Painting at Bundi has several distinct features. Which of the following is the odd one out?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A two-dimensional simplistic language
Option (1) Petite women with round faces and sharp noses — A feature of Bundi painting. Bundi artists had their own standards of feminine beauty: petite women with round faces, sharp noses and a pinched waist.
Option (2) A series of equestrian portraits — A feature of Bundi painting. The Bundi and Kota School has a series of fine equestrian portraits, showing figures on horseback.
Option (3) A two-dimensional simplistic language — Not a feature of Bundi painting. This language belongs to the Malwa School. It is the consummation of a stylistic progression from the Jain manuscripts to the Chaurpanchashika paintings.
Option (4) Depiction of hills, thick jungles and water bodies — A feature of Bundi painting. The Bundi and Kota School shows a keen interest in landscapes with hills and thick jungles and water bodies.
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): “Bundi School of Painting …A distinct feature of Bundi and Kota School is a keen interest in the depiction of lush vegetation; picturesque landscape with varied flora, wildlife and birds; hills and thick jungles; and water bodies. It also has a series of fine equestrian portraits. The drawing of elephants is, particularly, unsurpassed in both Bundi and Kota. Bundi artists had their own standards of feminine beauty — women are petite with round faces, receding foreheads, sharp noses, full cheeks, sharply penciled eyebrows and a ‘pinched’ waist.…” “Malwa School of Painting The Malwa School flourished between 1600 and 1700 CE and is most representative of the Hindu Rajput courts. Its two-dimensional simplistic language appears as a consummation of stylistic progression from the Jain manuscripts to the Chaurpanchashika manuscript paintings.…” |