Jamini Roy noticed that the rural, folk art in Bengal had much in com…

Jamini Roy noticed that the rural, folk art in Bengal had much in common with how modern European masters like Picasso and Paul Klee painted. How had Picasso arrived at Cubism?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → By learning from the use of bold forms found in African masks

Option (1) By learning from the use of bold forms found in African masks — Correct. Picasso came to Cubism through the bold forms of African masks. Roy saw that the folk art of Bengal had much in common with such modern art.
Option (2) By learning from the use of bold forms found in Italian Renaissance sculpture — Incorrect. Italian Renaissance sculpture is linked with M. F. Husain’s Mother Teresa, which recalls Michelangelo’s Pieta. It is not named as Picasso’s source.
Option (3) By learning from the use of bold forms found in western expressionist paintings — Incorrect. Husain painted with western expressionist brush strokes and bright Indian colours. This is not how Picasso arrived at Cubism.
Option (4) By learning from the use of bold forms found in village crafts and folk toys — Incorrect. Husain drew from miniature paintings, village crafts and even folk toys. These were his Indian sources, not Picasso’s.

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): “Introduction to Modernism in India …We had briefly discussed Roy in the last chapter as an artist, who rejected his own training received at the Government School of Art, Calcutta. Being a student of Abanindranath Tagore, he realised the futility of pursuing academic art. He noticed that the rural, folk art in Bengal had much in common with how modern European masters like Picasso and Paul Klee painted. After all, Picasso had arrived at Cubism by learning from the use of bold forms found in African masks. Roy, too, used simple and pure colours.…”

Jamini Roy noticed that the rural, folk art in Bengal had much in common with how modern European masters like Picasso and Paul Klee painted. How had Picasso arrived at Cubism?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → By learning from the use of bold forms found in African masks

Option (1) By learning from the use of bold forms found in African masks — Correct. Picasso came to Cubism through the bold forms of African masks. Roy saw that the folk art of Bengal had much in common with such modern art.
Option (2) By learning from the use of bold forms found in Italian Renaissance sculpture — Incorrect. Italian Renaissance sculpture is linked with M. F. Husain’s Mother Teresa, which recalls Michelangelo’s Pieta. It is not named as Picasso’s source.
Option (3) By learning from the use of bold forms found in western expressionist paintings — Incorrect. Husain painted with western expressionist brush strokes and bright Indian colours. This is not how Picasso arrived at Cubism.
Option (4) By learning from the use of bold forms found in village crafts and folk toys — Incorrect. Husain drew from miniature paintings, village crafts and even folk toys. These were his Indian sources, not Picasso’s.