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BENGAL PAINTING MCQ 1. Who said, "It will be necessary for us Indians Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis, and all others to whom India is their home -to recognize a common flag to live and to die for." (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) S Radha Krishnan 2. Which were the...

BENGAL PAINTING MCQ 1. Who said, "It will be necessary for us Indians Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis, and all others to whom India is their home -to recognize a common flag to live and to die for." (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) S Radha Krishnan 2. Which were the main years of the three main stages of the evolution of our National Flag? (a) 1906, 1930 and 1947 (c) 1914, 1930 and 1947 (b) 1910, 1920 and 1947 (d) 1906, 1921 and 1947 3........... cloth is the only material allowed to be used for the flag. (a) Rayon (b) Acrylic (c) Satin (d) Khadi 4. When was the Indian National flag adopted? (a) 26 Jan 1950 (b) 1 Jan 1948 (c) 22 July 1947 (d) 15 Aug 1947 5. What is the ratio of the Indian National flag? Answer: Vertical: Horizontal (a) 4:2 (b) 2:2 (c) 2:3 (d) 3:2 6. Where was the first Indian National Flag hoisted on August 7, 1906? (a) All India Congress Session at Bezwada (b) Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta now Kolkata. (c) Jantar mantar, New Delhi (d) Congress Session at Haripura 7. Who brought the flag to the All-India Congress Committee which met at Bezwada in 1921? (a) Pingali Venkaiah (c) Sarojini Naidu (b) PV Jankiram (d) Aekka Yada Giri Rao 8. What was written in the yellow central strip of the 1906 flag? (a) Jai Hind (c) Om Namah Shivaye (b) Satyamev Jayate (d) Vande Mataram 9. What did the top strip of the 1906 flag comprise of? (a) 8 stars (b) Spinning wheel (c) Sun moon and star (d) 8 white lotuses 10. What did the spinning wheel of the 1921 flag symbolise? (a) Love for Khadi (b) Self-sufficiency and progress of the nation (c) Boycott of foreign goods (d) Upliftment of labour class 11. What replaced the Charkha/spinning wheel in the newest form of the National flag? (a) Dharma Chakra with 24 spokes (b) Half-moon and sun (c) Half-moon and star (d) Only wheel of charkha 12. What does the green colour in the flag denote? (a) Newly formed army (b) Plant life, fertility, happiness and prosperity of the nation (c) Religions (d) Renunciation or disinterestedness 13. What part of the flag denotes change and dynamism? (a) Saffron (b) Blue chakra (c) White (d) Green 14. What does Bhagwa/Saffron colour denote in our flag? (a) Renunciation or disinterestedness (b) Fertility and life (c) Village life (d) Religions 15. What does the middle white stripe in the Indian flag signify? (a) Homage to martyrs (b) Peace and truth (c) Nonaligned status (d) Growth and development 1. Mahatma Gandhi invited …………….. to paint panels that were put on display at the Congress session at Haripura in 1937. (a) A K Haldar (b) Abanindranath Tagore (c) Nandlal Bose (d) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya 2. In which Congress session were the panels made by Nandalal Bose in 1937 erected? (a) Delhi (b) Haripura (c) Lahore (d) Lakhanpura 3. Swadeshi values in Indian art were ideated and manifested in the creation of.................... School of Art. (a) Pahari (b) Calcutta (c) Company (d) Bengal 4. Bharat Mata by Abanindranath Tagore is holding in her four hands a piece of white cloth, a book, a sheaf of grain and a...................... (a) Rosary (c) Currency note (b) Conch (d) Veena 5. The four things held by Bharat Mata of Abanindranath Tagore symbolize the basic needs of food, shelter and education. (a) Agriculture (b) Employment (c) Faith (d) Clothing 6. Who painted Bharat Mata based on a song in which motherland is referred to as "Bharat Janani"? (a) Abanindranath Tagore (b) Purna Ghosh (c) Amrita Sher gil (d) Nand Lal Bose 7. Which linocut image became the iconic image for the non-violence movement? (a) Dandi march by D. P Roy Chowdhury (b) Tiller of soil by Nand Lal Bose (c) Gandhi by Ram Kinkar Baij (d) Gandhi walking with staff by Nand Lal Bose 8. Who led the project of documenting cave art of Ajanta, Ellora and Bagh? (a) Sharada Ukil (b) Asit Kumar Haldar (c) Gaganendranath Tagore (d) Purna Ghosh 9. Who made caricatures and made fun of rich Bengalis as pseudo-westerners? (a) Abanindranath Tagore (b) Gaganendranath Tagore (c) Gunendranath Tagore (d) Debendranath Tagore 10. The technique and style of Nandlal Bose in Haripura posters was reminiscent of the folk-art practice of ………..... or scroll painters. (a) Patuas (b) Bhils (c) Warlis (d) Gonds 11. More than 400 posters used in Haripura Congress sessions and other such meetings placed........... in the centre of nation-building. (a) Politics (b) Religion (c) Multilingualism (d) Common people 12. Who made a caricature on the Jallianwala massacre "Declaration of peace in Punjab"? (a) Sharada Ukil (b) Asit Kumar Haldar (c) Gaganendranath Tagore (d) Purna Ghosh BENGAL SCHOOL MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Who was the main artist and creator of the journal, Indian Society of Oriental Art? (a) Abanindranath Tagore (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Nand Lal Bose (d) Okakura Kakuzo 2. Which student of Abanindranath Tagore was invited by Rabindranath Tagore to head the painting department in the Kala Bhavana? (a) Kshitindranath Majumdar (b) M. R. Chughtai (c) Jamini Roy (d) Nand Lal Bose 3. Who painted Rasa-Lila? (a) Kshitindranath Majumdar (b) M. R. Chughtai (c) Nand Lal Bose (d) Ramgopal Vijaivargiya 4. The project for mural decorations for buildings was executed by the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon. (a) Kala Bhavart, Shantiniketan (b) Lutyen's Delhi (c) Garhi studios, Delhi (d) Qutub Complex, Delhi 5. Lalit Mohan Sen, Dhirendra Choudhury, Krishna Deb Barman, and were the Bengal School artists who decorated the Indian House in London under close British supervision. (a) Kshitindranath Majumdar (c) A K Haldar (b) Sharada Ukil (d) Ranada Charan Ukil 6. Which artist from Bengal school was a descendant of Ustad Ahmed, the chief architect of Shahjahan. (a) Ustad Isa (b) Mansoor (c) M.A.R Chughtai (d) Mohd. Murad 7. Who is the designer of the Jama Masjid and Red Fort in Delhi and Taj Mahal in Agra? (a) Ustad Ahmed (c) Mansoor (b) Ustad Isa (d) Mohd. Murad 8. Which painting style (largely for documentation) declined with the entry of photography in India in the mid-19th C? (a) Company style (b) Provincial Mughal (c) Bengal school (d) Pata style 9. Who painted Radhika? (a) Kshitindranath Majumdar (b) M. A. R. Chughtai (c) Nand Lal Bose (d) Rabindranath Tagore 10. Which modern Indian artist rejected academic training in the colonial art school to adopt the flat and colourful style of folk painting? (a) Nandalal Bose (b) Jamini Roy (c) Kshitindranath Majumdar (d) M. A. R. Chughtai 11. Which art traditions of India inspired the Bengal School artists? (a) European modernism (b) Ajanta frescoes and Indian miniatures (c) Company school of Painting (d) Colonial academic style 12. Name the medium of Radhika by Abdur Rehman Chughtai. (a) Mezzotint (b) Wash and tempera on paper (c) Oil on canvas (d) Gouache on paper 13. Abanindranath's Journey's End shows the influence of................ miniatures. (a) Deccan and Persian (b) Mughal and Pahari (c) Rajasthani and Central (d) Mughal and Persian 14. Who carried forward the nationalist vision of Bengal school to South India? (a) P. V Janki Ram (c) K. Venkatappa (b) V. Ganesh (d) Krishna Reddy 15. Which Japanese technique was taught to Indian students as an alternative to western oil painting? (a) Silk painting (b) Ink painting (c) Impasto (d) Wash 16. Which artist (from your syllabus) employed water colour painting in wash technique to portray the divine life of Sri Krishna in the Raslila painting? (a) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (b) K. Venkatappa (c) Kshitindranath Majumdar (d) M.A.R Chughtai 17. Who along with Gaganendranath Tagore founded the Indian society of Oriental arts? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Abanindernath Tagore (c) Nandlal Bose (d) Raja Ravi Varma 18. Which of the following is painted by Kshitindranath Majumdar? (a) Rasa-Lila (b) Meghdoot (c) Radhika (d) Tiller of soil 19. What is the medium of the painting Radhika? (a) Acrylic (b) Water colors (c) Oil on canvas (d) Pastels 20. Bengal School drew inspiration from Mughal and Pahari miniatures along with................ murals. (a) Rajasthani palace (b) Sistine ceiling (c) Ajanta (d) Badami 21. Which art school did Abanindranath Tagore attend? (a) Mayo school of art (c) J. J school of art (b) Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan (d) Calcutta School of Art 22. Who along with his students has designed the emblems the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Shri? (a) Abanindranath Tagore (b) Nandalal Bose (c) Jamini Roy (d) M.A.R Chughtai 23. …………… was chosen to illustrate and embellish the original manuscript of the Constitution of India. (a) Nandalal Bose (b) Abanindranath Tagore (c) Jamini Roy (d) M.A.R Chughtai 24. M.A.R Chughtai was given the title of by the British Empire in India in 1934 (a) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (b) Nadir-ul-Zaman (c) Sir. MAR Chughtai (d) Khan Bahadur 25. Which artist from Bengal school was also Vice President of Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi in 1958-60. (a) Nandalal Bose (b) Abanindranath Tagore (c) Ram Gopal Vijaivargiya (d) M.A.R Chughtai 26. Whose lyrical poem did Ramgopal Vijaivargiya illustrate in Meghdoot Chitravali? (a) Bhanu Dutt (b) Kalidas (c) Tulsidas (d) Keshav Das 27. Identify the subject matter of the painting Journey's end. (a) Gloomy faces showing agony and distress (b) Work for the vulnerable, poor and deprived (c) Camel, weighed down by a heavy load (d) Camel taking a rest at the sunset after the completion of his task. 28. Who was the British administrator and principal of the Calcutta school of Art set up by the British? (a) E. B. Havell (c) Theodore Jenson (b) Gladstone Solomon (d) Thomas Hickey 29. Who collaborated with Abanindranath Tagore to take steps to Indianise art education in the country? (a) E. B. Havell (b) Okakura Kakuzo (c) Lady Herringham (d) Anand Coomaraswamy 30. Name the article by Benoy Sarkar in which he sided with European modernism and criticised the Bengal school? (a) Regressive or Progressive (b) The Futurism of Young Asia (c) Art of India and the west (d) Oriental Art of Bengal 31. Who criticised the Oriental Bengal School of Art as regressive and anti-modern? (a) E.B. Havell (b) Lady Herringham (c) Benoy Sarkar (d) Anand Coomaraswamy 32. Which Japanese nationalist came to India to implement the idea of Pan-Asianism to fight against western imperialism? (a) Hokusai (b) Hsieh Ho (c) Kakuzo Okakura (d) Theodore Jenson 33. Name India's first national art school. (a) Sir J. J. school of art (b) Kala Bhavan (c) Sharada Ukil school of art (d) Delhi College of Art 34. Paul Klee, Kandinsky, and other artists, who were part of the ………….. School in Germany, travelled to Calcutta. (a) Impressionist (b) Cubist (c) Futurist (d) Bauhaus 35. Company School of Painting is the mixture of which two main styles? (a) Mughal and Deccan (b) Traditional Indian and European style (c) Pahari and Rajasthani style (d) Mughal and Rajasthani 36. How did the Company style of art reach Britain? (a) The miniature artists of erstwhile miniature courts got invited to Britain. (b) The British officers got painted local people, scenery, flora and fauna and compiled albums. (c) The miniatures taken from India were given the name of Company style art. (d) A new art movement that began in Britain after visiting India. 37. Abanindranath Tagore attended the................ where he learnt to use pastels from O. Ghilardi and oil painting from Charles Palmer. (a) Rabindra Bharati University (b) College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai (c) Calcutta School of Art (d) Vishva Bharati, Santiniketan MARK TRUE OR FALSE SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS 2 marks (100 words) 1. What does each of the following symbolize in our National Flag: (a) India Saffron (b) White (c) India Green (d) Navy Blue (e) 24 Spokes in the Ashokan Wheel (Chakra) 2. Write a short note on the origin and development of the "Indian National Flag". (a) Throw light on the significance of its colours with special context to the symbolic interpretation of tricolours. (b) The Ashoka chakra and the significance of its 24 spokes used in our flag. 1. Name the important artists who attempted to make "Bharat Mata" a subject in their paintings. Comment on what you like in them. 2. Name four artists who contributed to the freedom struggle with their art. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS 1. Name four artists of the Bengal school along with their paintings. 2. Describe the subject matter of Bengal school of Painting. 3. Describe the main features of the Bengal school of Painting. 4. Write the main features of Bengal school. 5. Identify the artist and mention the emotions revealed in the following artworks: (a) Shiv and Sati (b) Meghdoot (c) Mother Teresa (d) Children 6. Mention the names of any five personalities who played an important role in the formation of Bengal school. 7. Describe the characteristics of the painting 'Shiva and Sati'. 8. Who was best owed with the honour of illumination and illustration of the manuscript of the Indian constitution? Describe any one of his paintings. 9. Write a brief note on Bengal school and explain in your words about its colouring technique, light & shade, illumination with special context to the colours used in the painting of "Radhika" by its artist, which is a unique and fine example of the artistic rendering of colours practiced during this style. 10. Which school adopted the method of Japanese wash? Appreciate any two paintings made with the Wash technique. 11. Artists from Bengal school in their painting reflected the emotions of pain, agony, suffering, helplessness, and sorrow which is represented in a very artistic manner through their use of new colouring techniques. 12. Identify and describe the painting, name of the artist, method & technique and the compositional arrangement of the artwork included in your course from Bengal school. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS 6 Marks (200 words) 1. Describe the evolution of the Indian National Flag and the Symbolic significance of its forms and colours. 2. Describe the three main stages of the evolution of the Indian National flag to its present form. 3. Explain in detail our present Indian National Flag, elaborating on its design, size, tricolours, and its symbolic representation. Also, throw light on the importance of the Ashoka Chakra and its 24 spokes used in our flag. CONTRIBUTION OF ARTISTS IN THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE 1. Write an essay on the contribution of artists in the Indian freedom struggle? 2. In what way did the artists contribute to the struggle for independence? Explain with special reference to the related works done by Abanindranath Tagore and Nandlal Bose. 3. How did the Indian artists through their paintings and artworks inspire and evoke the feeling of Nationalism within the masses during our freedom struggle? Give your opinion on the revival of Indian art during the time of independence and justify your answer with special context to the use of Indian themes and connecting Indian art with the common people by the master artist Raja Ravi Verma. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS 1. Write an essay on the origin and development, characteristic features of Bengal school. 2. Bengal school led to the revival of Indian art. How? 3. Why do you like or dislike the paintings of the Bengal school? Give appropriate reasons in short with clear reference to the paintings. 4. Aesthetically analyse the following paintings : (a-d) 5. Describe all paintings with the help of theme, subject matter, colour scheme and compositional arrangement: (a) Journey's End - Abanindranath Tagore (b)Shiva and Sati - Nand Lal Bose (c) Radhika M.A.R. Chughtai (d) Meghdoot - Ram Gopal Vijaivargiya 6. Do you agree with the following statements? Support your opinion with the help of a painting/paintings included in your course of study: (a) Abanindranath Tagore has used the supreme artistic weapon- 'pathos' to illustrate the misery of the mute beast. (b) Painting successfully conveys that no figure in the world's art could be more selfless than the figure of Sati. (c) Chughtai brought together the technique of Ajanta, the mysticism of Iran and the subject matter from Hindu mythology. 7. Describe the paintings in terms of the human values (wherever applicable) that they portray. 8. A collapsed camel is shown in the red background of dusk. The artist tried to capture the portrait and narration with the help of symbolic aesthetics on one hand and literary allusions on the other. The physical features of the camel are rendered appropriately in fine lines and delicate tones, and its sensory texture leads us to the meaning of the painting. (a) Identify the painting and the name of the artist. (b) In your view how far is the artist successful in creating empathy through the use of colour tones in this artwork? (c) Explain in brief why do you like this particular artwork? 9. Which anguishes has the painter disclosed in the painting named, Journey's End? 10. Give a brief description of the compositional arrangement of Radhika. 11. Write an essay on the Bengal school of art based on the following parameters. (a) Origin and development (b) Artistic features. (c) The use of Indian themes to promote Indian revivalism in art. (d) Name your favourite artist and describe his artwork Assertion (A) and Reason (R) BENGAL SCHOOL There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided below: I. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. II. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. III. A is true but R is false. IV. A is false but R is true. 1. A: The Company school got its name from the group formed by miniature artists of all schools. R: The British officers got painted local people, scenery, flora and fauna and compiled albums. Ans. IV. A is false but R is true. 2. A: Art schools were established in major cities by the British during the mid and the late 19th century. R: These art schools promoted traditional Indian crafts, and academic and naturalist art that Britishers preferred. Ans. I. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 3. A: India's first nationalist art school, Kala Bhavana, was set up in 1919. R: It was part of the newly established Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan. Ans. I. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 4. A: Abanindranath Tagore's Bharat Mata holds a rosary in one of her hands. R: The rosary signifies that even as it struggles for economic liberation, the Indian tradition of spirituality must be retained as a thread of continuity. Ans. I. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 5. A: Rabindranath Tagore conceptualised the Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan. R: Gaganendranath and Rabindranath, knew about the international trends of Cubism and Expressionism. Ans. II. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. 6. A: Bengal school brought Renaissance in the Indian art scene. R: Bengal school drew inspiration from Mughal and Pahari miniatures along with Ajanta frescoes. Ans. I. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 7. A Jamini Roy was a miniature artist who adopted Kalighat style. R: He noticed that folk art in Bengal was the Indian version of modern European masters - Picasso and Paul Klee. Ans. IV. A is false but R is true.