Match the pairs of artists linked to modern Indian art in List-I with what they are known for in List-II.
List-I (Artists) | List-II (Known for) |
A. Krishna Reddy and Stanley William Hayter | I. Bengal Famine images |
B. T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan | II. Photorealism |
C. Biren De and G. R. Santosh | III. Neo-Tantric art |
D. Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore | IV. Viscosity printing |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Krishna Reddy and Stanley William Hayter | (IV) Viscosity printing | They developed this new printmaking technique together in the studio Atelier 17. |
| (B) T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan | (II) Photorealism | They used photorealism to comment on communal violence and on the new look of cities. |
| (C) Biren De and G. R. Santosh | (III) Neo-Tantric art | In the 1960s they turned to local traditions for an Indian abstract art. It took geometrical designs from yantras. |
| (D) Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore | (I) Bengal Famine images | Chittoprasad sketched villages hit by the famine; the sketches were later published as Hungry Bengal. Hore took the images in Children from the famine of 1943. |
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): “Whirlpool This was a print made by India’s celebrated printmaker Krishna Reddy in 1963. …It is the result of a new technique in printmaking that he developed along with a well-known printmaker, Stanley William Hayter, in the famous studio called ‘Atelier 17’. This method came to be known as ‘viscosity printing’, in which different colours are applied on the same metal printing plate.” “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s …T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan used photorealism to comment on communal violence on one hand and at the same time, gave us a glimpse of the new look that cities had acquired with India’s technological advancements.” “Abstraction – A New Trend …In the 1960s, Biren De and G. R. Santosh in Delhi and K. C. S. Paniker in Madras moved in this direction when they turned to the past and local artistic traditions to create a unique Indian abstract art. This style became successful in the West and later in India and came to be known as Neo-Tantric art because of its use of geometrical designs seen in traditional diagrams for meditation or yantras.” “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore, the two political artists of India, found printmaking to be a strong medium to express these social concerns. …Chittoprasad’s etchings, linocuts and lithographs showed the deplorable condition of the poor. It is not surprising that he was asked by the Communist Party of India to travel to villages worst affected by the Bengal Famine and make sketches.” “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. …In this etching, images of children were taken from the experience of the famine of 1943, which was etched in his memory.” |