Modern Indian artists worked in very different ways. Match the artist…

Modern Indian artists worked in very different ways. Match the artists in List-I with their work or approach in List-II.

List-I	List-II
A. S. H. Raza	I. Wiry sculptures
B. Chittoprasad	II. Labour on a high pedestal
C. Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury	III. Mandala, yantra and bindu
D. Amarnath Sehgal	IV. Prints showing the poor

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) S. H. Raza	(III) Paintings that draw from old mandala and yantra designs and use bindu	Raza moved towards abstraction, and some of his paintings draw from mandala and yantra designs, with bindu as a symbol of oneness.
(B) Chittoprasad	(IV) Etchings, linocuts and lithographs showing the deplorable condition of the poor	Chittoprasad was a political artist who chose printmaking to show the plight of the poor.
(C) Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury	(II) Group labour placed on a high pedestal, replacing the notion of portraits of kings	In his bronze Triumph of Labour, Roy Chowdhury put group labour on a high pedestal in place of kings or British dignitaries.
(D) Amarnath Sehgal	(I) Wiry sculptures that struck a balance between abstraction and figurative	Sehgal balanced abstraction and figurative in wiry sculptures such as Cries Unheard.

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): “Abstraction – A New Trend While Husain largely remained a figurative artist, S.H. Raza moved in the direction of abstraction. … Some of his paintings draw from old mandala and yantra designs, and even use bindu as a symbol of oneness from Indian philosophy.”

“Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore, the two political artists of India, found printmaking to be a strong medium to express these social concerns. … Chittoprasad’s etchings, linocuts and lithographs showed the deplorable condition of the poor.”

“Triumph of Labour This is an open air large-scale sculpture in bronze made by Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury (1899–1975). … The image of group labour is placed on a high pedestal, thereby, replacing the notion of portraits of kings or British dignitaries.”

“Abstraction – A New Trend … Sculptors like Amarnath Sehgal struck a balance between abstraction and figurative and created wiry sculptures as in Cries Unheard.”