Q Prolific Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain predominantly used which of these
animals to depict a lively and free spirit in his paintings?
1. Elephants
2 Horses
3 Cows
4 Tigers
Q Name the painter of the famous painting , ‘Mahishasura’ ?
1 Tyeb Mehta
2 MF Hussain
3 Raja Ravi Verma
4 Jamini Roy
Q Name the new painting that was developed in Eastern India [ Bengal , Bihar , Orissa ] during the Pala Kingdom in the 9th-10th century ?
1 Miniature painting
2 Mural painting
3 Oil painting
4 Tanjore painting
Q Which of the following is a folk painting form of Bihar ?
1 Pithora Painting
2 Madhubani Paintings
3 Thangka Painting
4 Pattachitra Art
Q Which of the following paintings is associated with the Kangra Valley ?
1 Guler
2 Kalamkari
3 Warli
4 Kalighat
Q Osakothi is a waning/dying form of mural painting from the state of __.
1. Rajasthan
2 Bihar
3 Odisha
4 Karnataka
Q Bishan Das was the most gifted painter of the time of which of the below king ?
1 Jahangir
2 Tipu Sultan
3 Babur
4 Akbar
Q In which state is the Bhimbetka caves which is famous for pre-historic rock paintings ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Uttar Pradesh
4 Bihar
Q During the reign of Akbar , his courtier Dasvant was well known for his skills in :
1 painting
2 archery
3 music
4 revenue administration
‘Dasvant’ , ‘Jaswant and ‘Basawan’ was a famous painter were the famous painters during the reign of Akbar
Q Raja Ravi Verma was a famous painter from the princely state of :
1 Mysore
2 Cochin
3 Malabar
4 Travancore
Q Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT with reference to paintings in India?
1. Saura Paintings – Odisha
2 Bagh Paintings – Madhya Pradesh
3 Phad Paintings – Rajasthan
4 Guler Paintings – Karnataka
Saura Paintings [ Odisha ] , Bagh Paintings [ Madhya Pradesh ] , Phad Paintings [ Rajasthan ] , Guler Paintings [ Himachal Pradesh ]
Q To which state does the Bagh style of textile art printing belong?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Gujarat
4 Telangana
Q Which of the following styles of painting belongs to Maharashtra?
1 Warli
2 Madhubani
3 Kalam
4 Miniature
Q Kalamkari painting is related to which state ?
1 Maharashtra
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Manipur
4 West Bengal
Q The Phad Painting is practiced in which of the following states ?
1 Rajasthan
2 West Bengal
3 Maharashtra
4 Odisha
Q Kalighat is a folk painting of which state ?
1 West Bengal
2 Maharashta
3 Rajasthan
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Name the famous Indian painter who was honoured with the Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal by the British Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon.
1 Raja Ravi Varma
2 Abanindranath Tagore
3 Nandalal Bose
4 Jamini Roy
Q The painting of Bharat Mata was originally done by __.
1. Rabindranath Tagore
4 Jamini Roy
3 Nandalal Bose
4 Abanindranath Tagore
Q Ustad Mansur was a prominent painter in the court of which of the following Mughal
rulers?
1. Aurangzeb
2 Shah Jahan
3 Humayun
4 Jahangir
Q The ‘Pattachitra’ style of painting is a popular art form associated with the state of:
1. Bihar
2 Rajasthan
3 Odisha
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Which of the following Indian cities is famous for Kalamkari painting?
1. Visakhapatnam
2 Kakinada
3 Golconda
4 Masulipatnam
Q ‘Jadopatiya’ is a form of __ popular in the state of Jharkhand.
1 folk dance
2 painting
3 theatre form
4 music
Q Warli painting is a style of tribal art created by the people of the Warli Tribe of
__.
1. Bihar
2 Kerala
3 Maharashtra
4 Assam
Q The painting titled ”Woman with the Lamp” / Glow of Hope painted by?
1 S. L Haldankar
2 SH Raza
3 Tyeb Mehta
4 Jamini Roy
Q Moved by the Swadeshi Movement, __ painted his famous image of Bharat Mata
portraying her as an ascetic figure.
1. Dwijendranath Tagore
2 Abanindranath Tagore
3 Jyotirindranath Tagore
4 Satyendranath Tagore
Q In which of the following states is Bhiti Chitra (fresco painting) a popular art form?
1. Karnataka
2 Maharashtra
3 Haryana
4 Nagaland
Q Who is popularly known as ”The Picasso of India” ?
1 Maqbool Fida Hussain
2 Tyeb Mehta
3 Jamini Roy
4 SH Raza
Q To which of the following states do ‘Kajali Paintings’, in which no brush is used,
traditionally belong?
1. Jharkhand
2 Rajasthan
3 Kerala
4 Tamil Nadu
Q The ‘Paitkar’ paintings are unique cultural symbols of __.
1. Chhattisgarh
2 Telangana
3 Jharkhand
4 Karnataka
Q The famous Madhubani artist who won the Bihar Ratna in 1984 is __.
1 Sita Devi
2 Mahasundari Devi
3 Shashi Kala Devi
4 Ganga Devi
Q Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, Vincent Van Gogh were famous for
their______.
1 artwork
2 western music
3 social work
4 ballet performances
Q ‘Guernica’ is the world famous painting painted by :
1 Claude Monet
2 Pablo Picasso
3 Salvador Dali
4 Vincent Van Gogh
Q Who made the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’ ?
1 Pablo Picasso
2 Leonardo da Vinci
3 Vincent Van Gogh
4 Salvador Dali
Q In which of the following caves is the painting named ‘Padmapani Bodhisattva’ found?
1 Ajanta Cave No.3
2 Ajanta Cave No.1
3 Ajanta Cave No.4
4 Ajanta Cave No.2
Q Madhubani Paintings of Bihar are also called __.
1 Mithila painting
2 Guler painting
3 Pithora painting
4 Saura painting
Q Phad paintings are type of __ based paintings.
1 Pen
2 Scroll
3 Brush
4 None of these
Q Rosa Bonheur was a famous :
1 painter
2 dancer
3 singer
4 actor