Modern Indian artists each worked in their own way. Match the artists in List-I with the features of their work in List-II:
| List-I (Artist) | List-II (Feature of the work) |
|---|---|
| A. Jamini Roy | I. Outdoor cement-and-pebble sculpture |
| B. Somnath Hore | II. Colours from vegetables and minerals |
| C. Gaganendranath Tagore | III. Five figures, no background |
| D. Ramkinkar Baij | IV. Mysterious halls and rooms |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Jamini Roy | (II) Colours from vegetables and minerals | Roy worked like a village artist and made his own colours from vegetables and minerals. |
| (B) Somnath Hore | (III) Five figures, no background | His etching Children is a close knit composition of five standing figures with no background or perspective. |
| (C) Gaganendranath Tagore | (IV) Mysterious halls and rooms | He used the language of Cubism in his own way for his mysterious halls and rooms. |
| (D) Ramkinkar Baij | (I) Outdoor cement-and-pebble sculpture | His Santhal Family, an outdoor sculpture at Kala Bhavana, is made of cement mixed with pebbles on a metal armature. |
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 …Gaganendranath Tagore used the language of Cubism to create a unique style of his own. His paintings of mysterious halls and rooms were made with vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines, which were quite different from the Cubist style of famous artist Pablo Picasso, who invented the style using geometrical facets.” “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. Besides, it was made out of modern material like cement mixed with pebbles, held in shape with the help of metal armature. … Roy, too, used simple and pure colours. Like village artists, he also made his own colours from vegetables and minerals.” “Children This is a graphic print on paper done with monochromatic etching with aquatint made by Somnath Hore (1921–2006) in 1958. … This is a close knit composition with five standing figures, having no background, perspective or surrounding situation as the figures are talking to themselves.” |