From the 1940s, artists in India formed groups and held exhibitions. Match the art groups and the exhibition in List-I with the person who led or wrote about each in List-II.
List-I (group / exhibition) | List-II (person) |
A. Calcutta Group | I. J. Swaminathan |
B. The Progressives | II. Prodosh Das Gupta |
C. Group 1890 | III. Geeta Kapur |
D. ‘Place for People’ | IV. F. N. Souza |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Calcutta Group | (II) Prodosh Das Gupta | The sculptor Prodosh Das Gupta led the young artists who formed this group in 1943. |
| (B) The Progressives | (IV) F. N. Souza | Francis Newton Souza was the outspoken leader of this Bombay group, formed in 1946. |
| (C) Group 1890 | (I) J. Swaminathan | This group was formed in 1963 under J. Swaminathan, who also wrote its manifesto. |
| (D) ‘Place for People’ | (III) Geeta Kapur | The art critic Geeta Kapur wrote about this 1981 exhibition of six artists. |
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): “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …The humanitarian crisis compelled many artists to reflect on their role in society. In 1943, under the leadership of Prodosh Das Gupta, a sculptor, few young artists formed the Calcutta Group, which included Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Gopal Ghose and Rathin Moitra. The group believed in an art that was universal in character and free from older values.…” “The Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay and the Multifaceted Indian Art …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.…” “Abstraction – A New Trend …In 1963, another group was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan, named Group 1890. Swaminathan also wrote a manifesto for the group, in which the artists claimed being free from any ideology.…” “Tracing the Modern Indian Art …Such a public view of art can also be seen in a popular exhibition called ‘Place for People’ in 1981. It was shown in Delhi and Bombay and had six artists— Bhupen Khakhar, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardan and Jogen Chowdhury. The first two were from Baroda and an eminent art critic, Geeta Kapur, wrote about it.…” |