Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Match the paintings in List- I with its artist in List- II

List- I (Painting)

List- II (Artist)

(A) Charles Cornwallis

(I) William Hodges

(B) Bengal Village Scene

(II) William Prinsep

(C) View of hill village in Rajmahal

(III) Thomas Gainsborough

(D) A rural scene

(IV) George Chinnery


Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

Correct Answer:

A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

The correct match is:

List- I (Painting)

List- II (Artist)

(A) Charles Cornwallis

(III) Thomas Gainsborough

(B) Bengal Village Scene

(IV) George Chinnery

(C) View of hill village in Rajmahal

(I) William Hodges

(D) A rural scene

(II) William Prinsep

Explanation:

Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), painted by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785. He was the commander of the British forces during the American War of Independence and the Governor General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793.
Bengal village scene, painted by George Chinnery, 1820 Chinnery stayed in India for 23 years (1802-25), painting portraits, landscapes and scenes of the everyday life of the common people.
A view of a hill village in Rajmahal, painted by William Hodges, 1782 William Hodges was a British artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific (1772-75), and then came to India. In 1781 he became a friend of Augustus Cleveland, the Collector of Bhagalpur.
A rural scene of India was painted by William Prinsep, 1820.