Several modern artists found new ways of making art. Match the artist…

Several modern artists found new ways of making art. Match the artists in List-I with the feature of their art in List-II.

List-I (Artist)	List-II (Feature)
A. Amrita Sher-Gil	I. Rejected art-school training
B. Pablo Picasso	II. Trained in Paris
C. Jamini Roy	III. Calligraphy from crossed-out words
D. Rabindranath Tagore	IV. Cubism from African masks

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Amrita Sher-Gil	(II) Trained in Paris	Sher-Gil was trained in Paris. There she saw Impressionism and post-Impressionism at first hand.
(B) Pablo Picasso	(IV) Cubism from African masks	Picasso arrived at Cubism by learning from the bold forms of African masks.
(C) Jamini Roy	(I) Rejected art-school training	Roy rejected his own training at the Government School of Art, Calcutta.
(D) Rabindranath Tagore	(III) Calligraphy from crossed-out words	While writing poems, Rabindranath developed a calligraphic style out of crossed-out words.

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 …Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941), half Hungarian and half Indian, emerges as a unique female artist, who contributed immensely to modern Indian art through the 1930s. Unlike others, she was trained in Paris and had a first-hand experience in European modern art trends, such as Impressionism and post–Impressionism.…”

“Introduction to Modernism in India …We had briefly discussed Roy in the last chapter as an artist, who rejected his own training received at the Government School of Art, Calcutta. Being a student of Abanindranath Tagore, he realised the futility of pursuing academic art. He noticed that the rural, folk art in Bengal had much in common with how modern European masters like Picasso and Paul Klee painted. After all, Picasso had arrived at Cubism by learning from the use of bold forms found in African masks.…”

“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.…”

Several modern artists found new ways of making art. Match the artists in List-I with the feature of their art in List-II.

List-I (Artist)	List-II (Feature)
A. Amrita Sher-Gil	I. Rejected art-school training
B. Pablo Picasso	II. Trained in Paris
C. Jamini Roy	III. Calligraphy from crossed-out words
D. Rabindranath Tagore	IV. Cubism from African masks

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Amrita Sher-Gil	(II) Trained in Paris	Sher-Gil was trained in Paris. There she saw Impressionism and post-Impressionism at first hand.
(B) Pablo Picasso	(IV) Cubism from African masks	Picasso arrived at Cubism by learning from the bold forms of African masks.
(C) Jamini Roy	(I) Rejected art-school training	Roy rejected his own training at the Government School of Art, Calcutta.
(D) Rabindranath Tagore	(III) Calligraphy from crossed-out words	While writing poems, Rabindranath developed a calligraphic style out of crossed-out words.