Modern Indian art grew from colonial times to the age of globalisation. Read the following statements:
(A) Among the early installation artists, Nalini Malani came from Delhi.
(B) Laxma Goud studied mural painting and printmaking at M. S. University, Baroda.
(C) Modern art in India drew some ideas from the West but differed from it significantly.
(D) In the 1990s, photography was the art form increasingly seen as contemporary.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (C) only
(A) Among the early installation artists, Nalini Malani came from Delhi. — Incorrect. Nalini Malani came from Mumbai. It was Vivan Sundaram who came from Delhi.
(B) Laxma Goud studied mural painting and printmaking at M. S. University, Baroda. — Correct. He studied at Baroda and was influenced by his teacher K. G. Subramanyan.
(C) Modern art in India drew some ideas from the West but differed from it significantly. — Correct. Modern Indian art differed significantly from Western art. Modernism came to India while it was still a British colony.
(D) In the 1990s, photography was the art form increasingly seen as contemporary. — Incorrect. The art form increasingly seen as contemporary was installation. Photography only seemed attractive, as it let many copies reach many people.
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): “New Media Art: from 1990s …Instead, the newly available medium, i.e., video caught their attention. Even photography seemed attractive as it allowed multiple copies to reach numerous people simultaneously. However, the art form that was increasingly seen as contemporary was installation. … However, it was more dependent on technology and it is, therefore, not surprising that most of the early installation artists came from big cities — Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi.” “Rural South Indian Man–Woman This is an etching print on paper made by Laxma Goud (1940...) in 2017. Laxma Goud, a fine draftsman and printmaker, studied mural painting and printmaking at M. S. University, Baroda, and was influenced by his teacher K. G. Subramanyan’s experiments with the narrative mode and figuration of visual traditions, classical, folk and popular cultures.” “Tracing the Modern Indian Art Modern art in India may have drawn some ideas from the West but it differed from it significantly. The fact that modernism as an art movement came to India when it was still a British colony is hard to deny.” |