These paintings come from schools of Rajasthani and Malwa painting. Match the paintings in List-I with their schools in List-II.
| List-I (Painting) | List-II (School) |
| A. Chaurpanchasika | I. Bundi |
| B. Krishna as Shrinathji celebrating the festival of Sarad Purnima | II. Mewar |
| C. Raga Megha | III. Malwa |
| D. Raga Dipak | IV. Nathdwara |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Chaurpanchasika | (II) Mewar | Its caption places it in Mewar. The Malwa style grew from the Chaurpanchashika paintings, but this folio is from Mewar. |
| (B) Krishna as Shrinathji celebrating the festival of Sarad Purnima | (IV) Nathdwara | Nathdwara, a Vaishnava centre close to Udaipur, painted large pichhwais for the deity Shrinathji. |
| (C) Raga Megha | (III) Malwa | It was painted by Madho Das of the Malwa School. |
| (D) Raga Dipak | (I) Bundi | It is a folio of the Chunar Ragamala, from the earliest phase of Bundi painting. |
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): “Chaurpanchasika, Mewar, 1500, N. C. Mehta Collection, Ahmedabad, Gujarat” “Krishna as Shrinathji celebrating the festival of Sarad Purnima, Nathdwara, 1800, National Museum, New Delhi” “Raga Megha, Madho Das, Malwa, 1680, National Museum, New Delhi” “Raga Dipak, Chunar Ragamala, Bundi, 1519, Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi” |