Somnath Hore made the etching Children in 1958. Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): The images of children in this etching were taken from the artist’s experience of the famine of 1943.
Reason (R): The experience of the Bengal Famine of 1943 left a lasting impression on the artist.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): The images of children in this etching were taken from the artist’s experience of the famine of 1943. — True. The children in this print come from his experience of the famine of 1943.
Reason (R): The experience of the Bengal Famine of 1943 left a lasting impression on the artist. — True. The famine left a lasting impression on Hore. His early drawings were of its victims.
Why R explains A? R says the famine left a lasting mark on Hore. Because it stayed in his memory, he took the images of the children in this etching from that experience.
NCERT (2026-27): “Children This is a graphic print on paper done with monochromatic etching with aquatint made by Somnath Hore (1921–2006) in 1958. The experience of the Bengal Famine of 1943, left a lasting impression on him. His early sketches and drawings were spot and life drawings of hapless victims of the famine, suffering and dying peasants, sick and infirm destitute, and portraits of men, women, children and animals. …In this etching, images of children were taken from the experience of the famine of 1943, which was etched in his memory.”
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