Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is a folio from a Ragamala set.
Identify the painting and its artist.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Raga Megha, Madho Das
The painting is Raga Megha, a Ragamala painting by Madho Das of the Malwa School. Raga Dipak is a folio of the Chunar Ragamala of Bundi, and Sahibdin was a master artist of Mewar.
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): “Malwa School of Painting The Malwa School flourished between 1600 and 1700 CE and is most representative of the Hindu Rajput courts. … Among the few early dated sets are an illustrated poetic text of Amaru Shataka dated 1652 CE and a Ragamala painting by Madho Das in 1680 CE.”
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