Match the texts illustrated by Rajasthani painters in List-I with their description in List-II.
List-I | List-II |
A. Bihari Satsai | I. Treatise by a Maithil Brahmin |
B. Gita Govinda | II. 700 aphoristic verses |
C. Rasamanjari | III. Sanskrit lyrical poem on shringara |
D. Rasikapriya | IV. Composed in Brajbhasha at Orchha |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Bihari Satsai | (II) 700 verses in the form of aphorisms | Bihari Lal composed 700 verses (satsai) in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism. |
| (B) Gita Govinda | (III) Lyrical poem in Sanskrit evoking shringara rasa | Jayadeva’s poem portrays the mystical love between Radha and Krishna. |
| (C) Rasamanjari | (I) Treatise on rasa by a Maithil Brahmin | Bhanu Datta, a Maithil Brahmin of Bihar, wrote this treatise on rasa in Sanskrit. |
| (D) Rasikapriya | (IV) Composed in Brajbhasha at Orchha | Keshav Das, court poet of Raja Madhukar Shah of Orchha, composed it in Brajbhasha. |
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): “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …Composed in the twelfth century by Jayadeva, who is believed to have been the court poet of Lakshmana Sen of Bengal, Gita Govinda, the ‘Song of the Cowherd’, is a lyrical poem in Sanskrit, evoking shringara rasa, portraying the mystical love between Radha and Krishna through worldly imageries. Bhanu Datta, a Maithil Brahmin who lived in Bihar in the fourteenth century, composed another favourite text of artists, Rasamanjari, interpreted as the ‘Bouquet of Delight’. Written in Sanskrit, the text is a treatise on rasa and deals with the classification of heroes (nayakas) and heroines (nayikas) in accordance with their age — baal, taruna and praudha; physiognomic traits of appearance, such as padmini, chitrini, shankhini, hastini, etc., and emotional states, such as khandita, vasaksajja, abhisarika, utka, etc.…” “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …Composed in Brajbhasha by Keshav Das, the court poet of Raja Madhukar Shah of Orchha in 1591, Rasikapriya explores various emotive states, such as love, togetherness, jilt, jealousy, quarrel and its aftermath, separation, anger, etc., that are common between lovers represented through the characters of Radha and Krishna.… Bihari Satsai, authored by Bihari Lal, constituting 700 verses (satsai), is composed in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism.…” |