Read the passage and answer the question.
Madonna and Child done in opaque watercolour on paper is an important early work of the Mughal School of Painting. Madonna, here, is an extraordinary theme, which brings the Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance to the Mughal atelier. Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner. The attachment displayed between the mother and the child was inspired by the humanist interpretation in the European Renaissance art. The physiology of the child, certain details like the fan and jewellery completely integrated the work to an Indian milieu.
According to the passage, which details of Madonna and Child integrated the work to an Indian milieu?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The fan and the jewellery
Option (1) The fan and the jewellery — Correct. The passage says the physiology of the child and details like the fan and jewellery integrated the work to an Indian milieu.
Option (2) The classical drapery of Virgin Mary — Incorrect. Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner, which comes from the European classical tradition.
Option (3) The attachment between mother and child — Incorrect. The attachment between mother and child was inspired by the humanist interpretation in European Renaissance art.
Option (4) The Byzantine theme of the Madonna — Incorrect. The Madonna theme brings Byzantine and European art to the Mughal atelier. It is the foreign element, not the Indian one.
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): “Early Mughal Painting …Madonna, here, is an extraordinary theme, which brings the Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance to the Mughal atelier, where it is translated and transformed into an entirely different visual experience. Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner. The attachment displayed between the mother and the child was inspired by the humanist interpretation in the European Renaissance art. The physiology of the child, certain details like the fan and jewellery completely integrated the work to an Indian milieu.”
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