Mughal painting grew beside the indigenous Indian schools. Consider the following statements:
(A) The indigenous Indian style emphasised flat perspective, strong use of lines and a vivid colour palette.
(B) A Prince and a Hermit is a folio from the Diwan of Amir Shahi.
(C) The Mughal painters obtained lampblack from charcoal.
(D) The Mughal painters obtained ultramarine from cinnabar.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Three
A. The indigenous Indian style emphasised flat perspective, strong use of lines and a vivid colour palette. — Correct. These were features of the indigenous Indian style, along with bold modelling of figures and architecture.
B. A Prince and a Hermit is a folio from the Diwan of Amir Shahi. — Correct. The caption calls it a folio from Diwan of Amir Shahi.
C. The Mughal painters obtained lampblack from charcoal. — Correct. Lampblack came from charcoal.
D. The Mughal painters obtained ultramarine from cinnabar. — Incorrect. Ultramarine came from Lapiz Lazuli. Cinnabar gave vermilion.
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): “Influences on Mughal Painting …The pre–Mughal and parallel indigenous schools of paintings in India had their strong distinct style, aesthetics and purpose. The indigenous Indian style emphasised on flat perspective, strong use of lines, vivid colour palette, and bold modelling of figures and architecture.” “Colours and Technique of Mughal Painting …Once the painting was complete, agate, a gemstone, was used to burnish the work to set the colours and give desired radiance to the painting. Some of the pigments and colours achieved from those were — vermilion from cinnabar, ultramarine from Lapiz Lazuli, bright yellow from orpiment, shells grounded for making white and lampblack from charcoal.”
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