Observe the image and answer the following question.
This painting by Guman (1740–1750) is a continuous narrative of an episode of the Ramayana. Which episode does it show?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Bharat’s visit to Rama at Chitrakut
After Dashratha’s death, Bharat, with the three mothers, sage Vasishtha and courtiers, visits Rama at Chitrakut to persuade him to return to Ayodhya. The painting shows this meeting of Rama with his family, set among the huts in the woods.
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): “Rama meets Members of his Family at Chitrakut …According to the Ramayana, Bharat was away when Rama was sent to exile. After the passing away of Dashratha, overcome with grief and filled with remorse, Bharat along with the three mothers, sage Vasishtha and courtiers visits Rama to persuade him to return to Ayodhya. Set in Chitrakut, the story in the painting begins with the three mothers along with the wives of the princes proceeding towards the thatched dwellings. On seeing the mothers, Rama, Lakshmana and Sita bow down in reverence.”
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