From the 1990s, installation became a new medium for artists in India…

From the 1990s, installation became a new medium for artists in India. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Most of the early installation artists came from big cities, such as Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi.

Reason (R): Installation as an art form was more dependent on technology.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Assertion (A): Most of the early installation artists came from big cities, such as Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi. — True. The first artists to work with installation in India were based in big cities.

Reason (R): Installation as an art form was more dependent on technology. — True. An installation could bring video and even television into one space with painting and sculpture, so it relied on technology.

Why R explains A? Installation depended on technology. Because of this, it was not surprising that most early installation artists came from big cities. So R gives the cause of A.

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): “New Media Art: from 1990s …However, the art form that was increasingly seen as contemporary was installation. It provided a way to combine painting, sculpture, photography, video and even television in one space. …It offered a new immersive experience, which affected almost all our senses. However, it was more dependent on technology and it is, therefore, not surprising that most of the early installation artists came from big cities — Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi.”