Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

Match the person in List- I with the Description in List- II

List- I (Person)

List- II (Description)

(A) Nainsukh

(I) Younger brother of Bishan Singh

(B) Molaram

(II) Court painter of Raja Balwant Singh of Jasrota

(C) Govardhan Chand

(III) Artist of Garhwal School.

(D) Ghamand Chand

(IV) Grandfather of Sansar Chand

Options:

(A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4- (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Nainsukh appears to have left his hometown in Guler and moved to Jasrota. He is believed to have initially worked for Mian Zoravar Singh, whose son and successor Balwant Singh of Jasrota was to become his greatest patron. Nainsukh’s celebrated pictures of Balwant Singh are unique in the kind of visual record they offer of the patron’s life.

An artist named Molaram is associated with the Garhwal School. Several signed paintings by him have been discovered. This school was influenced by the Kangra style of Sansar Chand phase.

Bishan Singh died during the lifetime of his father Dalip Singh, leading to Govardhan Chand, his younger broteher ascending to the throne.

Sansar Chand ascended to the throne at the tender age of 10 years after the kingdom had been restored to its earlier glory by his grandfather Ghamand Chand. They belonged to the Katoch dynasty of rulers, who had been ruling the Kangra region for a long time until Jahangir conquered their territory in the seventeenth century and made them his vassals. After the decline of the Mughal power, Raja Ghamand Chand recovered most of the territory and founded his capital town of Tira Sujanpur on the banks of river Beas and constructed fine monuments. He also maintained an atelier of artists.