar Khayyam, Dream, Hiraman Tota, Lady under a Tree, Musician Lady, Man behind a Tomb, Lady beside a Grave and Lady lighting a Lamp.”
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