Painting in Bikaner was carried out in organised workshops. Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): In Bikaner, a group of artists worked in studios under the supervision of a master artist.
Reason (R): These studios in Bikaner were called Suratkhana.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) is true but (R) is false.
Assertion (A): In Bikaner, a group of artists worked in studios under the supervision of a master artist. — True. Setting up such studios, each under a master artist, was a prevailing practice in Bikaner.
Reason (R): These studios in Bikaner were called Suratkhana. — False. The Bikaner studios were called Mandi. The Suratkhana was the place in Jaipur where paintings were made and stored; Sawai Jai Singh reorganised it.
NCERT (2026-27): “Bikaner School of Painting …A prevailing practice in Bikaner was to set up studios called Mandi, where a group of artists worked under the supervision of a master artist. From inscriptions, it can be gathered that Ruknuddin, Ibrahim and Nathu managed some of these professional studios.” “Jaipur School of Painting …Sawai Jai Singh (1699–1743), an influential ruler, established a new capital city Jaipur named after him in 1727 and shifted from Amer. … He also invited eminent craftsmen and other artists to settle down in Jaipur and reorganised the Suratkhana, the place where paintings were made and stored.” |