CBSE Class 12th Fine Arts Multiple Choice Questions Chapter 6 The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism

Question 1: Who is considered the pioneer of the Bengal School of Art?

a) Raja Ravi Varma

b) Abanindranath Tagore

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Nandalal Bose

Answer: b) Abanindranath Tagore

Question 2: The Bengal School of Art was mainly influenced by which of the following?

a) Mughal miniatures

b) Western realism

c) European modernism

d) Chinese paintings

Answer: a) Mughal miniatures

Question 3: Who painted the famous work “Bharat Mata”?

a) Nandalal Bose

b) Abanindranath Tagore

c) Gaganendranath Tagore

d) Raja Ravi Varma

Answer: b) Abanindranath Tagore

Question 4: Which art movement was a reaction against the academic art promoted by British colonialists?

a) Impressionism

b) The Bengal School

c) Renaissance art

d) Baroque art

Answer: b) The Bengal School

Question 5: The painting “Bharat Mata” is a representation of which theme?

a) Mother India as a goddess

b) A historical figure

c) A mythological story

d) Indian flora and fauna

Answer: a) Mother India as a goddess

Question 6: What was the cultural goal of the Bengal School?

a) To mimic Western techniques

b) To revive traditional Indian art

c) To promote abstract art

d) To support British academic realism

Answer: b) To revive traditional Indian art

Question 7: Which technique was commonly used in Bengal School paintings?

a) Oil painting

b) Watercolor wash

c) Charcoal sketches

d) Mosaics

Answer: b) Watercolor wash

Question 8: Which of the following artists was not associated with the Bengal School of Art?

a) Jamini Roy

b) Abanindranath Tagore

c) Nandalal Bose

d) Raja Ravi Varma

Answer: d) Raja Ravi Varma

Question 9: What ideology did the Bengal School support during the Indian independence movement?

a) Cultural nationalism

b) Colonialism

c) Globalization

d) Socialism

Answer: a) Cultural nationalism

Question 10: Who was the British art teacher who influenced the formation of the Bengal School?

a) E.B. Havell

b) John Constable

c) J.J. School of Art

d) George Keyt

Answer: a) E.B. Havell

Question 11: What medium did the Bengal School artists primarily use?

a) Oil on canvas

b) Watercolors and tempera

c) Sculptures

d) Woodcut prints

Answer: b) Watercolors and tempera

Question 12: Who painted “Shiva Drinking the World Poison”?

a) Abanindranath Tagore

b) Nandalal Bose

c) Gaganendranath Tagore

d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: b) Nandalal Bose

Question 13: Which artist from the Bengal School was known for incorporating Japanese techniques?

a) Nandalal Bose

b) Abanindranath Tagore

c) Asit Kumar Haldar

d) Gaganendranath Tagore

Answer: b) Abanindranath Tagore

Question 14: Which painting style was abandoned by the Bengal School to differentiate itself from Western art?

a) Realism

b) Romanticism

c) Cubism

d) Neo-classicism

Answer: a) Realism

Question 15: Which artistic subject matter was NOT commonly depicted in the Bengal School?

a) Indian mythology

b) Indian landscapes

c) Industrial revolution

d) Indian deities

Answer: c) Industrial revolution

Question 16: Which institution played a major role in the development of the Bengal School?

a) Shantiniketan

b) Delhi Art School

c) Royal Academy of Art

d) Madras School of Art

Answer: a) Shantiniketan

Question 17: Gaganendranath Tagore is associated with which art style?

a) Abstract Cubism

b) Traditional realism

c) Impressionism

d) Fauvism

Answer: a) Abstract Cubism

Question 18: What was the cultural significance of the Bengal School?

a) It redefined Indian art by rejecting colonial influence

b) It emphasized European techniques

c) It was a purely academic exercise

d) It embraced modernist art trends

Answer: a) It redefined Indian art by rejecting colonial influence

Question 19: Which element of traditional Indian art was revived by the Bengal School?

a) Sculptural realism

b) Miniature painting techniques

c) Fresco painting

d) Modernist abstraction

Answer: b) Miniature painting techniques

Question 20: Who was the first Principal of the Government College of Art, Calcutta, who supported the Bengal School?

a) Raja Ravi Varma

b) E.B. Havell

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Jamini Roy

Answer: b) E.B. Havell

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