Observe the image and answer the following question.
M. F. Husain painted the work in the image in the 1980s.
Which feature of this painting gives a hint that its story about healing and nursing the helpless is unfolding in India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The kneeling figure of the woman on one side
Option (1) The kneeling figure of the woman on one side — Correct. In Husain’s Mother Teresa, this kneeling woman hints that the story of healing and nursing the helpless is set in India.
Option (2) The grown-up man lying on the Mother’s lap — Incorrect. This central group shows the artist’s familiarity with European art, especially Michelangelo’s Pieta.
Option (3) The faceless Mother holding a baby each time — Incorrect. This figure appears several times, with much attention given to the hand. It does not point to the place.
Option (4) The flat shapes like a collage of paper cutouts — Incorrect. The flat shapes are the modern side of the work, not a clue to the place.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. … The figure of the faceless Mother appears several times, each time holding a baby with a lot of attention given to the hand. The central figure of the seated Mother has a grown up man lying on her lap horizontally. This speaks of the artist’s familiarity with European art, especially, the famous sculpture of Italian Renaissance master, Michelangelo’s Pieta. On the other hand, the flat shapes used to depict the scene are modern. They appear like a collage of paper cutouts. … It is the kneeling figure of the woman on one side that gives us a hint that the story about healing and nursing the helpless is unfolding in India.”
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