VISUAL ARTS
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Who is the author of the book titled “Principles of Art” ?
(A) I.A. Richards
(B) Susanne Langer
(C) Herbert Read
(D) R.G. Colingwood
2. Who wrote the manifesto of Cubism ?
(A) Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
(B) Guillaume Apollinaire
(C) Andre Breton
(D) Georges Braque
3. Among the following who is not associated with Italian Renaissance ?
(A) Bramante
(B) Brunelleschi
(C) Petrarch
(D) Giovanni Pisano
4. Among the following artists who is a Flemish painter ?
(A) Jan Steen
(B) Frans Hals
(C) Rembrandt
(D) Peter Paul Rubens
5. Of the following which one has no apsidal plan ?
(A) Kapoteshwara temple, Chezrala
(B) Nakula Sahadeva Ratha, Mamallapuram
(C) Durga Temple, Aihole
(D) Teli-ka-Mandir, Gwalior
6. Which movement of modern European painting is represented by Oskar Kokoschka ?
(A) Post-Impressionism
(B) Expressionism
(C) Fauvism
(D) Abstract Expressionism
7. First newspaper printing stared at which place ?
(A) Cochin
(B) Kolkata
(C) Cuttack
(D) Chennai
8. For what purpose is the Levigator machine used ?
(A) Carving wood block
(B) Scratching plastic
(C) Graining offset plate
(D) Cutting stone
9. Planographic printing consists of which of the following set of processes ?
(A) Stencil, Silk-screen, Serigraphy
(B) Linocut, Wood cut, Wood engraving
(C) Surface printing, Litho printing, Offset printing
(D) Dry-point, Metal engraving, Etching
10. Which of the following is known as “design area” in the screen printing process ?
(A) Unexposed portion
(B) Fabric
(C) Covered with brown tape
(D) Exposed portion
11. Which liquid is used in Lino etching ?
(A) Sulphuric acid
(B) Nitric acid
(C) Sodium Hydroxide
(D) Hydrochloric acid
12. Identify the common factor in Mezzotint and Drypoint :
(A) Hardness
(B) Softness
(C) Flatness
(D) Dryness
13. An “Advertorial” is an advertisement with special promotional feature in the form of
(A) an editorial
(B) a pictorial illustration
(C) a traditional press release
(D) a front page ‘solus’ newspaper Ad
14. Which American designer is associated with the end of manual era in Graphic Design ?
(A) Shigio Fukuda
(B) Milton Glaser
(C) Wolfgang Weingart
(D) John Henry Alvin
15. What is the actual size of A4 paper ?
(A) 148 mm × 210 mm
(B) 105 mm × 148 mm
(C) 210 mm × 297 mm
(D) 297 mm × 420 mm
16. As an advertising form, “Informercials” are direct response television commercials which generally include :
(A) phone number or website
(B) A door address and the PIN number
(C) A satellite and television station
(D) A radio and a shop in a Mall
17. Which American poster designer said, “Designing is thinking made visual” ?
(A) Alfred Hitchcock
(B) William Blake
(C) Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
(D) Saul Bass
18. What was the dominant visual element in Obama’s first Presidential poster “Hope” ?
(A) An eagle
(B) Stars & Stripes
(C) Image of Obama
(D) Obama shaking hands with Dr. Manmohan Singh
19. Sarnath Buddha image is made of which stone ?
(A) Jodhpur Sandstone
(B) Chunar Sandstone
(C) Kashmir Limestone
(D) Madras Granite
20. Ambaji marble has been used for which among the following temples ?
(A) Ellora
(B) Dilwara
(C) Khajuraho
(D) Konark
21. Which artist produced the “Kutum Katam” sculptures made of wood and cloth ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Abanindranath Tagore
(C) Ramkinkar Baij
(D) Ajit Chakraborty
22. In which medium did Piraji Sagara mainly work in ?
(A) Plaster of Paris
(B) Cement concrete
(C) Bronze
(D) Wood
23. The sculpture titled “Musical Construction” in wood and metal is a work by which sculptor ?
(A) Raghunath Singh
(B) Dhanraj Bhagat
(C) Piraji Sagara
(D) Biman Das
24. Who amongst the following sculptors used pipes for large compositions ?
(A) Dhruva Mistry
(B) Shiv Singh
(C) B.K. Guru
(D) Janakiram
25. Who was often called the “Father of English watercolour” ?
(A) Paul Bell
(B) Paul Sandby
(C) William Blake
(D) John Constable
26. “Woman drying herself” by Edgar Degas employs the technique
(A) Hatching
(B) Blending
(C) Stippling
(D) Shading
27. Who painted the “Blue nude” (1899- 1900) ü?
(A) Georges Seurat
(B) Andy Warhol
(C) Georges Rouault
(D) Henri Matisse
28. Which painting in the following list is not painted in tempera ?
(A) Gopal Ghose, “A Village near Mussorie”
(B) Benode Behari Mukherjee, “Village shop”
(C) Jamini Roy, “Three Pujaris”
(D) Amrita Shergill, “Woman on charpai”
29. “Man eating Jalebi”, “Yayati” and “Sakhi-Bhava” are paintings by which artist ?
(A) K.G. Subramanyan
(B) Jogen Chowdhury
(C) Bhupen Khakhar
(D) Vivan Sundaram
30. Dynamism was the key concept behind which movement ?
(A) Impressionism
(B) Cubism
(C) Expressionism
(D) Futurism
31. Choose the correct chronological sequence :
(A) “Hay Wain”, “Raft of the Medusa”, “Olympia”, “Impression : Sunrise”
(B) “Raft of the Medusa”, “Hay Wain”, “Impression : Sunrise”, “Olympia”
(C) “Olympia”, “Impression : Sunrise”, “Hay Wain”, “Raft of the Medusa”
(D) “Impression : Sunrise”, “Raft of the Medusa”, “Olympia”, “Hay Wain”
32. Choose the correct chronological sequence :
(A) Stella Karamrisch, Niharranjan Ray, Ananda Coomaraswamy, John C. Huntington
(B) Ananda Coomaraswamy, Stella Karamrisch, Niharranjan Ray, John C. Huntington
(C) John C. Huntington, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Stella Karamrisch, Niharranjan Ray
(D) Niharranjan Ray, Ananda Coomaraswamy, John C. Huntington, Stella Karamrisch
33. Choose the correct chronological sequence :
(A) Baumgarten, Hegel, Croce, Susanne Langer
(B) Croce, Susanne Langer, Hegel, Baumgarten
(C) Hegel, Baumgarten, Croce, Susanne Langer
(D) Susanne Langer, Baumgarten, Croce, Hegel
34. Choose the correct chronological sequence :
(A) Franz Hals, Cimabue, Marc Chagall, John Constable
(B) Cimabue, Franz Hals, John Constable, Marc Chagall
(C) John Constable, Franz Hals, Marc Chagall, Cimabue
(D) Marc Chagall, Cimabue, John Constable, Franz Hals
35. Choose the correct chronological sequence for the inception of these awards :
(A) Gramy Award, Emmy Award, Academy Award, Cannes Lions International Festival Award for Advertising
(B) Cannes Lions International Festival Award for Advertising, Academy Award, Emmy Award, Gramy Award
(C) Academy Award, Cannes Lions International Festival Award for Advertising, Emmy Award, Gramy Award
(D) Emmy Award, Gramy Award, Academy Award, Cannes Lions International Festival Award for Advertising
36. ISO 216 specifies international standard paper sizes used in most countries today. Arrange them in order of dimensions :
(A) A4, A0, A1, A5
(B) A0, A1, A4, A5
(C) A5, A4, A1, A0
(D) A1, A0, A4, A5
37. Choose the correct chronological sequence from east to west :
(A) Colossus Buddha of Bamiyan, Santa Sophia, Parthenon, Magao caves
(B) Santa Sophia, Parthenon, Magao caves, Colossus Buddha of Bamiyan
(C) Parthenon Magao caves, Colossus Buddha of Bamiyan, Santa Sophia
(D) Magao caves, Colossus Buddha of Bamiyan, Santa Sophia, Parthenon
38. Choose the correct chronological sequence of the highest grossing films directed by Steven Spielberg :
(A) Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Tintin
(B) Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Tintin, ET, Jaws
(C) The Adventures of Tintin, Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET
(D) ET, The Adventures of Tintin, Jaws, Jurassic Park
39. Choose the correct sequence :
(A) Ammonium bichromate, Stretching cloth on frame, Design expose, Printing
(B) Printing, Design expose, Ammonium bichromate, Stretching cloth on frame
(C) Stretching cloth on frame, Ammonium bichromate, Design expose, Printing
(D) Design expose, Stretching cloth on frame, Ammonium bichromate, Printing
40. Choose the correct chronological sequence in seniority among these printmakers :
(A) Anupam Sood, Devyani Krishna, Lalita Lajmi, Rini Dhoomal
(B) Devyani Krishna, Lalita Lajmi, Anupam Sood, Rini Dhoomal
(C) Rini Dhoomal, Anupam Sood, Devyani Krishna, Lalita Lajmi
(D) Lalita Lajmi, Anupam Sood, Rini Dhoomal, Devyani Krishna
41. Choose the correct chronological sequence in seniority among these printmakers :
(A) Johann Gutenberg, Aloys Senefelder, Stanley William Hayter, Carol Summers
(B) Aloys Senefelder, Stanley William Hayter, Johann Gutenberg, Carol Summers
(C) Stanley William Hayter, Johann Gutenberg, Carol Summers, Aloys Senefelder
(D) Carol Summers, Johann Gutenberg, Aloys Senefelder, Stanley William Hayter
42. Choose the correct chronological sequence of the following four women sculptors in India :
(A) Meera Mukherjee, Piloo Pochkhanawala, Latika Katt, Sudha Arora
(B) Piloo Pochkhanawala, Meera Mukherjee, Sudha Arora, Latika Katt
(C) Latika Katt, Piloo Pochkhanawala, Meera Mukherjee, Sudha Arora
(D) Sudha Arora, Latika Katt, Meera Mukherjee, Piloo Pochkhanawala
43. Choose the reverse chronological order for the four historic periods :
(A) Maurya, Sunga, Kushana, Gupta
(B) Kushana, Gupta, Maurya, Sunga
(C) Sunga, Gupta, Maurya, Kushana
(D) Gupta, Kushana, Sunga, Maurya
44. Choose the correct chronological sequence :
(A) Nataraja (Chola), Yakshi from Didarganj, Bronze figurine of a girl (Mohenjodaro), Mahishasuramardini (Mamallapuram)
(B) Bronze figurine of a girl (Mohenjo-daro), Yakshi from Didarganj, Mahishasuramardini (Mamallapuram), Nataraja (Chola)
(C) Yakshi from Didarganj, Bronze figurine of a girl (Mohenjodaro), Mahishasuramardini (Mamallapuram), Nataraja (Chola)
(D) Mahishasuramardini (Mamallapuram), Bronze figurine a girl (Mohenjo-daro), Yakshi from Didarganj, Nataraja (Chola)
45. Choose the correct chronological sequence :
(A) “Virgin and Child” (Giovanni Pisano), “Pieta” (Michelangelo), “David” (Bernini), “Kiss” (Brancusi)
(B) “Pieta” (Michelangelo), “Virgin and Child” (Giovanni Pisano), “David” (Bernini), “Kiss” (Brancusi)
(C) “Kiss” (Brancusi), “Virgin and Child” (Giovanni Pisano), “Pieta” (Michelangelo), “David” (Bernini)
(D) “David” (Bernini), “Virgin and Child” (Giovanni Pisano), “Pieta” (Michelangelo), “Kiss” (Brancusi)
46. Assertion (A) : The Pre-Mughal Bhagavata Purana of c. 1550 AD is closely similar to the pictorial language of the Chaurapanchasika paintings.
Reason (R) : Because both manuscripts share similar figure type, two-dimensional space, architectural units etc.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
47. Assertion (A) : Rodin’s sculptures are marked by a rough-texture surface.
Reason (R) : He introduced it deliberately in his work because he was concerned with the spontaneous behaviour of matter in light.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
48. Assertion (A) : Paintings from Venetian Renaissance are marked by vivid colours of wide range in comparison to Italian Renaissance.
Reason (R) : Because Venetian painting was a response to the intense Southern Italian light which revealed a wide range of hues to the painter.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
49. Assertion (A) : Pahari miniature paintings are characterized by a lyrical rhythm.
Reason (R) : Because these pictures were painted in the hills.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
50. Assertion (A) : Satish Gujral expressed himself effortlessly in murals, paintings and architecture.
Reason (R) : He felt impelled to experiment in many disciplines because he was deaf and dumb since birth.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
51. Assertion (A) : Colours are more durable in Fresco Buono compared to Fresco Secco.
Reason (R) : Because Fresco Buono is a dry process, while Fresco Secco is painted directly into wet plaster.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
52. Assertion (A) : The aim of a new design originally called “Neue Haas Grotesk” was to create a new typeface that had great clarity, and no intricacy of form.
Reason (R) : So that the type could not be used on a wide variety of “Signage”.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
53. Assertion (A) : “Advertorial” has evolved with the special promotional feature of repetition in different ways as per media.
Reason (R) : Commercial advertisers often seek to generate increased consumption of their product or services through branding (or repetition).
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
54. Assertion (A) : The identity program of the Nazis was an age old and very successful symbol.
Reason (R) : Because it is a good design for a bad cause.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but this is not the reason for the assertion.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
55. Assertion (A) : Jacob Epstein was a relatively more controversial as well as less accepted sculptor among the British community.
Reason (R) : This was due to the commission he received to design the tomb of Oscar Wilde.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
56. Assertion (A) : Roman sculpture is not the earliest example of portrait busts.
Reason (R) : Because Egyptians had already produced portrait sculptures of both the living and the dead.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
57. Assertion (A) : Patina on the surface of Bronze sculptures gives a specific colour to the sculpture.
Reason (R) : Patina being an oxidation process, once formed, stops further oxidation of the surface.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but this is not the Reason for the Assertion.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
58. Assertion (A) : Raja Ravi Verma learned the technique of Oleography from foreign experts.
Reason (R) : Because Oleography was a technique which was not known earlier in India.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
59. Assertion (A) : Chittaprosad preferred to print his pictures in the linocut process.
Reason (R) : Because linoleum was the cheapest medium available to the artist at that point in time.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
60. Assertion (A) : Durer’s “Four horsemen” from the “Apocalypse” series is a print that relies on incisive lines to achieve the impact of the image content.
Reason (R) : Because he employed the engraving technique that is based on the possibilities of lines in print media.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
61. Match the artist with the paintings :
62. Match the painters with their paintings :
63. Match the temples with their locations:
64. Match the “fauna” with these well known company logos :
65. Match the following personalities with events in advertising history :
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67. Match the work with their dates :
68. Match the following works with the artists :
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71. Match the following caves of Ajanta with the descriptions :
72. Match the following collections with their locations :
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