The theme of this seventeenth-century painting from Bijapur is a Yogini. She leads a disciplined life of which kind of training?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Physical and emotional training
Option (1) Musical and literary training — Incorrect. Music and literature are linked with Ibrahim II of Bijapur. He was a patron of art and literature and wrote the Nauras-nama on Indian music.
Option (2) Courtly and artistic training — Incorrect. Art and court life belong to the Adil Shah court of Bijapur, whose rulers were patrons of art. They are not the Yogini’s discipline.
Option (3) Physical and emotional training — Correct. The Yogini believes in yoga and leads a disciplined life of physical and emotional training. She also pursues spiritual and intellectual explorations.
Option (4) Astronomical and scholarly training — Incorrect. Astronomical illustrations belong to the Nujum al-Ulum, the Bijapur encyclopaedia. They are not part of the Yogini’s training.
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): “Bijapur School of Painting …The theme of another Deccani painting is Yogini — one who believes in yoga, leads a disciplined life of physical and emotional training, pursues spiritual and intellectual explorations, and is famous for renunciation of worldly attachments. But such an attitude was not usual, and therefore, extraordinary in practice.”
Yogini, Bijapur, seventeenth century, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland |
