DRAWING AND PAINTING
DRAWING AND PAINTING SYLLABUS
(The syllabus may change from time to time. Please check with the relevant Public Service Commission websites for any changes in the syllabus)
PAPER-I
1. Knowledge of Subject concerned: Senior Secondary Level.
Knowledge of Art and its Development.
Ancient Literature on Art and Craft (specially Painting and Sculpture).
Elements of Art and Principles of composition.
Medium and Techniques of Painting.
Indian prehistoric Painting from prehistoric to Modern period.
Prehistoric Art, Buddhist Art (Ajanta and Bagh Painting).
Post Medival period- Apbransh Jain Painting, Mughal Painting, Deccan Style of Painting, Rajasthani and Pahari Painting, Painting during British period(company style).
New trends of Painting, Bengal Style of Painting and its Artists.
2. Knowledge of Subject concerned: Graduation Level.
Three dimensional and Two dimensional Art.
Drawing and Rendering.
History of Indian and Rajasthani Sculpture- Prehistoric, Mohan Jodaro and Harrappa, Ajanta, Gupta period, Maurya Period, Sanchi, Bharhut, Amrawati, Kushan, Gandhar, Mathura, Modern Sculpture and Modern Sculptors.
Modern Period- Indian and Rajasthani contemporary Artists.
3. Knowledge of Subject concerned: Post Graduation Level.
Indian Ras Theory- Bharat Muni, Bhatt Nayak and Abhinava Gupta. Impressionist, Post Impressionist, Fauvism and Cubism it's main artists and main Art work.
PAPER-I
1. Knowledge of Subject concerned: Senior Secondary Level.
Knowledge of Art and its Development.
Ancient Literature on Art and Craft (specially Painting and Sculpture).
Elements of Art and Principles of composition.
Medium and Techniques of Painting.
Indian prehistoric Painting from prehistoric to Modern period.
Prehistoric Art, Buddhist Art (Ajanta and Bagh Painting).
Post Medival period- Apbransh Jain Painting, Mughal Painting, Deccan Style of Painting, Rajasthani and Pahari Painting, Painting during British period(company style).
New trends of Painting, Bengal Style of Painting and its Artists.
2. Knowledge of Subject concerned: Graduation Level.
Three dimensional and Two dimensional Art.
Drawing and Rendering.
History of Indian and Rajasthani Sculpture- Prehistoric, Mohan Jodaro and Harrappa, Ajanta, Gupta period, Maurya Period, Sanchi, Bharhut, Amrawati, Kushan, Gandhar, Mathura, Modern Sculpture and Modern Sculptors.
Modern Period- Indian and Rajasthani contemporary Artists.
3. Knowledge of Subject concerned: Post Graduation Level.
Indian Ras Theory- Bharat Muni, Bhatt Nayak and Abhinava Gupta. Impressionist, Post Impressionist, Fauvism and Cubism it's main artists and main Art work.
PAINTING MCQs
1:-Who was the critic in the land mark exhibition Place for People generated by six artists and one critic?
A:-Timothy Hyman
B:-Geeta Kapur
C:-R. Sivakumar
D:-R. Nandakumar
Ans: B
2:-'South Indian Villagers Going to Market' is an important painting done by an eminent woman artist in India.
A:-T.K. Padmini
B:-Meera Mukherjee
C:-Neelima Sheik
D:-Amrita Sher-Gil
Ans: D
3:-Hagia Sophia, an architectural monument is known for ________
A:-Byzantine art
B:-Renaissance art
C:-Greek art
D:-Rococo art
Ans: A
4:-'Moulin Rouge : La Goulue' is famous lithographic posters done by the French artist ________
A:-Vincent Van Gogh
B:-Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
C:-Paul Gauguin
D:-Edgar Degas
Ans: B
5:-'Second Sex', a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a theoretical study of contemporary feminism was written by _________
A:-Jean - Paul Sartre
B:-Simone de Beauvoir
C:-Judith Butler
D:-Virginia Woolf
Ans: B
6:-'Studio of a Painter : A Real Allegory Summarizing My Seven Years of Life as an Artist' is an important painting done by __________
A:-Jean - Auguste Dominique Ingres
B:-Jean - Francois Millet
C:-Gustave Courbet
D:-Theodore Gericault
Ans: C
7:-Kalam Patua is famous for his contemporary _______ paintings.
A:-Miniature
B:-Madhubani
C:-Mural
D:-Kalighat
Ans: D
8:-An impressionist woman artist _______
A:-Mary Cassatt
B:-Kathe Kollwitz
C:-Frida Kahlo
D:-Susan Rothenberg
Ans: A
9:-'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is an oil painting done by Dutch Painter _______
A:-Frans Hals
B:-Rembrandt
C:-Johannes Vermeer
D:-Willem Claesz
Ans: C
10:-Sita Devi, one of the most prominent traditional artists, who was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution in ________ paintings.
A:-Madhubani paintings
B:-Kalighat paintings
C:-Miniature paintings
D:-Warli paintings
Ans: A
11:-'Just What Is It That Makes Today's Home So Different, So Appealing?' is an important art work done by ________
A:-Andy Warhol
B:-Roy Lichtenstein
C:-Jasper Johns
D:-Richard Hamilton
Ans: D
12:-'Brahma Sutra' painting is done by ________
A:-K.C.S. Panicker
B:-K.V. Haridasan
C:-C. Douglas
D:-P. Gopinath
Ans: B
13:-'The Last Harvest' was an exhibition of Rabindranath Tagore's paintings to mark the 150th anniversary of Tagore's birth and it was curated by ________
A:-Geeta Kapoor
B:-R. Nandakumar
C:-R. Sivakumar
D:-Ratan Parimoo
Ans: C
14:-'The Scream' is a painting done by _________
A:-Edward Munch
B:-Gustav Klimt
C:-Pierre Bonnard
D:-Emil Nolde
Ans: A
15:-A Fauvist painter _______
A:-Camille Pissarro
B:-Henri Matisse
C:-William Blake
D:-Jean Francois Millet
Ans: B
16:-'The Bride of the Wind' is a memorable work done by ________
A:-Wassily Kandisky
B:-Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
C:-Oskar Kokoschka
D:-George Roult
Ans: C
17:-Supermatism was a most radical development in abstract art, it was devised by ________
A:-Marc Chagal
B:-George Bellows
C:-Umberto Boccioni
D:-Kazimir Malevch
Ans: D
18:-'Mont Ste-Victorie Seen from Bibemus Quarry' is an important painting done by ________
A:-George Seurat
B:-Thomas Eakins
C:-Auguste Renoir
D:-Paul Cezanne
Ans: D
19:-The 'Great Wave' is a famous Japanese wood cut print done by ________
A:-Ando Horoshige
B:-Hokusai
C:-Mortia
D:-Utamaro Kitagawa
Ans: B
20:-'Nighthawks' is one of the most recognizable oil painting in the American art and done by ___________
A:-Edward Hopper
B:-Lucian Freud
C:-Malcolm Marley
D:-Ben Shahn
Ans: A
A:-Timothy Hyman
B:-Geeta Kapur
C:-R. Sivakumar
D:-R. Nandakumar
Ans: B
2:-'South Indian Villagers Going to Market' is an important painting done by an eminent woman artist in India.
A:-T.K. Padmini
B:-Meera Mukherjee
C:-Neelima Sheik
D:-Amrita Sher-Gil
Ans: D
3:-Hagia Sophia, an architectural monument is known for ________
A:-Byzantine art
B:-Renaissance art
C:-Greek art
D:-Rococo art
Ans: A
4:-'Moulin Rouge : La Goulue' is famous lithographic posters done by the French artist ________
A:-Vincent Van Gogh
B:-Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
C:-Paul Gauguin
D:-Edgar Degas
Ans: B
5:-'Second Sex', a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a theoretical study of contemporary feminism was written by _________
A:-Jean - Paul Sartre
B:-Simone de Beauvoir
C:-Judith Butler
D:-Virginia Woolf
Ans: B
6:-'Studio of a Painter : A Real Allegory Summarizing My Seven Years of Life as an Artist' is an important painting done by __________
A:-Jean - Auguste Dominique Ingres
B:-Jean - Francois Millet
C:-Gustave Courbet
D:-Theodore Gericault
Ans: C
7:-Kalam Patua is famous for his contemporary _______ paintings.
A:-Miniature
B:-Madhubani
C:-Mural
D:-Kalighat
Ans: D
8:-An impressionist woman artist _______
A:-Mary Cassatt
B:-Kathe Kollwitz
C:-Frida Kahlo
D:-Susan Rothenberg
Ans: A
9:-'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is an oil painting done by Dutch Painter _______
A:-Frans Hals
B:-Rembrandt
C:-Johannes Vermeer
D:-Willem Claesz
Ans: C
10:-Sita Devi, one of the most prominent traditional artists, who was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution in ________ paintings.
A:-Madhubani paintings
B:-Kalighat paintings
C:-Miniature paintings
D:-Warli paintings
Ans: A
11:-'Just What Is It That Makes Today's Home So Different, So Appealing?' is an important art work done by ________
A:-Andy Warhol
B:-Roy Lichtenstein
C:-Jasper Johns
D:-Richard Hamilton
Ans: D
12:-'Brahma Sutra' painting is done by ________
A:-K.C.S. Panicker
B:-K.V. Haridasan
C:-C. Douglas
D:-P. Gopinath
Ans: B
13:-'The Last Harvest' was an exhibition of Rabindranath Tagore's paintings to mark the 150th anniversary of Tagore's birth and it was curated by ________
A:-Geeta Kapoor
B:-R. Nandakumar
C:-R. Sivakumar
D:-Ratan Parimoo
Ans: C
14:-'The Scream' is a painting done by _________
A:-Edward Munch
B:-Gustav Klimt
C:-Pierre Bonnard
D:-Emil Nolde
Ans: A
15:-A Fauvist painter _______
A:-Camille Pissarro
B:-Henri Matisse
C:-William Blake
D:-Jean Francois Millet
Ans: B
16:-'The Bride of the Wind' is a memorable work done by ________
A:-Wassily Kandisky
B:-Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
C:-Oskar Kokoschka
D:-George Roult
Ans: C
17:-Supermatism was a most radical development in abstract art, it was devised by ________
A:-Marc Chagal
B:-George Bellows
C:-Umberto Boccioni
D:-Kazimir Malevch
Ans: D
18:-'Mont Ste-Victorie Seen from Bibemus Quarry' is an important painting done by ________
A:-George Seurat
B:-Thomas Eakins
C:-Auguste Renoir
D:-Paul Cezanne
Ans: D
19:-The 'Great Wave' is a famous Japanese wood cut print done by ________
A:-Ando Horoshige
B:-Hokusai
C:-Mortia
D:-Utamaro Kitagawa
Ans: B
20:-'Nighthawks' is one of the most recognizable oil painting in the American art and done by ___________
A:-Edward Hopper
B:-Lucian Freud
C:-Malcolm Marley
D:-Ben Shahn
Ans: A
21:-The famous painting 'The Blind Leading the Blind' is done by _______
A:-Pieter Aertsen
B:-Pieter Bruegel the Elder
C:-Hans Holbein
D:-Hironymus Bosch
Ans: B
22:-'Galaxy of Musicians' is a painting done by ________
A:-Rama Varma Raja
B:-Raja Ravi Varma
C:-Mangala Bhai Thampuratti
D:-Kerala Varma
Ans: B
23:-Choose the founding member of 'Progressive Artist's Group' from the following artists.
A:-J. Swaminathan
B:-Sankho Chaudhari
C:-B.C. Sanyal
D:-Francis Newton Souza
Ans: D
24:-The author of 'Ways of Seeing'.
A:-John Berger
B:-Edward W. Zaid
C:-Will Durant
D:-Prijoph Khapra
Ans: A
25:-The famous 'Gajendra Moksham' mural painting is situated in ________
A:-Kowdiar Palace
B:-Padmanabhapuram Palace
C:-Krishnapuram Palace
D:-Mattancherry Palace
Ans: C
26:-Name of the artist who has done the famous painting, 'The Third of May, 1808'.
A:-Theodore Gericault
B:-Francisco Goya
C:-Eugene Delacroix
D:-Edgar Degas
Ans: B
27:-Max Beckmann is related with _______
A:-Expressionism
B:-Impressionism
C:-Realism
D:-Romanticism
Ans: A
28:-The famous painting 'Starry Night' is done by ________
A:-Henri Rousseau
B:-Paul Gauguin
C:-Vincent Van Gogh
D:-Edouard Vuillard
Ans: C
29:-"Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going" is an important painting done by ________
A:-Paul Gauguin
B:-Paul Cezanne
C:-Camille Pissarro
D:-Pablo Picasso
Ans: A
30:-Bill Viola is related to ________
A:-Video art
B:-Graphic design
C:-Sculpture
D:-Calligraphy art
Ans: A
31:-In art, _________ is a term used to denote variations in light and shade.
A:-Perspective
B:-Chiaroscuro
C:-Gestalt theory
D:-Aesthetics
Ans: B
32:-Lion capital belongs to ________ period.
A:-Kushan
B:-Chalukya
C:-Mauryan
D:-Satavahana
Ans: C
33:-'Yayati' is a famous painting done by reowned artist ______
A:-K.C.S. Panicker
B:-K.G. Subramanyan
C:-Binod Bihari Mukherji
D:-A. Ramachandran
Ans: D
34:-Edackkal Cave is a pre historical site situated in ________ District.
A:-Kottayam
B:-Idukki
C:-Malappuram
D:-Wayanad
Ans: D
35:-'Agony and Ecstasy' is written by _______
A:-Tolstoy
B:-Irving Stone
C:-Dominic Lapier
D:-Orhan Pamuk
Ans: B
36:-'Cholamandal' artists village is founded by ______
A:-K.V. Haridasan
B:-S.G. Vasudev
C:-K.C.S. Panicker
D:-M.V. Devan
Ans: C
37:-A German photorealistic painter _______
A:-Michelangelo Pistoletto
B:-Gerhard Richter
C:-Chuck Close
D:-Stanley Spencer
Ans: B
38:-'Living Tradition', is written by ________
A:-K.C.S. Panicker
B:-K.G. Subramanyan
C:-K.G. Sankarapilla
D:-P.N. Mago
Ans: B
39:-Red, Yellow and Blue colours are known as _______
A:-Secondary colour
B:-Tertiary colour
C:-Contrast colour
D:-Primary colour
Ans: D
40:-'Everyone I have Ever Slept with 1963-1995' is a work of art created by ______
A:-Marina Abramovic
B:-Louise Bourgeois
C:-Tracey Emin
D:-Judy Chicago
Ans: C
41:-The famous Mural Painting 'Medieval Saints' is done by ________
A:-Gaganendranath Tagore
B:-Binod Bihari Mukherji
C:-Ram Kinker Baij
D:-Nandalal Bose
Ans: B
42:-Madhubani paintings are a practicing art form of which state in India?
A:-Kerala
B:-Madhya Pradesh
C:-Bihar
D:-Orissa
Ans: C
43:-Abanindranath Tagore was related with ________
A:-Bengal School
B:-Madras School
C:-Company School
D:-Basohli School
Ans: A
44:-Who has done the famous fresco 'The Tribute Money' at Brancacci Chapel, Sta. Maria del Carmine, Florence?
A:-Fra Filippo Lippi
B:-Giotto
C:-Masaccio
D:-Masolino
Ans: C
45:-The renowned artist EI Greco is related to which period in art?
A:-Mannerism
B:-Expressionism
C:-Impressionism
D:-Realism
Ans: A
46:-Ajanta caves are situated in _______
A:-Tamil Nadu
B:-Madhya Pradesh
C:-Maharashtra
D:-Chhattisgarh
Ans: C
47:-Name of the renowned Mexican Muralist Diego Rivera's famous artist wife.
A:-Käthe Kollwitz
B:-Frida Kahlo
C:-Berthe Morisot
D:-Kiki Smith
Ans: B
48:-'You can't Please them All', is a known painting done by _______
A:-Vivan Sundaram
B:-Tyeb Mehta
C:-Bhupen Khakhar
D:-Gulam Muhammed Sheikh
Ans: C
49:-This artist using needle and thread for making images on canvas instead of brush and colour.
A:-Marina Abramovic
B:-Sarah Lucas
C:-Barbara Kruger
D:-Ghada Amer
Ans: D
50:-Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of ________
A:-Surrealism
B:-Op Art
C:-Pop Art
D:-Kinetic Art
Ans: B
51:-'Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy' is a known painting done by ________
A:-David Hockney
B:-Lucian Freud
C:-Francis Bacon
D:-L.S. Lowry
Ans: A
52:-'The Birth of Venus' is done by _______
A:-Paul Rubens
B:-Jacques Louis David
C:-Van Rijn Rembrandt
D:-Sandro Botticelli
Ans: D
53:-'The Lunch on the Grass' is a renowned painting is made by ________
A:-Johannes Vermeer
B:-Gustav Klimt
C:-Edouard Manet
D:-Claude Monet
Ans: C
54:-Choose the famous work of art of Rembrandt Van Rijn from the following paintings.
A:-The School of Athens
B:-Night Watch
C:-The Lamentation
D:-Starry Night
Ans: B
55:-'My Life' is an autobiography of this artist ________
A:-Henry Moore
B:-Edward Hopper
C:-Eugene Delacroix
D:-Marc Chagal
Ans: D
56:-Group ________ was a short-lived art movement founded in Bhavnagar, in 1962, of eleven contemporary Indian artists.
A:-1890
B:-1980
C:-1880
D:-1818
Ans: A
57:-'The Death of Marat' is a famous painting done by ______
A:-Theodore Gericault
B:-Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
C:-Jacques Louis David
D:-Francisco Goya
Ans: C
58:-'The Wanderer above the Mists' is an important painting of _______
A:-William Turner
B:-Caspar David Friedrich
C:-Gustav Courbet
D:-William Blake
Ans: B
59:-Founder member of Delhi Silpi Chakra _______
A:-J. Swami Nathan
B:-M.F. Hussain
C:-Pran Nath Mago
D:-Nagji Patel
Ans: C
60:-Who was associated with Indian Radical Painters and Sculptors Association?
A:-N.N. Rimzon
B:-Surendran Nair
C:-Rekha Rodwittiya
D:-K.P. Krishna Kumar
Ans: D
61:-'Les Demoiselles d' Avignon' is done by ________
A:-Pablo Picasso
B:-Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
C:-Georges Braque
D:-Marc Chagall
Ans: A
62:-Leonardo da Vinci was a ______ artist.
A:-Early Renaissance
B:-High Renaissance
C:-Byzantine
D:-Baroque
Ans: B
63:-'Bodhisattwa Padmapani' mural painting is at ________
A:-Elaphanta caves
B:-Bimbedka caves
C:-Pattadakal caves
D:-Ajanta caves
Ans: D
64:-Thodeekalam Siva Temple is famous for its ________
A:-Relief works
B:-Oil paintings
C:-Mural paintings
D:-Stone carvings
Ans: C
65:-'Umbrellas' is an important installation done by ______
A:-Joseph Beuys
B:-Christo & Jeanne Claude
C:-Anish Kapoor
D:-Michael Heizer
Ans: B
66:-Umberto Boccioni is a _______ artist.
A:-Futurist
B:-Fauvist
C:-Symbolist
D:-Minimalist
Ans: A
67:-Sanchi Stupa is a _______ monument.
A:-Jain
B:-Hindu
C:-Sikh
D:-Buddhist
Ans: D
68:-which is the earliest and largest museum in India?
A:-National Museum, New Delhi
B:-Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
C:-Indian Museum, Kolkatta
D:-Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay
Ans: C
69:-This artist's works were a reaction to the historical and political crisis such as the Bengal famine of 1943 and the Tebhaga movements.
A:-Rabindranath Tagore
B:-Somnath Hore
C:-Nandalal Bose
D:-Abanindranath Tagore
Ans: B
70:-The shore temple at Mahabalipuram was built during the _______ dynasty.
A:-Pallava dynasty
B:-Chalukya dynasty
C:-Chera dynasty
D:-Satavahana dynasty
Ans: A
71:-'How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare' is a performance done by _______
A:-Joseph Beuys
B:-Yves Klein
C:-Carolee Schneemann
D:-Chris Burden
Ans: A
72:-In which church did Michelangelo paint the great 'Last Judgment'?
A:-Sistine Chapel
B:-St. Peter's Basilica
C:-Santa Maria de Maggiore
D:-San Giovanni Laterano
Ans: A
73:-Kodungalloor Madhavamenon was a _________
A:-Art Historian
B:-Art Collector
C:-Sculptor
D:-Painter
Ans: D
74:-'Nude Descending Staircase' is an important painting done by _______
A:-Pablo Picasso
B:-Marcel Duchamp
C:-Franz Marc
D:-Paul Klee
Ans: B
75:-'The Persistence of Memory' is done by ________
A:-Max Ernst
B:-Rene Magritte
C:-Yves Tanguy
D:-Salvador Dali
Ans: D
76:-'Haripura Posters' were done by _______
A:-Binode Bihari Mukherji
B:-Rabindranath Tagore
C:-Nandalal Bose
D:-K.G. Subramanyan
Ans: C
77:-'Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow' is a documentary film directed by Sophie Fiennes about artist ________
A:-Anselm Kiefer
B:-Jackson Pollock
C:-Gerhard Richter
D:-Francisco Goya
Ans: A
78:-This artist used his Prints to disseminate leftist ideas and propaganda in mid 20th century in India.
A:-Nandalal Bose
B:-Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
C:-Krishna Reddy
D:-Gaganendranath Tagore
Ans: B
79:-'Untitled Film Stills' are the postmodern photographic art works done by _________
A:-Barbara Kruger
B:-David Hockney
C:-Cindy Sherman
D:-Vanessa Beecroft
Ans: C
80:-Jacques Derrida was a/an _________
A:-Art Historian
B:-Curator
C:-Philosopher
D:-Artist
Ans: C
A:-Pieter Aertsen
B:-Pieter Bruegel the Elder
C:-Hans Holbein
D:-Hironymus Bosch
Ans: B
22:-'Galaxy of Musicians' is a painting done by ________
A:-Rama Varma Raja
B:-Raja Ravi Varma
C:-Mangala Bhai Thampuratti
D:-Kerala Varma
Ans: B
23:-Choose the founding member of 'Progressive Artist's Group' from the following artists.
A:-J. Swaminathan
B:-Sankho Chaudhari
C:-B.C. Sanyal
D:-Francis Newton Souza
Ans: D
24:-The author of 'Ways of Seeing'.
A:-John Berger
B:-Edward W. Zaid
C:-Will Durant
D:-Prijoph Khapra
Ans: A
25:-The famous 'Gajendra Moksham' mural painting is situated in ________
A:-Kowdiar Palace
B:-Padmanabhapuram Palace
C:-Krishnapuram Palace
D:-Mattancherry Palace
Ans: C
26:-Name of the artist who has done the famous painting, 'The Third of May, 1808'.
A:-Theodore Gericault
B:-Francisco Goya
C:-Eugene Delacroix
D:-Edgar Degas
Ans: B
27:-Max Beckmann is related with _______
A:-Expressionism
B:-Impressionism
C:-Realism
D:-Romanticism
Ans: A
28:-The famous painting 'Starry Night' is done by ________
A:-Henri Rousseau
B:-Paul Gauguin
C:-Vincent Van Gogh
D:-Edouard Vuillard
Ans: C
29:-"Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going" is an important painting done by ________
A:-Paul Gauguin
B:-Paul Cezanne
C:-Camille Pissarro
D:-Pablo Picasso
Ans: A
30:-Bill Viola is related to ________
A:-Video art
B:-Graphic design
C:-Sculpture
D:-Calligraphy art
Ans: A
31:-In art, _________ is a term used to denote variations in light and shade.
A:-Perspective
B:-Chiaroscuro
C:-Gestalt theory
D:-Aesthetics
Ans: B
32:-Lion capital belongs to ________ period.
A:-Kushan
B:-Chalukya
C:-Mauryan
D:-Satavahana
Ans: C
33:-'Yayati' is a famous painting done by reowned artist ______
A:-K.C.S. Panicker
B:-K.G. Subramanyan
C:-Binod Bihari Mukherji
D:-A. Ramachandran
Ans: D
34:-Edackkal Cave is a pre historical site situated in ________ District.
A:-Kottayam
B:-Idukki
C:-Malappuram
D:-Wayanad
Ans: D
35:-'Agony and Ecstasy' is written by _______
A:-Tolstoy
B:-Irving Stone
C:-Dominic Lapier
D:-Orhan Pamuk
Ans: B
36:-'Cholamandal' artists village is founded by ______
A:-K.V. Haridasan
B:-S.G. Vasudev
C:-K.C.S. Panicker
D:-M.V. Devan
Ans: C
37:-A German photorealistic painter _______
A:-Michelangelo Pistoletto
B:-Gerhard Richter
C:-Chuck Close
D:-Stanley Spencer
Ans: B
38:-'Living Tradition', is written by ________
A:-K.C.S. Panicker
B:-K.G. Subramanyan
C:-K.G. Sankarapilla
D:-P.N. Mago
Ans: B
39:-Red, Yellow and Blue colours are known as _______
A:-Secondary colour
B:-Tertiary colour
C:-Contrast colour
D:-Primary colour
Ans: D
40:-'Everyone I have Ever Slept with 1963-1995' is a work of art created by ______
A:-Marina Abramovic
B:-Louise Bourgeois
C:-Tracey Emin
D:-Judy Chicago
Ans: C
41:-The famous Mural Painting 'Medieval Saints' is done by ________
A:-Gaganendranath Tagore
B:-Binod Bihari Mukherji
C:-Ram Kinker Baij
D:-Nandalal Bose
Ans: B
42:-Madhubani paintings are a practicing art form of which state in India?
A:-Kerala
B:-Madhya Pradesh
C:-Bihar
D:-Orissa
Ans: C
43:-Abanindranath Tagore was related with ________
A:-Bengal School
B:-Madras School
C:-Company School
D:-Basohli School
Ans: A
44:-Who has done the famous fresco 'The Tribute Money' at Brancacci Chapel, Sta. Maria del Carmine, Florence?
A:-Fra Filippo Lippi
B:-Giotto
C:-Masaccio
D:-Masolino
Ans: C
45:-The renowned artist EI Greco is related to which period in art?
A:-Mannerism
B:-Expressionism
C:-Impressionism
D:-Realism
Ans: A
46:-Ajanta caves are situated in _______
A:-Tamil Nadu
B:-Madhya Pradesh
C:-Maharashtra
D:-Chhattisgarh
Ans: C
47:-Name of the renowned Mexican Muralist Diego Rivera's famous artist wife.
A:-Käthe Kollwitz
B:-Frida Kahlo
C:-Berthe Morisot
D:-Kiki Smith
Ans: B
48:-'You can't Please them All', is a known painting done by _______
A:-Vivan Sundaram
B:-Tyeb Mehta
C:-Bhupen Khakhar
D:-Gulam Muhammed Sheikh
Ans: C
49:-This artist using needle and thread for making images on canvas instead of brush and colour.
A:-Marina Abramovic
B:-Sarah Lucas
C:-Barbara Kruger
D:-Ghada Amer
Ans: D
50:-Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of ________
A:-Surrealism
B:-Op Art
C:-Pop Art
D:-Kinetic Art
Ans: B
51:-'Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy' is a known painting done by ________
A:-David Hockney
B:-Lucian Freud
C:-Francis Bacon
D:-L.S. Lowry
Ans: A
52:-'The Birth of Venus' is done by _______
A:-Paul Rubens
B:-Jacques Louis David
C:-Van Rijn Rembrandt
D:-Sandro Botticelli
Ans: D
53:-'The Lunch on the Grass' is a renowned painting is made by ________
A:-Johannes Vermeer
B:-Gustav Klimt
C:-Edouard Manet
D:-Claude Monet
Ans: C
54:-Choose the famous work of art of Rembrandt Van Rijn from the following paintings.
A:-The School of Athens
B:-Night Watch
C:-The Lamentation
D:-Starry Night
Ans: B
55:-'My Life' is an autobiography of this artist ________
A:-Henry Moore
B:-Edward Hopper
C:-Eugene Delacroix
D:-Marc Chagal
Ans: D
56:-Group ________ was a short-lived art movement founded in Bhavnagar, in 1962, of eleven contemporary Indian artists.
A:-1890
B:-1980
C:-1880
D:-1818
Ans: A
57:-'The Death of Marat' is a famous painting done by ______
A:-Theodore Gericault
B:-Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
C:-Jacques Louis David
D:-Francisco Goya
Ans: C
58:-'The Wanderer above the Mists' is an important painting of _______
A:-William Turner
B:-Caspar David Friedrich
C:-Gustav Courbet
D:-William Blake
Ans: B
59:-Founder member of Delhi Silpi Chakra _______
A:-J. Swami Nathan
B:-M.F. Hussain
C:-Pran Nath Mago
D:-Nagji Patel
Ans: C
60:-Who was associated with Indian Radical Painters and Sculptors Association?
A:-N.N. Rimzon
B:-Surendran Nair
C:-Rekha Rodwittiya
D:-K.P. Krishna Kumar
Ans: D
61:-'Les Demoiselles d' Avignon' is done by ________
A:-Pablo Picasso
B:-Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
C:-Georges Braque
D:-Marc Chagall
Ans: A
62:-Leonardo da Vinci was a ______ artist.
A:-Early Renaissance
B:-High Renaissance
C:-Byzantine
D:-Baroque
Ans: B
63:-'Bodhisattwa Padmapani' mural painting is at ________
A:-Elaphanta caves
B:-Bimbedka caves
C:-Pattadakal caves
D:-Ajanta caves
Ans: D
64:-Thodeekalam Siva Temple is famous for its ________
A:-Relief works
B:-Oil paintings
C:-Mural paintings
D:-Stone carvings
Ans: C
65:-'Umbrellas' is an important installation done by ______
A:-Joseph Beuys
B:-Christo & Jeanne Claude
C:-Anish Kapoor
D:-Michael Heizer
Ans: B
66:-Umberto Boccioni is a _______ artist.
A:-Futurist
B:-Fauvist
C:-Symbolist
D:-Minimalist
Ans: A
67:-Sanchi Stupa is a _______ monument.
A:-Jain
B:-Hindu
C:-Sikh
D:-Buddhist
Ans: D
68:-which is the earliest and largest museum in India?
A:-National Museum, New Delhi
B:-Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
C:-Indian Museum, Kolkatta
D:-Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay
Ans: C
69:-This artist's works were a reaction to the historical and political crisis such as the Bengal famine of 1943 and the Tebhaga movements.
A:-Rabindranath Tagore
B:-Somnath Hore
C:-Nandalal Bose
D:-Abanindranath Tagore
Ans: B
70:-The shore temple at Mahabalipuram was built during the _______ dynasty.
A:-Pallava dynasty
B:-Chalukya dynasty
C:-Chera dynasty
D:-Satavahana dynasty
Ans: A
71:-'How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare' is a performance done by _______
A:-Joseph Beuys
B:-Yves Klein
C:-Carolee Schneemann
D:-Chris Burden
Ans: A
72:-In which church did Michelangelo paint the great 'Last Judgment'?
A:-Sistine Chapel
B:-St. Peter's Basilica
C:-Santa Maria de Maggiore
D:-San Giovanni Laterano
Ans: A
73:-Kodungalloor Madhavamenon was a _________
A:-Art Historian
B:-Art Collector
C:-Sculptor
D:-Painter
Ans: D
74:-'Nude Descending Staircase' is an important painting done by _______
A:-Pablo Picasso
B:-Marcel Duchamp
C:-Franz Marc
D:-Paul Klee
Ans: B
75:-'The Persistence of Memory' is done by ________
A:-Max Ernst
B:-Rene Magritte
C:-Yves Tanguy
D:-Salvador Dali
Ans: D
76:-'Haripura Posters' were done by _______
A:-Binode Bihari Mukherji
B:-Rabindranath Tagore
C:-Nandalal Bose
D:-K.G. Subramanyan
Ans: C
77:-'Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow' is a documentary film directed by Sophie Fiennes about artist ________
A:-Anselm Kiefer
B:-Jackson Pollock
C:-Gerhard Richter
D:-Francisco Goya
Ans: A
78:-This artist used his Prints to disseminate leftist ideas and propaganda in mid 20th century in India.
A:-Nandalal Bose
B:-Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
C:-Krishna Reddy
D:-Gaganendranath Tagore
Ans: B
79:-'Untitled Film Stills' are the postmodern photographic art works done by _________
A:-Barbara Kruger
B:-David Hockney
C:-Cindy Sherman
D:-Vanessa Beecroft
Ans: C
80:-Jacques Derrida was a/an _________
A:-Art Historian
B:-Curator
C:-Philosopher
D:-Artist
Ans: C