Since the 1970s, many Indian artists used easily recognisable figures and stories. Three of the following artists are named together for turning their attention to the plight of people living in big cities. Which one is the odd one out?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Jyoti Bhatt
Option (1) Arpita Singh — Not the odd one out. Arpita Singh is named with Nalini Malani and Sudhir Patwardhan for this urban theme.
Option (2) Jyoti Bhatt — The odd one out. Jyoti Bhatt was a printmaker. His figures, as in Devi, show the conflict between men and women in a world of social inequality.
Option (3) Nalini Malani — Not the odd one out. Nalini Malani is one of the artists who turned to the plight of people in big cities.
Option (4) Sudhir Patwardhan — Not the odd one out. Sudhir Patwardhan is the third artist named for this theme.
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): “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s …Figures of people and animals could be seen in the work of printmakers like Jyoti Bhatt (Devi), Laxma Goud (Man Woman, Tree) and Anupam Sud (Of Walls) as a way to show conflict between men and women in a world full of social inequality. Arpita Singh, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardhan and others turned their attention to the plight of people living in big cities. Many of these modern artists painted such urban problems and tried to see the world from the eyes of the oppressed.” |