In the 1940s, poverty drew many young Calcutta artists to socialism. Which two political artists of India found printmaking to be a strong medium to express these social concerns?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore
Option (1) Jyoti Bhatt and Laxma Goud — Incorrect. They were later printmakers whose figures of people and animals showed conflict between men and women.
Option (2) Krishna Reddy and Anupam Sud — Incorrect. Krishna Reddy was a printmaker drawn to abstraction. Anupam Sud made the etching Of Walls.
Option (3) Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore — Correct. They are called the two political artists of India who used printmaking to show social concerns.
Option (4) Prodosh Das Gupta and Paritosh Sen — Incorrect. They belonged to the Calcutta Group. Prodosh Das Gupta was the sculptor who led it.
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): “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …Seeing abject poverty around them and the plight of people in villages and cities, many young artists in Calcutta were drawn to socialism, especially Marxism. …They wanted their art to talk about these social problems. Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore, the two political artists of India, found printmaking to be a strong medium to express these social concerns. With printmaking, it is easier to produce multiple number of artworks and reach out to more number of people.” |