K. G. Subramanyan was a modern artist of the Baroda Art School. Which…

K. G. Subramanyan was a modern artist of the Baroda Art School. Which of the following statements about him are incorrect?

(A) He was a founding member of the Baroda Art School.
(B) He had studied in Shantiniketan.
(C) He learned the technique of sand casting from his teachers in Shantiniketan.
(D) Through sand casting, he learned to create small-scale relief sculptures.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (C) and (D) only

A. He was a founding member of the Baroda Art School. — Correct. He was a founding member of the school and Sheikh’s teacher.

B. He had studied in Shantiniketan. — Correct. There, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij taught him the public role of art.

C. He learned the technique of sand casting from his teachers in Shantiniketan. — Incorrect. He learned sand casting from local Rajasthani artists, not from his teachers.

D. Through sand casting, he learned to create small-scale relief sculptures. — Incorrect. He learned to create large-scale relief sculptures by repeating the basic unit of shape.

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 New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s …K. G. Subramanyan, Sheikh’s teacher and a founding member of the Baroda Art School, had studied in Shantiniketan. He had learned about the public role of art from his teachers, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij. He was interested in mural art or art on large public buildings, which can be seen by everyone. He was attracted to the technique of sand casting, which was known to local Rajasthani artists. From them, he learned how to create large-scale relief sculptures by repeating the basic unit of shape.…”