A seventeenth-century painting from Bijapur has a Yogini as its theme. Given below are four statements about its composition:
(A) The artist prefers a vertical composition for the long standing figure of the Yogini.
(B) A group of white structures is placed right at the foot of the painting.
(C) The Yogini’s hair bun elongates her visual presence.
(D) The Yogini’s long scarves hang straight down beside her body.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) The artist prefers a vertical composition for the long standing figure of the Yogini. — Correct. The tall standing figure is set in a vertical composition.
(B) A group of white structures is placed right at the foot of the painting. — Incorrect. The white structures stand right at the top, as a tapering visual note, not at the foot.
(C) The Yogini’s hair bun elongates her visual presence. — Correct. She is adorned with jewellery, and her hair bun elongates her visual presence.
(D) The Yogini’s long scarves hang straight down beside her body. — Incorrect. The long scarves swirl in rhythmic circle around her body; they do not hang straight.
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): “Bijapur School of Painting The theme of another Deccani painting is Yogini — one who believes in yoga, leads a disciplined life of physical and emotional training, pursues spiritual and intellectual explorations, and is famous for renunciation of worldly attachments. … It is to be noted that the artist prefers a vertical composition, where the long standing figure of the Yogini is complimented by a group of white structures right at the top, as a tapering, visual note. The Yogini is preoccupied with a myna bird as if in conversation. The Yogini is adorned with jewellery and her hair bun elongates her visual presence. The long scarves swirl in rhythmic circle around her body, which has exquisite flora surrounding it in exquisite landscape.”
Yogini, Bijapur, seventeenth century, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland |
