These statements are about Baij’s Santhal Family and Sher-Gil’s Haldi Grinder. Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Santhal Family is made of bronze.
(B) Santhal Family shows a Santhal man carrying his children in a double basket joined by a pole.
(C) Haldi Grinder shows Indian women busy grinding dry turmeric.
(D) In Haldi Grinder, the artist used muted, earthy colours.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (C) only
A. Santhal Family is made of bronze. — Incorrect. It is made of metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles. Bronze is the medium of Roy Chowdhury’s Triumph of Labour.
B. Santhal Family shows a Santhal man carrying his children in a double basket joined by a pole. — Correct. His wife and dog walk alongside him.
C. Haldi Grinder shows Indian women busy grinding dry turmeric. — Correct. Sher-Gil felt such a traditional scene had to be painted in Indian style.
D. In Haldi Grinder, the artist used muted, earthy colours. — Incorrect. She used bright, saturated pigments. An earthy palette of ochres, greens and browns belongs to Fairy Tales from Purvapalli.
NCERT (2026-27): “Santhal Family This is an open air large-scale sculpture created by Ramkinker Baij in 1937. It is made out of metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles, and placed in the compound of Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan, India’s first national art school. It shows a scene of a Santhal man, carrying his children in a double basket joined by a pole, and his wife and dog walking alongside.” “Haldi Grinder Amrita Sher-Gil painted Haldi Grinder in 1940. This was the time when she was seeking inspiration from India’s idyllic rural scene. Such a scene, depicting Indian women busy in a traditional activity of grinding dry turmeric, had to be painted in Indian style. It is not surprising that she used bright, saturated pigments to paint this work.” |