This Rajasthan quiz on Painting Schools of Rajasthan puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
12 questions with answers and explanations
The famous painting Bani Thani belongs to which school of Rajasthani painting?
Bani Thani is the best known single work of the Kishangarh sub-style of the Marwar school, painted in the middle of the eighteenth century, and the art historian Eric Dickinson called it the Indian Mona Lisa.
Read the full explanation →Who painted the Bani Thani portrait?
Nihal Chand developed the elongated, idealised face that defines the Kishangarh style and used it for Radha and Krishna as well as for the single portrait now called Bani Thani, often set against the water of the Gundalao lake.
Read the full explanation →Which school of Rajasthani painting is most famous for its hunting or shikar scenes?
Kota separated from Bundi in the seventeenth century and, while it inherited Bundi's feeling for dense forest and water, it turned that setting to a subject of its own, the royal hunt.
Read the full explanation →Pichhwai paintings are chiefly associated with which place in Rajasthan?
A Pichhwai is a large painting on cloth that is hung behind the image of Shrinathji in the temple, the word itself meaning that which hangs at the back, and it is changed according to the season and the festival being observed.
Read the full explanation →The earliest dated set of Ragamala paintings of the Mewar school was made at Chawand in 1605 by which artist?
A Ragamala is a series in which each musical mode is given a visual form, with a season, a time of day and a mood attached to it.
Read the full explanation →The Chitrashala, famous for its wall paintings, is located in which city of Rajasthan?
The Chitrashala is a gallery within the Garh Palace of Bundi, built in the time of Rao Raja Ummed Singh, and its walls and ceilings carry some of the finest murals in Rajasthan, painted in the blue and green that the Bundi style loves.
Read the full explanation →Phad painting, the long cloth scroll narrating the deeds of folk deities, is traditionally made at
A Phad is a long horizontal cloth on which the whole life story of a folk deity, most often Pabuji or Devnarayan, is laid out in episodes, and it is not simply hung for display: a Bhopa priest-singer carries it from village to village, unrolls it at night and sings…
Read the full explanation →Usta art, the raised gold work done on camel hide, belongs to which city of Rajasthan?
Usta art, also called Munawwat or gold manoti work, is a craft in which a raised design is built up and then gilded, traditionally on camel hide but also on leather objects, wood and the walls and ceilings of palaces.
Read the full explanation →The Shekhawati region of Rajasthan is best known in painting for
From the eighteenth century the merchant families of Shekhawati, in the Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Churu districts, built large courtyard houses and had their outer and inner walls covered with painted plaster.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a sub-style of the Dhundhar school of painting?
The Dhundhar school covers the painting of the Amber and Jaipur region and includes Alwar, Shekhawati and Uniara among its sub-styles.
Read the full explanation →Sahibdin, the master painter of the Mewar workshop, worked under which ruler?
The palace maintained a painting workshop, and Sahibdin was its leading hand.
Read the full explanation →The Kavad, a portable wooden shrine whose doors open panel by panel as a story is told, is made at
A Kavad is a small shrine made of mango wood, painted a deep red and covered with figures of gods and heroes, and fitted with several hinged panels.
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