Observe the image and answer the following question.
What does Ramkinkar Baij’s sculpture Santhal Family depict?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A Santhal family setting out for work
Baij made this everyday scene of a family on the move into a monumental work. Nothing in it shows a festival, a dance or a rest at a fair.
NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Ramkinkar Baij was an artist given to the celebration of nature. His art reflects his everyday experiences. Almost all his sculptures and paintings are created as response to his environment. For instance, his Santhal Family, made as an outdoor sculpture within the Kala Bhavana compound, turned the daily activity of a Santhal family setting out for work into a larger than a life size piece of art.” “Santhal Family This is an open air large-scale sculpture created by Ramkinker Baij in 1937. …It shows a scene of a Santhal man, carrying his children in a double basket joined by a pole, and his wife and dog walking alongside.”
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