Q 1. Which is NOT the name of scroll painters (Potters)!
(a) Patuas
(b) Rumors
(c) Kumhars
(d) Kumar
Ans. (d) Kumar
Q 2. Which of the following were brought in with British art?
(a) Oil painting
(b) Miniatures
(c) Mural art
(d) Life – size portrait painting
Ans. (a) Oil painting
Q 3. General Baird was
(a) an artist
(b) commander of the British army
(c) a trader
(d) a Governer
Ans. (b) commander of the British army
Q 4. Tipu Sultan was defeated in the battle of
(a) Mysore
(b) Plassey
(c) Buxar
(d) seringapata
Ans. (d) seringapatam
Q 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
Ans. (d) Bombay
Q 6. Abanindranath Tagore was influenced by the art of
(a) British artists
(b) Japanese artists
(c) French artists
(d) chinese artists
Ans. (b) Japanese artists
Q 7. A new trend within the Kalighat artists
(a) after the 1810s
(b) after the 1820s
(c) after the 1840s
(d) after the 1860s
Ans. (c) after the 1840s
Q 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
Ans. (d) the late nineteenth
Q 9. 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
Ans. (d) the late nineteenth
Q 10. Kalighat is located in
(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Bombay
(d) Madras
Ans. (b) West Bengal
Q 11. A few facts with respect to the portrait painting are given below. Choose the one that is not true.
(a) The portraits often did not project the lavish lifestyles, wealth and status that the empire generated.
(b) The rich and the powerful both wanted to see themselves on the canvas
(c) During the colonial India days, portrait painting was very popular
(d) The size of the paintings projected the importance of the patrons who commissioned the portraits
Ans. (a) The portraits often did not project the lavish lifestyles, wealth and status that the empire generated.
Q 12. Name the two European artists commissioned by Muhammed Ali Khan.
(a) Tilly Kettle and Baron Pigot
(b) James Willison and Baron Pigot
(c) George Pigot and Baron Pigot
(d) Tilly Kettle and George Willison
Ans. (d) Tilly Kettle and George Willison
Q 13. Name the important printing press set up at Calcutta in the late 19th century started by the middle class Indians, producing life like images of eminent Bengali personalities as well as mythological pictures.
(a) Bengal Art Studio
(b) Bengal Press
(c) Calcutta Press
(d) Calcutta Art Studio
Ans. (d) Calcutta Art Studio
Q 14. Who introduced the use of water colours and oil paints in India for the first time?
(a) Persian artists
(b) Indian artists
(c) Chinese artists
(d) British artists
Ans. (d) British artists
Q 15. What techniques did the painters of Murshidabad and Patna adapt from the British while making post cards?
(a) Landscape painting
(b) Canvas painting
(c) Self portraits
(d) Use of water colours
Ans. (d) Use of water colours
Q 16. They began producing pictures which became widely popular in Europe and helped shape Western perceptions of India. Who is being referred to here as they?
(a) European artists
(b) European scholars
(c) British governor Generals
(d) Indian Kings and rulers
Ans. (a) European artists
Q 17. The European artists brought with them new styles and conventions of painting. Which of the following options best describe the term convention?
(a) An accepted label
(b) An accepted type of screening
(c) An accepted norm or style
(d) An accepted type of printing
Ans. (c) An accepted norm or style
Q 18. Abanindranath Tagore and a new group of nationalist artists rejected the art of Ravi Verma because
(a) It was imitative
(b) It was westernised
(c) It was cheap
(d) Both (a) to (b)
Ans. (d) Both (a) to (b)
Q 19. Tipu Sultan encouraged a special type of wall painting. What is this called as?
(a) Glass Painting
(b) Copper Painting
(c) Mural Painting
(d) Canvas Painting
Ans. (c) Mural Painting
Q 20. Name the pilgrimage centre of the temple village around which the scroll painters and potters began developing a new style of art in Bengal.
(a) Kripamayee
(b) Kalighat
(c) Dakshineswara
(d) Tarakeshwar
Ans. (b) Kalighat
Q 21. Name the Nawab who fought against the British Resident controlling the affairs of the state in the 1770s and later became a dependent pensioner of the East India Company
(a) Majid Ali Khan
(b) Wasim Ali Khan
(c) Muhammed Ali Khan
(d) Ibrahim Ali Khan
Ans. (c) Muhammed Ali Khan
Q 22. Which year did the painters Thomas Daniell and his nephew William Daniell come to India?
(a) 1785
(b) 1750
(c) 1850
(d) 1800
Ans. (a) 1785
Q 23. From the following options available which one can be called a collection of Indo-European style of paintings made in India by Indian artists
(a) Company Painting
(b) British India Painting
(c) East India Painting
(d) Indo- British Painting
Ans. (a) Company Painting
Q 24. Name the third category of imperial art that existed during the colonial India
(a) Engraving
(b) Oil Painting
(c) History painting
(d) Clay painting
Ans. (c) History painting
Q 25. Which one the following definition best explain a Portrait?
(a) A picture with a theme
(b) The art of drawing caricatures
(c) A picture of a person in which the face and its expression is prominent
(d) A picture of a scenic landscape
Ans. (c) A picture of a person in which the face and its expression is prominent
Q 26. European artists brought with them the idea of realism. From the list of options which one best describes the term realism.
(a) The art work had to be an engraved one
(b) The art work had to project the power of the British
(c) The art work had to be done by a real professional artist
(d) The art work was expected to look real and lifelike.
Ans. (d) The art work was expected to look real and lifelike.