Kala Bhavana and the Tagores shaped early modern art in Bengal. Arrange the following in the order in which they came about:
(A) Rabindranath Tagore made his Doodle.
(B) Kala Bhavana was set up as part of the newly established Visva-Bharati University.
(C) Gaganendranath Tagore painted A Cubist City.
(D) Nandalal Bose joined the Kala Bhavana.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
First: (B) Kala Bhavana was set up as part of the newly established Visva-Bharati University. — It was set up in 1919, the earliest of the four.
Second: (A) Rabindranath Tagore made his Doodle. — The Doodle is dated 1920.
Third: (D) Nandalal Bose joined the Kala Bhavana. — He joined it in 1921–1922.
Fourth: (C) Gaganendranath Tagore painted A Cubist City. — This painting is dated 1925, the latest of the four.
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 … India’s first nationalist art school, Kala Bhavana, was set up in 1919 as part of the newly established Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, conceptualised by poet Rabindranath Tagore. It carried the vision of the Bengal School but also followed its own path in creating art meaningful for Indians.…” “Introduction to Modernism in India … Nandalal Bose in 1921–1922 joined the Kala Bhavana. His training under Abanindranath Tagore made him familiar with nationalism in art but it did not hinder him from allowing his students and other teachers to explore new avenues of artistic expression.”
“A Cubist City Gaganendranath Tagore, A Cubist City, 1925. Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, India” |
