Guman painted Rama meets Members of his Family at Chitrakut. Consider the following statements about it:
(A) Its huts (parna kutir) are raised with basic material, such as mud, wood and green leaves.
(B) Guman begins the narrative on the right and ends it on the left.
(C) Its huts are set in the woods on the foothills, establishing a typical rural setting.
(D) The story begins with Rama, Lakshmana and Sita proceeding towards the thatched dwellings.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
A. Its huts (parna kutir) are raised with basic material, such as mud, wood and green leaves. — Correct. The plain huts are built of mud, wood and green leaves.
B. Guman begins the narrative on the right and ends it on the left. — Incorrect. The direction is reversed. Guman begins on the left and ends on the right.
C. Its huts are set in the woods on the foothills, establishing a typical rural setting. — Correct. The huts in the woods, with groves around them, give the scene its rural setting.
D. The story begins with Rama, Lakshmana and Sita proceeding towards the thatched dwellings. — Incorrect. It is the three mothers with the wives of the princes who walk towards the dwellings. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita bow down to them.
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): “Rama meets Members of his Family at Chitrakut This painting of Ramayana by Guman, made between 1740 and 1750, is a classic example of a continuous narrative. Plain looking huts (parna kutir) raised with basic material, such as mud, wood and green leaves set in the woods on the foothills and surrounded by groves establish a typical rural setting, where this episode of Ramayana unfolds. Artist Guman begins the narrative from the left and ends it on the right.” “Rama meets Members of his Family at Chitrakut …Set in Chitrakut, the story in the painting begins with the three mothers along with the wives of the princes proceeding towards the thatched dwellings. On seeing the mothers, Rama, Lakshmana and Sita bow down in reverence.”
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