Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Which is NOT the name of scroll painters (Potters)!
(a) Patuas
(b) Rumors
(c) Kumhars
(d) Kumar
Answer
Answer: (d) Kumar
Question 2.
Which of the following were brought in with British art?
(a) Oil painting
(b) Miniatures
(c) Mural art
(d) Life – size portrait painting
Answer
Answer: (a) Oil painting
Question 3.
General Baird was
(a) an artist
(b) commander of the British army
(c) a trader
(d) a Governer
Answer
Answer: (b) commander of the British army
Question 4.
Tipu Sultan was defeated in the battle of
(a) Mysore
(b) Plassey
(c) Buxar
(d) seringapatam
Answer
Answer: (d) seringapatam
Question 5.
Raja Ravi Varma decided to set up a picture production team and printing press on the outskirts of
(a) Madras
(b) Bengal
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay
Answer
Answer: (d) Bombay
Question 6.
Abanindranath Tagore was influenced by the art of
(a) British artists
(b) Japanese artists
(c) French artists
(d) chinese artists
Answer
Answer: (b) Japanese artists
Question 7.
A new trend within the Kalighat artists
(a) after the 1810s
(b) after the 1820s
(c) after the 1840s
(d) after the 1860s
Answer
Answer: (c) after the 1840s
Question 8.
Mechanical printing presses were set up
(a) the late sixteenth century
(b) the late seventeenth century
(c) the late eighteenth century
(d) the late nineteenth
Answer
Answer: (d) the late nineteenth
Question 9.
Kalighat is located in
(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Bombay
(d) Madras
Answer
Answer: (b) West Bengal
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Colonialism | (a) Painting in small size |
| (ii) Convention | (b) Painting on a roll of paper |
| (iii) Engravings | (c) A picture of a person in which the face and expression is prominent |
| (iv) Mural | (d) An accepted norm or style |
| (v) Scroll painting | (e) The design which has been cut in wood or metals |
| (vi) Miniatures | (f) Wall painting |
| (vii) Portrait | (g) The state of a country when it is ruled by foreigners |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Colonialism | (g) The state of a country when it is ruled by foreigners |
| (ii) Convention | (d) An accepted norm or style |
| (iii) Engravings | (e) The design which has been cut in wood or metals |
| (iv) Mural | (f) Wall painting |
| (v) Scroll painting | (b) Painting on a roll of paper |
| (vi) Miniatures | (a) Painting in small size |
| (vii) Portrait | (c) A picture of a person in which the face and expression is prominent |
State whether true or false:
1. Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings were termed as national.
Answer
Answer: True
2. Rabindranath Tagore rejected the art of Ravi Varma as imitative and westernised.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Thomas and William Jlaniell came to India in 1785.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Tipu Sultan was defeated in the battle of Mysore.
Answer
Answer: False
5. The third category of imperial art was History Painting.
Answer
Answer: True
6. Photographers came to India from Europe in 18th century.
Answer
Answer: False
7. European artists came to India with British engineers.
Answer
Answer: False
Fill in the blanks:
1. Thomas and William Daniell stayed in India for
Answer
Answer: sevfen years
2. The most powerful enemy of the British was
Answer
Answer: Tipu Sultan
3. The style of painting which showed Indian landscape as a land is called picturesque.
Answer
Answer: quaint
4. Raja Ravi Varma belonged to the family of the of in Kerala.
Answer
Answer: Maharajas, Travancore
5. Abanindranath Tagore was the of Rabindranath Tagore.
Answer
Answer: nephew