The Rajasthani schools painted many literary texts and new subjects.…

The Rajasthani schools painted many literary texts and new subjects. Consider the following statements:

(A) Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.
(B) The Satsai has been largely painted at Mewar and less frequently in the Pahari School.
(C) Bihari Lal’s Satsai has 700 verses in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism.
(D) Bihari Lal is held to have composed the Satsai around 1662 while he was at the court of Mewar.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (C) only

(A) Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions. — Correct. By the reign of Ram Singh I, Kota artists had enlarged their subjects, and they seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.
(B) The Satsai has been largely painted at Mewar and less frequently in the Pahari School. — Correct. Mewar painted it most; the Pahari School painted it less often.
(C) Bihari Lal’s Satsai has 700 verses in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism. — Correct. ‘Satsai’ means 700 verses, written as aphorisms and moralising witticism.
(D) Bihari Lal is held to have composed the Satsai around 1662 while he was at the court of Mewar. — Incorrect. He composed it at the court of Jaipur, working for Mirza Raja Jai Singh. Mewar is where the Satsai was painted most.

NCERT (2026-27): “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …Bihari Satsai, authored by Bihari Lal, constituting 700 verses (satsai), is composed in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism. It is largely held that he composed the Satsai around 1662 while he was at the court of Jaipur working for Mirza Raja Jai singh as the patron’s name appears in several verses of the Satsai. The Satsai has been largely painted at Mewar and less frequently in the Pahari School.”

“Kota School of Painting …By the reign of Ram Singh I (1686–1708), artists had passionately enlarged their inventory to a large variety of subjects. Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.”

The Rajasthani schools painted many literary texts and new subjects. Consider the following statements:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (C) only

(A) Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions. — Correct. By the reign of Ram Singh I, Kota artists had enlarged their subjects, and they seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.
(B) The Satsai has been largely painted at Mewar and less frequently in the Pahari School. — Correct. Mewar painted it most; the Pahari School painted it less often.
(C) Bihari Lal’s Satsai has 700 verses in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism. — Correct. ‘Satsai’ means 700 verses, written as aphorisms and moralising witticism.
(D) Bihari Lal is held to have composed the Satsai around 1662 while he was at the court of Mewar. — Incorrect. He composed it at the court of Jaipur, working for Mirza Raja Jai Singh. Mewar is where the Satsai was painted most.