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Joseph’s International School, Hisar

Question Bank (2023-2024)
Subject painting (code-49)

1. Q. Name the six limbs of Indian Miniature Painting?

A. 1.Rupbheda 2. Pramana 3. Bhava 4. Labanya 5. Sadrishya 6. Varnika Bhanga

2Q.Who is the writer of Kamasutra?

Ans. Vatsayana.

3.Q. Who is the writer of Jai Mangal Teeka?

Ans. Pandit Yashodhara.

4Q. Six Limbs are in which Teeka/book?

Ans. Jai Mangal Teeka.

5.Q. which place occurred by visual art in Kamasutra?

Ans. 4th place

6.Q. Name the two artist of Pala School.

Ans. Dhiman and Bitpal

7Q. Which chashma Chehra (side profile) was painted in Pala School?

Ans. Sawa Chasma Chehra

8Q. What is Jatak Katha?

Ans Life stories of Budha.

9. Q. What is Kalpasutra and Kalikacharya katha?

Ans. Jain Manu Scripts

10. Q. what is the subject of Jain School?

Ans. Nature, birds, animal, flowers etc.

11.Q. what is Vasant Vilas?

Ans. Vasant Vilas is a Jain manuscript on cloths.

12.Q. What is the surface of Pala School.

Ans. Tada Patra / Palm Leafs

13.Q. What is the surface of Jain school?

Ans. Palm leaves , cloth and paper.

14.Q. what is Central Indian Painting?

Ans. This style has the fusion of paintings from South Deccan, North Rajasthan and
contribution of Oudh in the east and Gujrat in the West.

15.Q. Give a fineExample of typical Buddhist palm-lead manuscripts illustrated in the

Pala Style ?

Ans. Ashta – Sahsarika Prajnaparmita, or the Perfection of wisdom written in eight

thousand lines.

Rajput/Rajasthani Paintings

16.Q. Name the Sub-School of Rajasthan School.

Ans. Mewar(later Udaipur), Jaipur, Bundi,Kota, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Kishangarh.

17.Q. By whom Rajasthani painting was highly influenced ?

Ans. The art was highly influenced by religious follower, writers and poet like
Ramnanda, Tulsidas, Kabir, Ramanuja, Meerabai, tulsidas, Vallabhacharya, Behari and
Chaitanya Mahaprahu’s poetry.

18.Q. Name the subject matter of Rajasthani School of Paintings?

Ans. Ramayana, Geet-Govinda, the mystical love of Radha and Krishna, ancient tales,
sants, general folk themes, Baramasa and Rag Raginis on Indian classical music.

19.Q. Name the oldest manuscripts of Mewar paintings.

Ans. Supasanachariyam and Suparsanatham show traces of Apabransha style.

20.Q. Who is Raja Sawant Singh?

Ans. Raja Sawant is the king of Kishangarh also known as Nagri Das. He was a scholar
of Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian also.
21. Q. Name the famous painting of Kishan garh.

Ans. Rada (Bani-thani) made by Nihal Chand painter is the famous painting and Indian
Govt. also issued a postal stamp on the above painting.

22.Q. What is the Depiction of women if Rajasthan School?

Ans. Women in the painting have lotus eyes , flowing trsses, slender waists and rosy
hands.

23.Q. What is the face expression in Rajasthan school painting?

Ans. Human faces are shown from different angles. Mostly face are profile (one side)

24.Q. What is the costumes of women and men in Rajasthan School paintings?

Ans. Garments are highly decorative. Ladies have been shown wearing Lehnga and
choli with transparent Chunni. Males have shown wearing loose fitting garments,
embroidered Patka and turbans. Pajama and Rajput style Patka is also there.

Pahari School of Paintings

The painting style developed in the present state of Himachal Pradesh and
some adjoining areas of the Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Garhwal inUttar
Pradesh now in Uttara Khand.

25.Q. Name the school of Pahari School.

Ans. Basohli, Guler, Chamba, Kangra, Jammu and Nurpur, Punjab and Garhwal.

26.Q. “Mughda Nayika” from the series of Rasamanjari belongs to which sub-school

Ans. Basohli

27.Q. Who painted the an illustration from as series of Geet Govinda

Ans. Krishna with gopies by Artist Manaku.

28.Q. what is subject matter of Pahari School?

Ans. Bhagavata Geeta, Gita Govinda, Bihari Satsai, the Barahmasa and the Ragmala.

29.Q. Raja Sansar chand belongs to which school?

Ans. Kangra School.

30.Q. What is the depiction of female in Pahari School?

Ans. The face of women in profile have the nose almost in line with the forehead, the
eyes are long and narrow and the chin is sharp and it was in the unique style of Basohli
school of Art. The beauty of woman has been shown with large love lorn eyes.

Mughal School of Painting:-

31.Q. Who known as the Rapheal of the East?

Ans. Artist Bihzad

32.Q. Name the first series of illustration started in Humayun’s time and how many
year it took to finish?
Ans. “Dastan -E-Amir Hamza” and it tooks 25 years to finish.

33.Q. Name the two famous artist of Humayun time who came from Kabul.

Ans. Meer Saiyad Ali (of Tabrej) and Khawaja Abdussamad (of Shiraz).

34.Q . Name the manuscripts that were illustrated in Akbar time period.

Ans. 1. The Tawarikh- e- Khandan – Temuria (Now in the Khiula Baksh Library ,
Patna)

2. The Rajma Nama- ( Mahabharata)

3. The Ramayana- translated in Persian and painted

4. The bakat- Baburi

5. The Akba-Nama

6. The Anwar-e Suneheli (a book of fables)

7. The Ayar-Danish

8. The Nal-Damyanti

9. Changez Nama

10. The Zafar Nama

11. The Ain- e- Akbari by Abul Fazal

12. The Hamza Nama

35.Q. Who were the artist of Akbar’s court?

Ans. Mir- sayad Ali ( of Taibrez), Khwaja Abdulsammad, Bihzad, Bhag, Miskin,
Basawan, Manohar, Doulat Mansur, Kesu, Lal, Shankar, Goverdhan and Inayat,
Dasvanth.

36. Q. Name the artist of Jahangir time.

Ans. 1. Ustad Mansoor- Bird painter

2. Abul Hassan ( Animal Painter and portrait painter)

3. Bishan Das.

4. Bichitra (symbolic painter)

5. Mukhils

6. Daulat

7. Riza

8. Bhim

9. Bhim

10. Inayat

37.Q. which rulers time period Mughal paintings come to an end?

Ans. Aurangzeb period.

38. Q. Decorative border with shining stone and calligraphy is belongs to which
school

Ans.Mughal School.

39.Q. Maximum historical scene were painted in which time period?

Ans. Akbar’s time period ex. Kissa-e- Amir Hamza

40.Q. Maximum portrait paintings were painted in which time period?

Ans. Shahjahan’s period and he prized his painter as shah –e- kalam.

41.Q. What is the costumes of male and female in Mughal School.

Ans. Transparent odhnis/chunnis have been painted. Most of garments are of summer
season. The male figures are shown wearing angarkhas and churidar pajamas.
Turbans on their heads can be seen, which are well decorated. The use of stripling
(pardaz) is shown with delicate shading.

42.Q. Indian Mughal paintings were flourished and reached its peak during the period
of which Mughal emperor?

Ans. Jahangir

43.Q. Which style of painting also known for Panchtantra painting?

Ans. Marwar style.

44.Q. Pichwai art related to which God.

Ans. Painting on cloth called Pichawai art and related to Shri Krishna.

Deccan School of Paintings

45.Q. The earliest manuscripts is in the Persian painting style epic “ Tarif-I-Husain-
Shahi” which is written in the phase of –

Ans. Ahmednagar Ruler Hussain Nizzam Shah-1

46.Q. Who patronized the painting in Bijapur?

Ans. Bijapur ruler Ali Adil Shah.

47.Q. An encyclopedia known as the Najum- Al- Ulum means..

Ans. Stars of science.

48.Q. How many paintings are there in Najum-Al-Ulum?

Ans. 876

49.Q. When the fall of Vijaynagar kingdome took place?

Ans. 1558

50.Q. “ Lady with the Mayna” painting blongs to which school?

Ans. The Golconda School

51.Q. In which dynasty Painting in Hydrabad started?

Ans. Asaf Jahi dynsty.

52.Q. Which is not a characteristics of Tanjore Art.

Ans. Uses of Calligraphy

53.Q. In chand Bibi playing polo she has been seating on which colour horse.

Ans. White horse.

54.Q. who is the designer of Indian National Flag?

Ans. Pingali Venkayya

55.Q. What is the significant of Saffron, white and Green colour in Indian National Flag?

Ans. Saffron- Strength and courage

White – Peace and Truth with Dharma Chakra

Green- Fertility , Growth and auspiciousness

56.Q. What is the Ashok Chakra significant in Indian National Flag?

Ans. The Ashoka Chakra is rendered in navy blue on a white background replacing the
symbol of the charkha of the pre-independence version of the flag. The chakra signifies
that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. It represents the dynamism of a
peaceful change. India should not resist the change. Also known as wheel of justice.

57.Q. What does 24 lines in Ashoka Chakra mean?

Ans. The 24 spokes represent the twelve causal links taught by the Buddha and
paṭiccasamuppāda (Dependent Origination, Conditional Arising) in forward and then
reverse order. The first 12 spokes represent 12 stages of suffering. Next 12 spokes
represent no cause no effect. It’s also represent 24 hours a day.

Bengal School of painting:-

58.Q. Who was the principal of Govt. School of Kolkata?

Ans. E. B. Hawail

59.Q. Who was the vice principal of Govt. School of Kolkata?

Ans. Abnindranath Tagore.

60.Q. Birth date of Indian Society of Oriental Art?

Ans. 1907.

61.Q. Name the artist who copied the painting of Ajanta,Ellora and Bagh caves along
with lady Herringam?
Ans. Nandlal Bose, Asit Kumar Haldar and Samrender Nath Gupta

62Q. Which painting belongs to Haripura pannel?

Ans. Tiller of Soul by Nandlal Bose.

63.Q. How many posters made by Nandlal bose for the decoration of the pandal at
Haripura.

Ans. 85 posters

64.Q. Who is the artist of the painting namely “Shiv and Sati”

Ans. Nand Lal Bose

65.Q. Name the Bengali magazine in which painting tiller of soul was published?

Ans. Prabasi

66.Q. Which painting was adopted by Bengal school artist.

Ans. Japani wash technique.

67.Q. Name the two students of Abanindra Nath Tagore.

Ans. Nand Lal Bose, Asit Kumar Haldar, Kshitindra Nath Majumdar, M.A.R. Chugtai
etc.

68.Q. Who was influenced by Kalighat pat painting.

Ans. Yamini/Jamini Roy

68.Q. Painting style of the Artist Gagnendra Nath Tagore.

Ans. Cubism style ex. The painting Magician

69.Q. Name the painting made by Yamini Roy?

Ans. Mother and child.

70.Q. Who made the painting Mother Teressa.

Ans. M.F. Hussain.

71.Q. Name the painting that based on lyrical poem of Kalidas.

Ans. Meghdoot

72.Q. Name the painting based on Dowry System.

Ans. The Vulture

73.Q. Name the two technique of Graphic printing.

Ans. Lithograph , aquatint, etching and engraving

74.Q. What is colour viscosity?

Ans. Colour viscosity is thickness of colour ex. The whirlpool by Krishna Reddy.

75.Q. Name the painting made by Kshitindra Nath Majumdar.

Ans. Ras Leela

76.Q. Name the painting made by Raja Ravi Verma.

Ans. Rama Vanquishing the pride of Ocean, Jatayu, Shakuntla.

77.Q. Who start the first olio graph printing press.

Ans. Raja Ravi Verma

78.Q. Name the painting made by Abanindra Nath Tagore.

Ans. The journey’s End , Bharat Mata

79.Q. Name the artist of Bengal school painting Radhika

Ans. M.A.R. Chugtai.

80.Q. Who is the sculptor of Triump of Labour?

Ans. D. P. Roy (Devi Prasad Roy) Chaudhary material used steel and cement.

81.Q. Who made the sculptor namely Santhal family?

Ans. Ram Kinker Baij , Material –gravel, concrete

82.Q. Who made the sculpture Ganesh?

Ans. P.V. Jankiram with oxidized copper and wires in dancing position on one leg.

83.Q. Who made the sculptor cries unheard?

Ans. Amarnath Sehgal with bronze

84.Q. Who made the sculpture Chaturmukhi?

Ans. Aekka yadagiri rao the sculpture made with stone its represent four phase of
women.

85.Q. Name the graphic print made by Anupam Sood.

Ans. Off Walls- Lithograph

86.Q. Name the graphic print made by Somnath Hore.

Ans. The Children

87.Q. Name the graphic print made by Jyoti Bhatt.

Ans. Devi

88.Q. Name the graphic print made by K. Luxma Goud.

Ans. Man, Women and Tree.

89.Q. Name the movie of M.F. Hussain.

Ans. Through the eyes of a painter it’s a short movie represent the Rajashtan painter’s
life and Gajgamini

90.Q. Name the movie based on the life of artist Raja Ravi Verma.

Ans. Rangrasia

91.Q. Artist member of PAG group (progressive group of Art).

Ans. M.F. Hussain, H. A. Gade. K.H Aara and F. N Souja

92. Q. Where did the miniature style originate in Rajasthan and kept its originality till
last?

Ans. Mewar.

93. Q. What is the meaning of Baramasa?

Ans. 12 months.

94.Q. Pahari painting mainly influenced by which school paintings?

Ans. Mughal and Rajasthani

96.Q. What is the colour scheme of the painting namely Kabir and Raidas

Ans. Monochromatic
97. Q. Name the two sculptor and their art work that reflex the condition of poor
people in India at that time.

Ans. D.P.Roy Chaudhari – Trium

98. Q. Udaipur , Deogarh and Nathdwara were the main centres of which painting
school?

Ans. Mewar School

99. Q. Which painting school become famous for its life size portrait made in realistic
style.

Ans. Kishangarh.

100.Q. Guler is a sub-school of which school of Miniature Painting?

Ans. Pahari school.

101. Q. Whose period is known as the ‘Golden Age of Kangra School of Miniature
Painting’?

Ans. Raja Sansarchand.

102. Q. Which book is noted as the first illustrated manuscript of Mughal Painting?

Ans. Hamzanama. (Meer Saiyad Ali (of Tabrej) and Khawaja Abdussamad (of Shiraz)

103. Q. Which Mughal Ruler prepared the illustrated manuscripts of ‘Ramayana’ and
‘Mahabharta’?

Ans. Akbar.

104. Q. Which was one of the main centre of Deccan Art Style?

Ans. Ahmednagar.

105. Q. Who was the patron of Hyderabad school?

Ans. Nizam Shahi Dynasty.

106 Q. According to Abanindra Nath Tagore which limb of art is most important?

Ans. Labanya that means heart to heart connection through art.