Ideas, events and art groups shaped the political art of modern India…

Ideas, events and art groups shaped the political art of modern India. Arrange the following in the order in which they came about:

(A) The death of Amrita Sher-Gil.

(B) Karl Marx taught his philosophy on class difference in society in the West.

(D) Francis Newton Souza led The Progressives, a group formed in Bombay.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (A), (C), (D)

(B) Karl Marx taught his philosophy — First. Marx taught it in the mid–nineteenth century; it later drew young Calcutta artists to Marxism.
(A) The death of Amrita Sher-Gil — Second. Sher-Gil died in 1941; World War–II and the Bengal famine followed soon after her death.
(C) Chittoprasad sketched villages hit by the famine — Third. The Communist Party of India sent him to the villages worst affected by the famine. His sketches came out as Hungry Bengal.
(D) Souza led The Progressives — Fourth. This group was formed in Bombay in 1946, with Souza as its outspoken leader.

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): “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India Soon after Sher-Gil’s death, India, still under British rule, was deeply affected by global events like World War–II. One of the indirect outcomes was the outbreak of the Bengal famine, which ravaged the region forcing massive rural migration to cities.”

“Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …Seeing abject poverty around them and the plight of people in villages and cities, many young artists in Calcutta were drawn to socialism, especially Marxism. This modern philosophy, which was taught by Karl Marx in the mid–nineteenth century in the West, asked important questions about class difference in society and appealed to these artists. …Chittoprasad’s etchings, linocuts and lithographs showed the deplorable condition of the poor. It is not surprising that he was asked by the Communist Party of India to travel to villages worst affected by the Bengal Famine and make sketches.”

“The Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art …In Bombay, another set of artists formed a group, called The Progressives in 1946. Francis Newton Souza was the outspoken leader of the group, which included M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, S. A. Bakre, H. A. Gade and S. H. Raza.”