Modern art arose in Europe as older art forms lost their place. Arran…

Modern art arose in Europe as older art forms lost their place. Arrange the following in the order in which they follow one another in this account:

(A) Cafes and restaurants became important places for artists, writers, film-makers and poets to meet.
(B) The traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning.
(C) Manet, Cezanne and Monet saw themselves working outside the main art institutions.
(D) F. N. Souza and J. Swaminathan, who rebelled against art institutions, identified themselves with western modern artists.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (C), (A), (D)

B (first): The account opens with the Industrial Revolution, after which the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning.
C (second): Next come the early modern French artists, Manet, Cezanne and Monet, who saw themselves working outside the main art institutions.
A (third): Only after these artists does the account name cafes and restaurants as places where artists, writers, film-makers and poets met.
D (fourth): Last, the account turns to India. Souza and Swaminathan identified themselves with these western artists, so they come after the French artists and the cafes.

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): “Tracing the Modern Indian Art …With the phenomenal development of technology after the Industrial Revolution, the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning. Early modern French artists like Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet and others saw themselves working outside the main art institutions. Cafes and restaurants became important places for artists, writers, film-makers and poets to meet and discuss about the role of art in modern life. In India, artists like F. N. Souza and J. Swaminathan, who rebelled against art institutions, identified themselves with these western artists.…”

Modern art arose in Europe as older art forms lost their place. Arrange the following in the order in which they follow one another in this account:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (C), (A), (D)

B (first): The account opens with the Industrial Revolution, after which the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning.
C (second): Next come the early modern French artists, Manet, Cezanne and Monet, who saw themselves working outside the main art institutions.
A (third): Only after these artists does the account name cafes and restaurants as places where artists, writers, film-makers and poets met.
D (fourth): Last, the account turns to India. Souza and Swaminathan identified themselves with these western artists, so they come after the French artists and the cafes.