Modern Indian artists worked with Indian themes and new forms. Consider the following statements:
(A) While M. F. Husain largely remained a figurative artist, S. H. Raza moved in the direction of abstraction.
(B) Landscape was a favourite theme for S. H. Raza.
(C) Triumph of Labour was installed at Marina Beach, Chennai, on the eve of Independence Day in 1959.
(D) After deciding to make India her base, Amrita Sher-Gil worked to develop art with Indian themes and images.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) While M. F. Husain largely remained a figurative artist, S. H. Raza moved in the direction of abstraction. — Correct. Raza turned to abstraction, while Husain kept mainly to figures.
(B) Landscape was a favourite theme for S. H. Raza. — Correct. As he moved towards abstraction, landscape became his favourite theme.
(C) Triumph of Labour was installed at Marina Beach, Chennai, on the eve of Independence Day in 1959. — Incorrect. It was installed there on the eve of Republic Day, not Independence Day.
(D) After deciding to make India her base, Amrita Sher-Gil worked to develop art with Indian themes and images. — Correct. Trained in Paris, she made India her base and worked with Indian themes and images.
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. It is not surprising then that landscape was a favourite theme for this artist. His colours ranged from bright to soft, modulated monochromes.” “Triumph of Labour This is an open air large-scale sculpture in bronze made by Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury (1899–1975). It was installed at Marina Beach, Chennai, on the eve of the Republic Day in 1959.” “Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941), half Hungarian and half Indian, emerges as a unique female artist, who contributed immensely to modern Indian art through the 1930s. … After deciding to make India her base, she worked to develop art with Indian themes and images.” |