Jyoti Bhatt and Anupam Sud were modern Indian printmakers. Consider t…

Jyoti Bhatt and Anupam Sud were modern Indian printmakers. Consider the following statements:

(A) Anupam Sud studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, London.
(B) Jyoti Bhatt studied painting, printmaking and photography.
(C) Jyoti Bhatt was inspired by his mentor Benode Behari Mukherjee.
(D) Jyoti Bhatt carved out an art language based on Mughal court traditions.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (B) only

A. Anupam Sud studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. — Correct. She studied there, at University College, London, in the early 1970s.

B. Jyoti Bhatt studied painting, printmaking and photography. — Correct. He trained in all three of these.

C. Jyoti Bhatt was inspired by his mentor Benode Behari Mukherjee. — Incorrect. His mentor was K. G. Subramanyan; Benode Behari Mukherjee was Subramanyan’s own teacher.

D. Jyoti Bhatt carved out an art language based on Mughal court traditions. — Incorrect. His art language was based on folk traditions and popular practices.

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): “Devi This is an etching on paper made by Jyoti Bhatt (1934) in 1970. He studied painting, printmaking and photography, and was inspired by his mentor K. G. Subramanyan. He carved out an art language based on folk traditions and popular practices.…”

“Of Walls This is an etching made from zinc plate and printed on paper made by Anupam Sud in 1982. She had studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, in the early 1970s. When she returned to India, she was drawn to its everyday reality.…”