Modern Indian artists worked in many different media. Match the works in List-I with the medium or technique used in them in List-II:
| List-I (Work) | List-II (Medium or technique) |
|---|---|
| A. The Lives of Medieval Saints | I. Monochromatic etching with aquatint |
| B. Fairy Tales from Purvapalli | II. Fresco buono |
| C. Whirlpool | III. Viscosity printing |
| D. Children | IV. Oils and watercolours on acrylic |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) The Lives of Medieval Saints | (II) Fresco buono | Benode Behari Mukherjee’s mural in Hindi Bhavana uses the technique of fresco buono. |
| (B) Fairy Tales from Purvapalli | (IV) Water and oil colours on acrylic sheet | K. G. Subramanyan painted it with water and oil colours on acrylic sheet. |
| (C) Whirlpool | (III) Viscosity printing on a metal plate | Krishna Reddy’s print uses viscosity printing, with different colours on the same metal plate. |
| (D) Children | (I) Monochromatic etching with aquatint | Somnath Hore’s graphic print on paper is a monochromatic etching with aquatint. |
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): “The Lives of Medieval Saints The Lives of Medieval Saints, a mural in Hindi Bhavana, Shantiniketan, was created by Benode Behari Mukherjee around the eve of India’s Independence from Colonial rule, during 1946–1947. The mural employs the technique of fresco buono and covers almost 23 metre of the entire upper half of the three walls of the room.” “Fairy Tales from Purvapalli This is a painting using water and oil colours on acrylic sheet and was created by K. G. Subramanyan in 1986.” “Whirlpool This was a print made by India’s celebrated printmaker Krishna Reddy in 1963. … This method came to be known as ‘viscosity printing’, in which different colours are applied on the same metal printing plate.” “Children This is a graphic print on paper done with monochromatic etching with aquatint made by Somnath Hore (1921–2006) in 1958.” |