Which group of artists, formed in 1946, had Francis Newton Souza as its outspoken leader?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The Progressives
Option (1) The Progressives — Correct. In 1946 a set of artists in Bombay formed The Progressives, with Souza as its outspoken leader.
Option (2) The Calcutta group — Incorrect. The Calcutta group worked in Calcutta in the 1940s and 1950s. Souza led a group in Bombay.
Option (3) The Bengal School — Incorrect. The Bengal School rose in Calcutta in the late nineteenth century under Abanindranath Tagore.
Option (4) The Baroda artists — Incorrect. The Baroda artists, such as K. G. Subramanyan and Bhupen Khakhar, turned to storytelling from the 1970s.
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 Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art The desire for freedom — political, as well as, artistic — soon spread widely among young artists, who witnessed Independence from the British Raj. 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.” |