Modern Indian artists worked in many materials and techniques. Match the artists in List-I with their works or techniques in List-II.
| List-I (Artist) | List-II (Work or technique) |
|---|---|
| A. Krishna Reddy | I. Ganesha in oxidised copper |
| B. P. V. Janakiram | II. Prints depicting the poor |
| C. Chittoprasad | III. Of Walls, zinc-plate etching |
| D. Anupam Sud | IV. Whirlpool (Atelier 17 technique) |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Krishna Reddy | (IV) Whirlpool (Atelier 17 technique) | Reddy made the print Whirlpool. He developed its technique, viscosity printing, with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17. |
| (B) P. V. Janakiram | (I) Ganesha in oxidised copper | Janakiram made Ganesha in oxidised copper. He beat copper sheets into concave planes and welded linear details on them. |
| (C) Chittoprasad | (II) Prints depicting the poor | Chittoprasad was a political artist who chose printmaking. His etchings, linocuts and lithographs showed the condition of the poor. |
| (D) Anupam Sud | (III) Of Walls, zinc-plate etching | Sud made Of Walls, an etching from a zinc plate printed on paper. |
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): “Whirlpool This was a print made by India’s celebrated printmaker Krishna Reddy in 1963. …It is the result of a new technique in printmaking that he developed along with a well-known printmaker, Stanley William Hayter, in the famous studio called ‘Atelier 17’.…” “Ganesha This is a sculpture in oxidised copper made by P. V. Janakiram in 1970, and is in the collection of NGMA, Delhi. He has used sheets of copper to create pictorial sculpture as free-standing forms, and ornamented their surface with linear elements.…” “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …Chittoprasad and Somnath Hore, the two political artists of India, found printmaking to be a strong medium to express these social concerns. …Chittoprasad’s etchings, linocuts and lithographs showed the deplorable condition of the poor.…” “Of Walls This is an etching made from zinc plate and printed on paper made by Anupam Sud in 1982. She had studied printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, in the early 1970s.…” |