Modern Indian artists worked in many forms, from murals and sculpture…

Modern Indian artists worked in many forms, from murals and sculptures to doodles. Match the artists in List-I with their works in List-II:

List-I (Artist)	List-II (Work)
A. Ramkinkar Baij	I. Doodle
B. D. P. Roy Choudhury	II. Medieval Saints
C. Benode Behari Mukherjee	III. Santhal Family
D. Rabindranath Tagore	IV. The Triumph of Labour

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Ramkinkar Baij	(III) Santhal Family	His outdoor sculpture at Kala Bhavana shows a Santhal family setting out for work.
(B) D. P. Roy Choudhury	(IV) The Triumph of Labour	He used academic realism to celebrate the labour of working classes in this work.
(C) Benode Behari Mukherjee	(II) Medieval Saints	His mural traces medieval India through the lives of Tulsi Das, Kabir and others.
(D) Rabindranath Tagore	(I) Doodle	While writing poems, he made patterns out of doodles; Doodle (1920) is his.

NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Rabindranath Tagore turned to visual art quite late in life. While writing poems, he would often make patterns out of doodles and developed a unique, calligraphic style out of crossed out words.…”

“Rabindranath Tagore, Doodle, 1920. Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India”

“Introduction to Modernism in India …Rather than making paintings around well-known epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, Benode Behari Mukherjee was drawn to the lives of medieval saints. On the walls of Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan, he made a mural called Medieval Saints, in which he charts a history of medieval India through the lives of Tulsi Das, Kabir and others, and focuses on their humane teachings.”

“Introduction to Modernism in India …Ramkinkar Baij was an artist given to the celebration of nature.… For instance, his Santhal Family, made as an outdoor sculpture within the Kala Bhavana compound, turned the daily activity of a Santhal family setting out for work into a larger than a life size piece of art.… His style was in sharp contrast with works of earlier sculptor like D. P. Roy Choudhury, who had used academic realism to celebrate the labour of working classes, The Triumph of Labour.”