Thinkers and artists in early twentieth-century India held different views on art. Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I (Person) | List-II (Idea or work) |
|---|---|
| A. Benoy Sarkar | I. Pan-Asianism |
| B. Ananda Coomaraswamy | II. Bauhaus style for Indian scenes |
| C. Kakuzo Okakura | III. ‘The Futurism of Young Asia’ |
| D. Amrita Sher-Gil | IV. Swadeshi in art |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Benoy Sarkar | (III) ‘The Futurism of Young Asia’ | In this article the Bengali intellectual sided with the anglicists and saw modernism in Europe as authentic. For him the Bengal School was regressive and anti-modern. |
| (B) Ananda Coomaraswamy | (IV) Swadeshi in art | He was an important art historian. He wrote about Swadeshi in art after the Partition of Bengal. |
| (C) Kakuzo Okakura | (I) Pan-Asianism | This Japanese nationalist came to India with his ideas of pan-Asianism. He wanted to unite India with other eastern nations against western imperialism. |
| (D) Amrita Sher-Gil | (II) Bauhaus style for Indian scenes | She used the kind of style the Bauhaus exhibition showed to depict Indian scenes. She is a perfect example of the meeting of both points of view. |
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): “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …But following the Partition of Bengal in 1905, the Swadeshi movement was at its peak and it reflected in ideas about art. Ananda Coomaraswamy, an important art historian, wrote about Swadeshi in art and joined hands with a Japanese nationalist, Kakuzo Okakura, who was visiting Rabindranath Tagore in Calcutta. He came to India with his ideas about pan-Asianism, by which he wanted to unite India with other eastern nations and fight against western imperialism.…” “Different Concepts of Modernism: Western and Indian The divide between anglicists and orientalists, as mentioned earlier, was not based on race. Take the case of the Bengali intellectual, Benoy Sarkar, who sided with the anglicists and considered modernism that was growing in Europe as authentic in an article, ‘The Futurism of Young Asia’. For him, the Oriental Bengal School of Art was regressive and anti-modern. … Amrita Sher-Gil, whom we will discuss in the next chapter, is a perfect example of the meeting of both these points of view. She used the kind of style that the Bauhaus exhibition showed to depict Indian scenes.” |