These statements are about Gaganendranath Tagore and Jamini Roy. Consider the following statements:
(A) In City in the Night, Gaganendranath painted corridors, pillars, halls and vaults on the same plane to conjure a magic world.
(B) Jamini Roy was called the father of the folk renaissance in India.
(C) Gaganendranath painted City in the Night in gouache on paper.
(D) Jamini Roy travelled to the countryside of Rajasthan to collect folk paintings.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (B) only
(A) In City in the Night, Gaganendranath painted corridors, pillars, halls and vaults on the same plane to conjure a magic world. — Correct. These forms share one plane to make a magic world.
(B) Jamini Roy was called the father of the folk renaissance in India. — Correct. He gave an alternative vision of modern Indian identity.
(C) Gaganendranath painted City in the Night in gouache on paper. — Incorrect. It is a watercolour. Gouache on paper is the medium of Jamini Roy’s Woman with Child.
(D) Jamini Roy travelled to the countryside of Rajasthan to collect folk paintings. — Incorrect. He went to the countryside of Bengal to collect pats.
NCERT (2026-27): “City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922. …Endless corridors, pillars, halls, half-open doors, screens, illuminated windows, staircases and vaults are painted on the same plane to conjure a magic world.” “Woman with Child This is a gouache painting on paper made by Jamini Roy (1887–1972) in 1940. He was called the father of the folk renaissance in India, who created an alternative vision of modern Indian identity. In the mid –1920s, he travelled to the countryside of Bengal to collect folk paintings (pats) and learn from folk artisans.” |