Modern Indian art was shaped by many artists and teachers. Match the artists in List-I with the facts about them in List-II.
List-I (Artist) | List-II (Fact) |
A. Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell | I. Studied printmaking in London |
B. M. F. Husain | II. Nurtured the Bengal School |
C. Anupam Sud | III. Mentored by K. G. Subramanyan |
D. Jyoti Bhatt | IV. Painted a faceless Mother |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell | (II) Nurtured the Bengal School of Art, a prime example of nationalist art | Nationalist art emerged against the colonial bias, and the Bengal School they nurtured was its prime example. |
| (B) M. F. Husain | (IV) Painted a faceless Mother appearing several times, each time holding a baby | This is Husain’s painting Mother Teresa, of the 1980s, with the faceless Mother shown again and again. |
| (C) Anupam Sud | (I) Studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, London | Anupam Sud, maker of the etching Of Walls, studied printmaking at the Slade School in the early 1970s. |
| (D) Jyoti Bhatt | (III) Was inspired by his mentor K. G. Subramanyan | Jyoti Bhatt, maker of the etching Devi, was inspired by his mentor K. G. Subramanyan. |
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): “Introduction to Modernism in India … As mentioned in the previous chapter, it was against this colonial bias that nationalist art emerged, and the Bengal School of Art, as nurtured by Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell, was a prime example.” “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. It is painted in a style typically of this artist, who created a new language of modern Indian art. The figure of the faceless Mother appears several times, each time holding a baby with a lot of attention given to the hand.” “Of Walls This is an etching made from zinc plate and printed on paper made by Anupam Sud in 1982. She had studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, in the early 1970s.” “Devi This is an etching on paper made by Jyoti Bhatt (1934) in 1970. He studied painting, printmaking and photography, and was inspired by his mentor K. G. Subramanyan.” |