Match the nationalist-period persons and groups in List-I with List-II.
List-I (Person or group) | List-II (Description) |
A. Jamini Roy | I. Decorated the Indian House in London |
B. Ananda Coomaraswamy | II. Wrote about Swadeshi in art |
C. Bengal School artists | III. Murals for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings |
D. Students of the Bombay School of Art | IV. Adopted the flat and colourful style of folk painting |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Jamini Roy | (IV) Adopted the flat and colourful style of folk painting | After academic training in the colonial Art School, he rejected it for the folk style seen in villages. |
| (B) Ananda Coomaraswamy | (II) Wrote about Swadeshi in art | He was an important art historian of the Swadeshi years after the Partition of Bengal. |
| (C) Bengal School artists | (I) Decorated the Indian House in London | They were allowed to do this under close British supervision. |
| (D) Students of the Bombay School of Art | (III) Got the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings | Trained in realistic studies by Gladstone Solomon, they got this project. |
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): “Shantiniketan — Early modernism …Jamini Roy is a unique example of modern Indian artist, who after undergoing academic training in the colonial Art School rejected it only to adopt the flat and colourful style of folk painting seen in villages.…However, the struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued as seen in the art policy of the British Raj. For example, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon. On the other hand, the Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.” “Pan-Asianism and Modernism …But following the Partition of Bengal in 1905, the Swadeshi movement was at its peak and it reflected in ideas about art. Ananda Coomaraswamy, an important art historian, wrote about Swadeshi in art and joined hands with a Japanese nationalist, Kakuzo Okakura, who was visiting Rabindranath Tagore in Calcutta.…” |