The following statements relate to the themes of Rajasthani painting. Given below are two statements:
Assertion (A): By the sixteenth century, the cults of Rama and Krishna were popular in many parts of western, northern and central India.
Reason (R): The Bhakti movement had spread across the Indian subcontinent.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): By the sixteenth century, the cults of Rama and Krishna were popular in many parts of western, northern and central India. — True. Vaishnavism in these two cults had spread across these regions by then.
Reason (R): The Bhakti movement had spread across the Indian subcontinent. — True. The movement had swept the entire subcontinent by the sixteenth century.
Why R explains A? The cults of Rama and Krishna became popular as part of the Bhakti movement. So the spread of the Bhakti movement brought about their popularity in these regions.
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 By the sixteenth century, Vaishvanism in the cults of Rama and Krishna had become popular in many parts of western, northern and central India as part of the Bhakti movement that had swept the entire Indian subcontinent. Krishna had a special appeal. He was not only worshipped as God but also as an ideal lover. The notion of ‘love’ was cherished as a religious theme, where a delightful synthesis of sensuousness and mysticism was perceived.” |