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1	Which earlier tradition is considered an important root of Rajasthani painting?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Easy
2	Which region is generally regarded as the earliest major centre of Rajasthani painting?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Easy
3	The 1605 Ragamala set painted at Chawand by Nisardi is associated with which school?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Medium
4	Which feature of the earlier western Indian style is LEAST likely to be found in later Rajasthani series pain…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Medium
5	A student says Rajasthani painting is just a provincial copy of Mughal painting. Which statement best correct…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Hard
6	Which Rajasthani sub-school is especially famous for dramatic hunting scenes set in dense jungles?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Sub-schools	Easy
7	Sahibdin, who illustrated a large Ramayana series, worked at which court?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Sub-schools	Easy
8	Which Rajasthani school shows the strongest Mughal influence through artists such as Ali Raza and Ruknuddin?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Sub-schools	Medium
9	A painting shows a lady waiting in a garden full of flowering trees under a rich, swirling sky, with rounded …	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Sub-schools	Medium
10	Which pairing of Rajasthani sub-school and feature is INCORRECT?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Sub-schools	Hard
11	Who is the artist most closely associated with the Bani Thani painting of Kishangarh?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Kishangarh painting	Easy
12	Raja Sawant Singh of Kishangarh wrote poetry under which pen name?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Kishangarh painting	Easy
13	Which set of facial features best identifies a Kishangarh painting?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Kishangarh painting	Medium
14	Why is the Bani Thani painting often called the Indian "Mona Lisa"?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Kishangarh painting	Medium
15	A painting shows Radha and Krishna in a boat on a wide lake, with tall slender figures, elongated faces and d…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Kishangarh painting	Hard
16	What does a Ragamala painting set illustrate?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Easy
17	Which text, describing types of heroes and heroines, was written by Keshavdas?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Easy
18	Several episodes of a story are shown within one painting, in different compartments. What is this method cal…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Medium
19	A set of twelve paintings shows the changing seasons and the feelings of lovers in each month. What kind of s…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Medium
20	Which statement about the aims of a typical Rajasthani painting is most accurate?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Hard
21	Which centre is associated with the earliest well-known phase of Pahari painting?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Easy
22	Manaku and Nainsukh were sons of which painter?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Easy
23	Nainsukh is especially associated with which patron?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Medium
24	Under which ruler did Kangra painting reach its peak?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Medium
25	Which sequence correctly shows the development of Pahari painting from earliest to latest?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Hard
26	Which material was used in Basohli paintings to imitate emeralds in jewellery?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Basohli school	Easy
27	Devidasa's Rasamanjari of 1694–95 was painted for which ruler?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Basohli school	Easy
28	Which description best fits a Basohli painting?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Basohli school	Medium
29	The text Rasamanjari, illustrated at Basohli, deals mainly with which subject?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Basohli school	Medium
30	An examiner shows you a description: "a profile face with a sloping forehead, huge eye, raised white dots for…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Basohli school	Hard
31	Which word best describes the general mood of Kangra painting?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Guler and Kangra schools	Easy
32	Kangra painting reached its peak under which patron?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Guler and Kangra schools	Easy
33	Which subject is typical of Nainsukh's work for Raja Balwant Singh?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Guler and Kangra schools	Medium
34	In a Kangra painting of a lonely heroine, dark rain clouds and flashes of lightning appear in the sky. What i…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Guler and Kangra schools	Medium
35	Which comparison between Basohli and Kangra painting is correct?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Guler and Kangra schools	Hard
36	Who wrote the Gita Govinda, a favourite text of Pahari painters?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Easy
37	Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana is an episode drawn mainly from which text?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Easy
38	A painting shows a heroine walking through a dark forest at night, through rain and snakes, to meet her lover…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Medium
39	In Pahari paintings of Radha and Krishna, their love is often understood as a symbol of what?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Medium
40	Which statement about the use of nature in Pahari painting is most accurate?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Themes and features	Hard
41	Which two Persian painters did Humayun bring to India?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Easy
42	What is a muraqqa in Mughal art?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Easy
43	Which feature of later Mughal painting is most clearly due to European influence?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Medium
44	In a Mughal workshop, one artist made the outline drawing and another applied the colours. What does this sho…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Medium
45	Which statement best explains why Mughal painting differs from pure Persian painting?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Origin and development	Hard
46	The Hamzanama, painted on large sheets of cloth, was produced under which emperor?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Painting under Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan	Easy
47	Ustad Mansur is best known for paintings of which subject?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Painting under Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan	Easy
48	Which title did Jahangir give to the painter Abul Hasan?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Painting under Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan	Medium
49	The Razmnama, illustrated in Akbar's atelier, is a Persian translation of which text?	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Painting under Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan	Medium
50	A painting shows an emperor in stiff, formal profile at a jewel-like court assembly, with every figure arrang…	Fine Arts/Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting)/Commercial Art Painting under Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan	Hard