The struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued in the art policy of the British Raj. The project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of which art school?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Bombay School of Art
Option (1) Government Art School, Calcutta — Incorrect. Here Havell and Abanindranath began to Indianise art education. The Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London, not the Delhi buildings.
Option (2) Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan — Incorrect. Kala Bhavana was India’s first national art school, where Nandalal Bose headed the painting department.
Option (3) Bombay School of Art — Correct. Its students, trained in realistic studies by Principal Gladstone Solomon, got the mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi.
Option (4) Art School, Lahore — Incorrect. The Lahore school’s primary focus was on crafts like metalwork, furniture and curios.
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): “Shantiniketan — Early modernism …However, the struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued as seen in the art policy of the British Raj. For example, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon. On the other hand, the Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.” “Abanindranath Tagore and E. B. Havell …Similar art schools were established in Lahore, Bombay and Madras but their primary focus was on crafts like metalwork, furniture and curios. However, the one in Calcutta was more inclined towards fine arts.…” |