The Golconda painting Composite Horse is a curious mix of many artistic devices. What is intertwined in it to form the extraordinary galloping horse?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Human figures
Option (1) Human figures — Correct. Human figures intertwined together emerge as the galloping horse.
Option (2) Flying cranes — Incorrect. Flying cranes enhance the surreal element of the painting; they do not form the horse.
Option (3) Lions — Incorrect. Lions also enhance the surreal element; they do not form the horse.
Option (4) Chinese clouds — Incorrect. Chinese clouds, too, enhance the surreal element; they do not form the horse.
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): “Composite Horse The painting is a curious mix of many artistic devices, which culminate as Composite Horse. The painting includes human figures intertwined in a manner that emerges as an extraordinary form of a galloping horse superimposed on a decorated background. Flying cranes and lions, Chinese clouds and plants with large leaves enhance the surreal element of this painting from Golconda, which is of early seventeenth century.”
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