Match the works of modern Indian art in List-I with their features in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Whirlpool | I. Colour contrast, not outline |
| B. Ganesha | II. Metal beaten into concave planes |
| C. The Lives of Medieval Saints | III. Several colours on one plate |
| D. Haldi Grinder | IV. Figures in bare minimum lines |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Whirlpool | (III) Several colours on one plate | Krishna Reddy made this print by viscosity printing, putting different colours on one metal plate. |
| (B) Ganesha | (II) Metal beaten into concave planes | Janakiram beat copper sheets into concave planes and welded linear details on them. |
| (C) The Lives of Medieval Saints | (IV) Figures in bare minimum lines | Mukherjee painted this mural in modern style; each figure relates to its neighbour through rhythmic lines. |
| (D) Haldi Grinder | (I) Colour contrast, not outline | Sher-Gil placed bright colour patches close together and shaped figures by colour contrast. |
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.…” “Ganesha This is a sculpture in oxidised copper made by P. V. Janakiram in 1970, and is in the collection of NGMA, Delhi. He has used sheets of copper to create pictorial sculpture as free-standing forms, and ornamented their surface with linear elements. Metal sheets are beaten into concave planes on which are welded linear details.…” “The Lives of Medieval Saints …The Lives of Medieval Saints was painted in modern style, where each figure is created with bare minimum lines. At the same time, each figure relates with its neighbour by way of rhythmic network of lines.…” “Haldi Grinder Amrita Sher-Gil painted Haldi Grinder in 1940. …Given her training in modern art in Europe, she was quick to see parallels between miniature traditions of north India and modern art of Paul Gaugin, an artist she admired. This is evident in the way she has placed bright colour patches close to each other and created shapes of figures by colour contrast and not outline.…” |