The following statements are about the Bengal School artists and their works. Consider the statements given below:
(A) The Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.
(B) The project for mural decorations for Lutyens’ Delhi buildings went to the students of the Bengal School.
(C) Kshitindranath Majumdar, one of the early students of Abanindranath Tagore, carried forward the wash tradition with some deviations.
(D) In Journey’s End, Abanindranath Tagore shows a collapsed camel in a red background of dusk.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) The Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision. — Correct. This was the Bengal School’s share in the art policy of the British Raj.
(B) The project for mural decorations for Lutyens’ Delhi buildings went to the students of the Bengal School. — Incorrect. This project went to the students of the Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon.
(C) Kshitindranath Majumdar, one of the early students of Abanindranath Tagore, carried forward the wash tradition with some deviations. — Correct. He painted Rasa-Lila in this wash tradition.
(D) In Journey’s End, Abanindranath Tagore shows a collapsed camel in a red background of dusk. — Correct. The fallen camel at dusk stands for the end of a journey through the end of a day.
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 Bengal School …However, the struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued as seen in the art policy of the British Raj. For example, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon. On the other hand, the Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.” “Rasa-Lila This is a watercolour painting in wash technique portraying the divine life of Sri Krishna made by Kshitindranath Majumdar (1891–1975). He was one of the early students of Abanindranath Tagore, who carried forward the wash tradition with some deviations.” “Journey’s End Made by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) in 1913, this painting is in watercolour. … In this painting, a collapsed camel is shown in red background of dusk and in that sense it personifies the end of a journey through the end of a day.” |