Several modern Indian artists trained in different places before maki…

Several modern Indian artists trained in different places before making their best-known works. Match the artists in List-I with their training in List-II.

List-I	List-II
A. K. G. Subramanyan	I. Studied painting, printmaking and photography
B. Anupam Sud	II. Studied in Shantiniketan
C. Jyoti Bhatt	III. Mural painting and printmaking, Baroda
D. Laxma Goud	IV. Printmaking at the Slade, London

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) K. G. Subramanyan	(II) Studied in Shantiniketan	Sheikh’s teacher and a founding member of the Baroda Art School, he had studied in Shantiniketan.
(B) Anupam Sud	(IV) Studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, London	The maker of the etching Of Walls studied printmaking at the Slade School in the early 1970s.
(C) Jyoti Bhatt	(I) Studied painting, printmaking and photography	The maker of the etching Devi studied these three; K. G. Subramanyan was his mentor.
(D) Laxma Goud	(III) Studied mural painting and printmaking at M. S. University, Baroda	He studied these at Baroda; his teacher K. G. Subramanyan’s experiments influenced him.

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): “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s …K. G. Subramanyan, Sheikh’s teacher and a founding member of the Baroda Art School, had studied in Shantiniketan. He had learned about the public role of art from his teachers, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij.…”

“Of Walls This is an etching made from zinc plate and printed on paper made by Anupam Sud in 1982. She had studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, in the early 1970s.…”

“Devi This is an etching on paper made by Jyoti Bhatt (1934) in 1970. He studied painting, printmaking and photography, and was inspired by his mentor K. G. Subramanyan.…”

“Rural South Indian Man–Woman This is an etching print on paper made by Laxma Goud (1940...) in 2017. Laxma Goud, a fine draftsman and printmaker, studied mural painting and printmaking at M. S. University, Baroda, and was influenced by his teacher K. G. Subramanyan’s experiments with the narrative mode and figuration of visual traditions, classical, folk and popular cultures.…”