This line describes a painter in the 1981 ‘Place for People’ exhibition.
“He painted the local barber or watch repairer with the same earnestness as he painted the experiences of queer men and their struggle with the middle class morality.”
Who is ‘he’ in the above line?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Bhupen Khakhar
Option (1) Jogen Chowdhury — Incorrect. He was in the exhibition too, but he was a West Bengal painter of the social problems that disturbed him.
Option (2) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh — Incorrect. He painted the busy lanes of the old bazaar in Baroda while invoking a medieval town in Sienna.
Option (3) Vivan Sundaram — Incorrect. He was one of the six artists of the show, but the line is not about his work.
Option (4) Bhupen Khakhar — Correct. He painted the local barber or watch repairer as earnestly as the experiences of queer men.
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 …Such a public view of art can also be seen in a popular exhibition called ‘Place for People’ in 1981. It was shown in Delhi and Bombay and had six artists— Bhupen Khakhar, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardan and Jogen Chowdhury. … A painter like Bhupen Khakhar painted the local barber or watch repairer with the same earnestness as he painted the experiences of queer men and their struggle with the middle class morality.” |