VISUAL ARTS
PAPER – II
Note : This paper contains hundred (100) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Raja Ravi Verma’s Oleographs are considered as :
(1) Expressionistic style
(2) Bazar style
(3) European style
(4) All of the above
2. Which are the relief printing processes ?
(1) Planography and Serigraphy
(2) Lithography and wood cut
(3) Aquatint and Dry point
(4) Lithography, Dry point and wood cut
3. Brayer is also known as :
(1) Soft Ground
(2) Block of wood
(3) Rubber Roller
(4) Squeeze
4. ‘Construction – J’ is the creation of :
(1) Renoir
(2) Picasso
(3) Jagdish Dey
(4) J. Swaminathan
5. The print ‘Five faces’ is made by :
(1) Bishan Kumar Bharadwaj
(2) Subha Gosh
(3) Shukla Sawant
(4) Moti Zharotia
6. Raja Ravi Verma’s prints are called :
(1) Serigraphs
(2) Lithographs
(3) Oleographs
(4) Collographs
7. In silk screen printing what makes the surface photosensitive ?
(1) Potassium permanganate
(2) Potassium Dichromate
(3) Sodium Hydrochloride
(4) Nitric Acid
8. During what period lithography printing start in India ?
(1) 1825 – 1830
(2) 1830 – 1860
(3) 1890 – 1905
(4) 1920 – 1930
9. The Royal Academy, London was Founded by :
(1) Sir Joshua Reynolds
(2) David Annesley
(3) Francis Bacon
(4) Michael Ayrton
10. Name the Author of the book entitled, “The Non-Objective World”.
(1) Paul Klee
(2) Moholy Nagy
(3) Robert Motherwell
(4) Kajimir Malvich
11. Who wrote the book, “Kangra Painting on Love” ?
(1) O.C. Ganguly
(2) W.G. Archer
(3) M.S. Randhawa
(4) A.K. Coomaraswamy
12. The painting entitled, “Ankuran’’ is painted by whom ?
(1) M.F. Husain
(2) S.H. Raza
(3) F.N. Suza
(4) K.K. Habber
13. Which of the miniature school have largely produced painting on “Hunting” theme ?
(1) Kishangarh school
(2) Kota school
(3) Kangra school
(4) Basoli school
14. The first international exhibition of Abstract art was held in the year of __________.
(1) 1932 AD New York
(2) 1930 AD Paris
(3) 1940 AD Weimer
(4) 1942 AD Dublin
15. Name the place where an exhibition on ‘New Tantra’ theme was organized during Bharat Mahotsava (1985 – 86).
(1) Moscow
(2) Los Angeles
(3) London
(4) Paris
16. The famous international exhibition of Modern art known as ‘ARMORY SHOW’ was organized by :
(1) Mark Rothko and Arshile Gorky
(2) Walt Kuhn and Arthur B. Davies
(3) J. Pollock and De Kooning
(4) Franz Kline and Mark Tobey
17. Generic term to describe a wide range of typeface designs with Serif forms :
(1) Roman
(2) Gothic
(3) Uncials
(4) Pseudo Serif
18. The iconic symbol of “Apple Computers Inc.”designed by :
(1) Steve Jobs
(2) Steve Wazniak
(3) Isaac Newton
(4) Rob Janoff
19. Name the typographer who admonished “Letters are not pictures but signs for sounds”.
(1) John Baskerville
(2) Charlie Hebdo
(3) Eric Gill
(4) Federic Gondy
20. Who experimented with the photographic technique of ‘Solarization’ from the mid – 1920’s ?
(1) Man Ray
(2) Louis Daguerre
(3) W. Henry Fox Talbot
(4) Johann Heinrich Schulze
21. Initial letter of the first word in a text set in larger size, extends into the lines of type below is referred as :
(1) Descender
(2) Drop Cap
(3) Small Capitals
(4) Grotesque
22. ‘Polish School of Posters’ emerged historically as a new and creative branch of contemporary art :
(1) After World War – II
(2) After World War – I
(3) At the end of Cold war
(4) After the defeat of the ‘Spanish Armada’
23. The first fully – fledged all – photographic news magazine in the United States was :
(1) Harper’s Bazaar
(2) Shutterbug
(3) Life
(4) Fortune
24. ‘Italic characters’ with extravagant Calligraphic flourishes are known as :
(1) Rockwell characters
(2) Swash characters
(3) Logotype
(4) Asymmetric characters
25. Who is the author of the book ‘Art and Visual Culture in India’ ?
(1) Geeta Kapoor
(2) Anish Kapoor
(3) Saryu Doshi
(4) Gayatri Sinha
26. Which of the following temple represents to the fully evolved Kalinga style Temple Architecture ?
(1) Parasuramesvara Temple
(2) Raja Rani Temple
(3) Linga Raj Temple
(4) Sun Temple of Konark
27. Who was the chief architect of Humayun’s Tomb ?
(1) Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
(2) Ustad Ahmad
(3) Mir Abdul Karim
(4) Ustad Isa Shirazi
28. Name the European painter who is known for painting elongated shadows, empty roads and arcades in mysterious way.
(1) Edvard Munch
(2) Edward Hopper
(3) Giorgio Chirico
(4) Alberto Savinio
29. Name the art critique who spoke about ‘significant form’ in aesthetic.
(1) Clive Bell
(2) Roger Fry
(3) I.A. Richards
(4) Herbert Read
30. Tala Mana is associated with __________ .
(1) Iconography
(2) Music
(3) Dance
(4) Drama
31. Nainsukha is famous painter of Pahari painting, mainly associated with __________.
(1) Basohli
(2) Jammu
(3) Guler
(4) Jasrota
32. From following, who is known for Geometrical Abstraction ?
(1) Kazimir Malevich
(2) Wassily Kandisky
(3) Piet Mondrian
(4) Jaison Cianelli
33. Auguste Rodin principally worked with :
(1) Plasticine
(2) Wax
(3) Clay
(4) Marble
34. Which is not alloy ?
(1) Bronze
(2) Brass
(3) Copper
(4) White metal
35. ‘Investment mould’ is associated with :
(1) Multiple casting
(2) Bronze casting
(3) Fibre – Glass casting
(4) Rubber Casting
36. Who was the sculptor of famous ‘Ecstasy of St. Teresa’ ?
(1) Donatello
(2) Bernini
(3) Jean Baptiste Pigalla
(4) Francisco Salzillo
37. Name of the sculptor who was the Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
(1) Dhanraj Bhagat
(2) Chintamani Kar
(3) B.S. Katt
(4) Shankho Chaudhuri
38. Name of the Sculptor who was commissioned for the Stone Sculpture (Yaksha-Yakshini) for Reserve Bank of India Building, New Delhi.
(1) D.P. Roychaudhuri
(2) Sharbari Roychaudhuri
(3) Ramkinkar Baij
(4) Shankho Chaudhuri
39. Biscuit Firing is related with :
(1) Lost wax casting
(2) Ceramics
(3) Sand casting
(4) Dogra Casting
40. Mallet is related with :
(1) Stone carving
(2) Wood carving
(3) Bronze casting
(4) Direct metal sculpture
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61. Choose the correct chronological sequence of the following works in Printmaking :
(1) Sleep of reason, Prodigalson, Scream, Jane avril at Jardin de Paris
(2) Jane avril at Jardin de Paris, Prodigalson, Sleep of reason, Scream
(3) Scream, Prodigalson, Sleep of reason, Jane avril at Jardin de Paris
(4) Prodigalson, Sleep of reason, Jane avril at Jardin de Paris, Scream
62. Select the correct sequence of Machine used in printmaking.
(1) Lithopress Machine, Etching Press Machine, Routing Machine, Block Printing Machine
(2) Block Printing Machine, Etching Press Machine, Lithopress Machine, Routing Machine
(3) Etching Press Machine, Lithopress Machine, Routing Machine, Block Printing Machine
(4) Routing Machine, Block Printing Machine, Etching Press Machine, Lithopress Machine
63. Select the reverse chronology of the Famous printmakers.
(1) William Hogarth, Rembrandt, Ottavio Leoni, Michael Wolgemut
(2) Ottavio Leoni, Michael Wolgemut, Rembrandt, William Hogarth
(3) Rembrandt, Ottavio Leoni, Michael Wolgemut, William Hogarth
(4) Michael Wolgemut, William Hogarth, Ottavio Leoni, Rembrandt
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