1. Which of the following is Rupa Bheda?
(1) The correct measurement and proportion
(2) The knowledge of form and appearance
(3) Expression in form with differences
(4) Beauty and visual expression
2.______ refers to a visual or physical sense of touch
(1) Line
(2) Space
(3) Value
(4) Texture
3. Optical mixture of colour is associated with
(1) Fauvism
(2) Cubism
(3) Optical illusion
(4) Impressionism
4. What are the 5 key aspects of advertising?
(1) Reach, Context, Rules, Personals, Expression, Creativity
(2) Random, Context, Recentness, Target, History
(3) Reach, Context, Recentness, Target, Creativity
(4) Reach, Context, Regularity, Game, Colour
5. Match the following:
a) Rumale Channabasavaiah
b) Kanaka Murthy
c) Chandranath Acharya
d) Sheela Gowda
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i. Illustration
ii. Landscape
iii. Sculpture
iv. Conceptual
Choose the correct answer from the following codes:
(1) a - ii b-iii, c - i d-iv
(2) a-ii, b-iii, c- iv, d - i
(3) a-iii, b-iv, c - i, d- ii
(4) a-i, b-ii, c- iii, d - iv
6. Bharat Bhavan has been an active centre of
(1) Visual art
(2) Tribal art
(3) Multidisciplinary arts
(4) Performing arts
7. Which is the famous commentary on 'Natyashastra'?
(1) Ananda Bharati
(2) Sringara Bharati
(3) Abhinava Bharati
(4) Natya Bharati
8. Which is most common between Cinema and Visual Arts?
(1) Technological aspects
(2) Audio-visual
(3) Visual imagery
(4) Editing
9. Complete the following:
Visual arts : Images
Literature : ______
Cinema : Visual effects
(1) Imagination/creativity
(2) Colour/vividity
(3) Story/narration
(4) Words/written language
10. Girish Karnad was well-versed in
(1) Theatre, Direction, Play writing, Acting
(2) Direction, Playwriting, Acting, Mimicking
(3) Theatre, Direction, Play writing, Dancing
(4) Theatre, Direction, Play writing, Singing
11. What was mixed with pigments in encaustic paintings?
(1) Cold wax
(2) Hot wax
(2) Albumen
(4) Gum arabic
12. What is Wasli?
(1) Paints specifically used in miniature paintings
(2) Wall preparation specifically for miniature paintings
(3) Paper used specifically for miniature paintings
(4) Gum used in preparation of colour specifically for miniature paintings
13. Mention the two properties of clay
(1) Flexibility and texture
(2) Elasticity and hardness
(3) Elasticity and plasticity
(4) Elasticity and fire resistance
14. Which of the following is NOT a printmaking technique?
(1) Relief
(2) Intaglio
(3) Planography
(4) Dyeing
15. Material used in the preparation of the walls for painting at Ajanta caves are listed below.
Mark the odd one
(1) Clay
(2) Cow dung
(3) Rice husk
(4) Plaster of paris
16. What does Trompe l'oeil art look like?
(1) Realistic images
(2) Hyper realistic illusion
(3) Murals with realistic images
(4) Semirealistic images
17. Select the artists using multimedia in their art practices
(1) Indrapramit Roy and A. Vasudevan
(2) Jitish Kallat and Sudarshan Shetty
(3) Arpita Singh and Arpana Kaur
(4) Jogen Chowdhury and Manu Parekh
18. Audio and Video are integral new media inclusions in
(1) Sculpture and Assemblage
(2) Installation and Video
(3) Performance and Mimicry
(4) Sound Art
19. Match the Vector and Raster images from the following:
(1) Raster : Lines
Vector : Pixels
(2) Raster: Pixels
Vector : Dots
(3) Raster : Pixels
Vector : Lines
(4) Raster : Dots
Vector : Lines
20. What is archival paper?
(1) Paper used in the museums
(2) Permanent, durable, acid free paper
(3) Old paper from the past
(4) Cotton rag paper with little acid
21. 'Chitraturaga Nyaya' was introduced by
(1) Bharata
(2) Sri Shankuka
(3) Bhattanayaka
(4) Abhinava Gupta
22. Which was the theory of aesthetic experience introduced by Bhattanayaka?
(1) Chitrasutra
(2) Sadharanikarana
(3) Chitra Turaganya
(4) Chita Alankara
23. 'Hybridity and Cultural Identity' concept was given by
(1) Rabindranath Tagore
(2) Mulkaraj Anand
(3) Gayatri Spivak
(4) Homi K. Bhabha
25. Philosopher and critic Derrida was exponent of the theory________
(1) Structuralism
(2) Deconstruction
(3) Deformation
(4) Conceptualism
26. Construction of Colosseum at the city of Rome was started by
(2) Emperor Titus
(3) Emperor Alexander
(4) Emperor Constantine
27. Painting 'Raft of Medusa' by Gericault was inspired by an incident
(1) Accident in an ocean
(2) Accident in a forest
(3) Accident in a river
(4) None of the above
28. One of the following artists does NOT belong to group of abstract painters - Identify.
(1) Mark Rothko
(3) George Seurat
(4) Jackson Pollack
29. Barbara Kruger is a/an artist
(1) Abstract artist
(2) Landscape Artist
(3) Installation Artist
(4) Realism Artist
30. One of the following artists was known for his famous large Mother and Child sculptures
(1) Brancusi
(2) Rodin
(3) Barbara Hepworth
(4) Henry Moore
31. Choose the monument that Mauryan King Ashoka DID NOT establish
(1) Stone Pillars
(2) Stupas
(3) Chaitya and Vihara
(4) Structural Temples
32. Ajanta paintings were done in which of the following techniques?
(1) Tempera
(2) Fresco-Secco
(3) Fresco-Buono
(4) Water-based colours on wet surface
33. Who were the patrons of the Ellora Caves - 16, 15, 17, 21?
(1) Kalachuris
(2) Chalukyas
(3) Rashtrakutas
(4) Vakatakas
34. A wellknown sculpture Nara-Narayana is found in which temple?
(2) Durga Temple
(3) Chennakeshava Temple
(4) Khandariya Mahadeva Temple.
35. Where was the Kalighat Paintings done?
(1) Kolkata
(2) Jaipur
(3) Delhi
(4) Bhubaneshwar
36. Who were the founders of artist group 1890?
Choose the correct answer.
c) Eric Huibert Brown
d) Shanti Dave
(1) a, b, c
(2) a, c, d
(3) d, a, b
(4) b, c, d
37. Popular Art culture was initiated in India by
(1) Amrita Shergil
(2) Ravi Varma
(3) Nandalal Bose
(4) K.G. Subramanyan
38. Name the sculptor who designed the Statue of Oneness
(1) Ram Sutar
(2) Bhagwan Rampure
(3) Krishna Kumar
(4) Somnath Hore
39. The book "When Was Modernism" was written by _____
(1) K.G. Subramanyan
(2) R. Sivakumar
(3) Geeta Kapur
(4) Yashodhara Dalmia
40. Sudhir Patwardhan's paintings depict the _____
(1) Luxury life of city
(2) Modern city life
(3) Agony of urban middle class life
(4) Beauty of village life
41. Thangka Paintings depicts
(1) Life of Buddha
(2) Jataka of Buddha
(3) Mandalas of Buddhist Beliefs
(4) Portraits of Monks
42. Amun-Ra was represented as _____ in Egyptian mythology
(1) War God
(2) Sun God
(3) God of healing
(4) God of City
43. The great sculpture of Sleeping Buddha in Sri Lanka is located in which city?
(1) Anuradhapura
(2) Polonnaruwa
(3) Sigiriya
(4) Jaffna
44. The narrative panel Samudra Mathana is found in which temple?
(1) Angkor Thom Temple
(2) Bayon Temple
(3) Angkor Wat Temple
(4) Ta-Prohm Temple
45. What is the Chinese term for landscape paintings?
(1) Xiette
(2) Shanshui
(3) Gong Bi
(4) Mogu Style
46. Chitrakala Parishath at Bangalore houses a good collection of one of the following folk arts:
(1) String Puppets
(2) Leather Puppets
(3) Hand Puppets
(4) Rajasthan Puppets
47. Following is one of the folk dance forms of Karnataka:
(1) Dollu Kunitha
(2) Domarra Atta
(3) Dandiya
(4) Garbha
48. Kamsale is a folk dance performed by the devotees of
(1) Malai Mahadeshwara
(2) Kukke Subramanya
(3) Tala Kaveri
(4) Chidambaram
49. One of the following is NOT a folk painting:
(1) Madhubani
(2) Pithora
(3) Kalighat
(4) Kangra
50. Where is the famous Bidri metal handicraft from?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Telangana
(3) Karnataka
(4) Tamil Nadu
51. Kalighat paintings was practised at
(1) Vishnupur
(2) Kolkata
(3) Krishnanagar
(4) Gangasagar
52. Chandi Bhima Temple is situated in
(1) Prambanan
(2) Borobodur
(3) Sewu
(4) Yogyakarta
53. Utamaro was a
(1) Painter
(2) Printmaker
(3) Landscape Artist
(4) Installation Artist
54. Who initiated the Feminist Art Movement in America?
(1) Suzzane Lacy
(2) Judy Chicago
(3) Barbara Cruger
(4) Hannah Wilke
55. Artist Abanindranath Tagore was a great
(1) Progressive Artist
(2) Nationalist
(3) Rationalist
(4) Internationalist
56. Identify the two Abstract Expressionism Artists.
a) Willem de Kooning
b) Pablo Picasso
c) Van Gogh
d) Jackson Pollock
Mark the right answer
(1) a and b
(2) b and c
(3) a and d
(4) a and c
57. The 1890 Artist Group was formed in
(1) West Bengal
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Gujarat
58. Guler style of painting was known as
(1) Rajasthani
(2) Kishangarhi
(3) Pahadi
(4) Mughal
59. Mukteshwara temple is situated at
(1) Bhubaneshwar
(2) Khajuraho
(3) Kanauj
(4) Modhera
60. Razmnama paintings depict
a) Ramayana and Mahabharata
b) Harivamsa and Bhagavata
c) Lifestory of Akbar
d) Malai-Madhava story
Choose the right answer
(1) a and c
(2) a and b
(3) only c
(4) c and d
61. During the Renaissance the use of gradations of light and shadow to achieve the illusion of three-dimensionality is called
(1) Chiaroscuro
(2) Sfumato
(3) Impasto
(4) Hatching
62. What is used in the preparation for the ground in Jaipuri Frescoes?
(1) Marble powder and lime
(2) Sand and lime
(3) Mud and lime
(4) Cow dung, clay and husk
63. The original book of the Constitution of India has hand-painted designs.
This was mainly done by
(1) K. Venkatappa
(2) Nandalal Bose
(3) Asit Kumar Haldar
(4) Gopal Ghosh
64. Raza S.H.'s paintings are _______ by nature
(1) Realistic
(2) Symbolic
(3) Narrative
(4) Abstract
65. Match the following with appropriate field of practice:
a) Atul Dodiya
b) N.S. Harsha
c) Ravindra Reddy
d) Shilpa Gupta
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i. Sculpture
ii. Painting
iii. Installation
iv. Site specific
(1) a - iv, b - iii, c - ii, d - i
(2) a - ii, b - iv, c - i, d - iii
(3) a - iii, b - ii, c - iv, d - i
(4) a - i, b - iii, c - iv, d - ii
66. Bhimbetka famous for cave paintings is situated in
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Odisha
(4) Tamil Nadu
67. Op Art is an abbreviation of
(1) Open Art
(2) Optical Art
(3) Opera Art
(4) Opulence Art
68. The director of the movie 'Inner Eye' with the artist Binod Bihari Mukherjee is
(1) Satyajit Ray
(2) Goutam Ghose
(3) Mrinal Sen
(4) Ritwik Ghatak
69. George Seurat invented the technique of
(1) Surrealism
(2) Mannerism
(3) Pointillism
(4) Fauvism
70. Match the following:
a) J. Swaminathan
b) Geeta Kapoor
c) Bose Krishanamachari
d) K.C.S. Panikar
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i. Cholamandal
ii. Kochi Biennale
iii. Bharat Bhavan
iv. Art Historian
(1) a - ii b-iii, c - i d - iv
(2) a - iii, b - iv, c - ii, d - i
(3) a-iii, , b - i c - iv d - i
(4) a - iii, b - iv, c - i, d - ii
71. Concept of a work of art is called
(1) Illustration
(2) Design
(3) Space
(4) Value
72. The arrangement of the visual elements is
(1) Composition
(2) Unity
(3) Harmony
(4) Contrast
73. Which one of the following is NOT related to image format?
(1) JPEG
(2) TIFF
(3) WAV
(4) BMP
74. The objective of all advertisements is
(1) Objectivity
(2) Timeliness
(3) Persuasion
(4) Infotainment
75. The perfect printing resolution is ______ DPI
(1) 72
(2) 150
(3) 300
(4) 360
76.______ can be useful for turning a drawing into vector
(1) Trace
(2) Blend
(3) Group
(4) Complain
77. _______ is a graphical representation of a product, brand, company or group
(1) Logo
(2) Hologram
(3) Symbol
(4) Trademark.
78. Arrange the following steps of the advertising process in the correct sequence.
a) Evaluating the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.
b) Setting advertising objectives and goals.
c) Developing the advertising message and creative elements.
d) Selecting the appropriate media channels for advertising.
e) Identifying the target audience and conducting market research.
(1) e, b, c, d, a
(2) b, e, c, d, a
(3) c, e, b, d, a
(4) e, c, b, d, a
87. Anupam Sood is a _____
(1) Landscape Artist
(2) Installation Artist
(3) Print Maker
(4) Abstract Painting Artist
88. Identify the following artists who is NOT a print maker?
(1) Shamsunder
(2) Jayakumar Reddy
(3) Vijay Bagodi
(4) Suresh Jayaram
89. Which one in the following is NOT a printing technique?
(1) Mural
(2) Serigraphy
(3) Planography
(4) Digital Printing
90. Olography is also known as
(1) Chromolithography
(2) Serigraphy
(3) Photography
(4) None of these
91. Who is the pioneer of Modern Indian Sculpture?
(1) Sankho Chaudhuri
(2) Ramkinkar Baij
(3) Dhanraj Bhagat
(4) Ram Sutar
92. Name the type of stone used at Khajuraho
(1) Limestone
(2) Soap Stone
(3) Marble Stone
(4) Sandstone
93. Sculptures titled "The Kiss" are made by two famous sculptors. Name them
(1) Auguste Rodin and Constantin Brancusi
(2) Masaccio and Auguste Rodin
(3) Constantin Brancusi and Masaccio
(4) Lorenzo Ghiberti and Constantin Brancusi
94. Chola dynasty is known for its unique sculptures made of
(1) Copper
(2) Silver
(3) Brass
(4) Bronze
95. Bronze is an alloy of
(1) Copper and Tin
(2) Copper and Iron
(3) Copper and Cobalt
(4) Copper and Zinc
96. Match the following sculptors with their sculptures
a) Subodh Gupta
b) Ravindra Reddy
c) D.P. Roy Choudhary
d) Ram V. Sutar
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i. Statue of Unity
ii. Monumental fibreglass sculpture
iii. Kitchen utensils of steel
iv. Dandi march
(1) a - iii b - i c - ii d - iv
(2) a-iii, b-ii, c- iv, d - i
(3) a - i b - iv c - iii d - i
(4) a - ii b - i c - ii d - iv
97. Umberto Boccioni is associated with
(1) Fauvism
(2) Futurism
(2) Cubism
(4) Impressionism
98. What is 'Patina'?
(1) Process of oxidation to create different colours on a metal
(2) Process of applying colours on a metal
(3) Process of oxidation to create layers on a metal
(4) Process of acid bite to create different colours on a metal
99. Who is the sculptor of the bronze sculpture "Triumphs of Labour"?
(1) Sankho Chaudhuri
(2) D.P. Roy Choudhury
(3) Dhanraj Bhagat
(4) Prodosh Das Gupta
100. Where is the sculpture titled "Shaheed Smarak" - the martyr's memorial of D.P Roy Choudhary installed?
(1) Delhi
(2) Patna
(3) Chennai
(4) Goa
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