Some modern Indian artists kept to figures, while others moved towards abstraction. Match the artists in List-I with what each did in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Bhupen Khakhar | I. Mandala, yantra and bindu |
| B. K. C. S. Paniker | II. Painted Janata Watch Repairing |
| C. M. F. Husain | III. Tamil and Sanskrit script motifs |
| D. S. H. Raza | IV. Painted Farmer’s Family |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Bhupen Khakhar | (II) Janata Watch Repairing | Khakhar painted Janata Watch Repairing in 1972. Younger painters took a clue from his bold move towards popular images. |
| (B) K. C. S. Paniker | (III) Tamil and Sanskrit script motifs | Paniker was a pioneer of abstraction in South India. He used these local motifs to show that abstraction is old in India. |
| (C) M. F. Husain | (IV) Farmer’s Family | Farmer’s Family is a 1940 painting by Husain, who remained largely a figurative artist. |
| (D) S. H. Raza | (I) Mandala, yantra and bindu | Raza moved towards abstraction. Some of his paintings draw on mandala and yantra designs and use the bindu. |
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): “Abstraction – A New Trend …While Husain largely remained a figurative artist, S.H. Raza moved in the direction of abstraction. It is not surprising then that landscape was a favourite theme for this artist. … Some of his paintings draw from old mandala and yantra designs, and even use bindu as a symbol of oneness from Indian philosophy. … In South India, K. C. S. Paniker, who later went on to establish Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras, was a pioneer in abstraction. In fact, he showed by imbibing artistic motifs from Tamil and Sanskrit scripts, floor decorations and rural crafts that abstraction has a long history in India.”
“Bhupen Khakhar, Janata Watch Repairing, 1972. Private Collection, India”
“M. F. Husain, Farmer’s Family, 1940. NGMA, New Delhi, India” |
