Modern Indian art was shaped by its makers and its writers. Match the person or group in List-I with their work in List-II.
| List-I (Person or group) | List-II (Work) |
|---|---|
| A. Mulk Raj Anand | I. Painted disturbing social problems |
| B. K. G. Subramanyan, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh and Bhupen Khakhar | II. Made the bronze Cries Un-heard |
| C. Jogen Chowdhury, Bikash Bhattacharjee and Ganesh Pyne | III. Used storytelling in paintings |
| D. Amarnath Sahgal | IV. Wrote movingly about Cries Un-heard |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Mulk Raj Anand | (IV) Wrote movingly about Cries Un-heard | The socialist poet wrote about this bronze of a family crying out for help. He did not make it. |
| (B) K. G. Subramanyan, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh and Bhupen Khakhar | (III) Used storytelling in paintings | From the 1970s these artists in Baroda turned to figures and stories that are easy to recognise. |
| (C) Jogen Chowdhury, Bikash Bhattacharjee and Ganesh Pyne | (I) Painted disturbing social problems | At the same time these artists in West Bengal painted the social problems that disturbed them. |
| (D) Amarnath Sahgal | (II) Made the bronze Cries Un-heard | The sculptor made this bronze of a husband, wife and child crying out for help. |
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): “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s Since the 1970s, many artists began to move towards the use of figures and stories that are easy to recognise. Perhaps, this was a way to express their concern towards social problems, following the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971 and the birth of Bangladesh. While K. G. Subramanyan, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh and Bhupen Khakar in Baroda started using storytelling in their paintings, Jogen Chowdhury, Bikash Bhattacharjee and Ganesh Pyne in West Bengal, too, painted the social problems that disturbed them.” “Cries Un-heard This is a sculpture in bronze made by Amarnath Sahgal in 1958. … None other than socialist poet, Mulk Raj Anand, wrote movingly about this work, which now is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.” |