Match the idea or source of inspiration in modern Indian art in List-I with the person or group linked to it in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Swadeshi in art, around the late nineteenth and early twentieth century | I. Bombay Progressives, Calcutta group |
| B. Inspiration from the Ajanta frescoes and Mughal, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures | II. Jyoti Bhatt |
| C. Subject matter drawn largely from rural India in the 1940s and 1950s | III. Ananda Coomaraswamy |
| D. Tantric philosophy expressed by the words and motifs around a portrait of Devi | IV. Nandalal Bose, Asit Kumar Haldar |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Swadeshi in art, around the late nineteenth and early twentieth century | (III) Ananda Coomaraswamy | Ideas like swadeshi in art were held by art historians such as Coomaraswamy. |
| (B) Inspiration from the Ajanta frescoes and Mughal, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures | (IV) Nandalal Bose and Asit Kumar Haldar | These students of Abanindranath Tagore drew on past traditions like Ajanta and the miniatures. |
| (C) Subject matter drawn largely from rural India in the 1940s and 1950s | (I) Bombay Progressives and the Calcutta group | Even these groups took their subjects largely from rural India; city life rarely appeared. |
| (D) Tantric philosophy expressed by the words and motifs around a portrait of Devi | (II) Jyoti Bhatt | In his etching Devi, the words and motifs around the portrait express Tantric philosophy. |
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 …Ideas like swadeshi in art were held by art historians like Ananda Coomaraswamy around the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. … Artists like Nandalal Bose and Asit Kumar Haldar, students of Abanindranath Tagore, were inclined to draw inspiration from past traditions like the Ajanta frescoes, and Mughal, Rajasthani and Pahari miniature paintings, among others. … An interesting fact to note about modern Indian art is that the subject matter in painting and sculpture was largely drawn from rural India. This is the case even with the Bombay Progressives and the Calcutta group during 1940s and 1950s.…” “Devi This is an etching on paper made by Jyoti Bhatt (1934) in 1970. … The two-dimensionality of words and motifs around the portrait expresses the Tantric philosophy, evoking the power of self-evolution and self-involution, seeing reality as the intertwining dynamic and static principle of Shakti.…” |