Below are the two statements in the context of new popular Indian art in the…
2019
Below are the two statements in the context of new popular Indian art in the nineteenth century.
Statement (A) : Many painting mocked at the changes they saw around, ridiculing the new tastes of those who spoke in English and warned against women moving out of their homes.
Statement (B) : Images were used to express nationalist ideas and inspire people against British rule.
- A.
Both (A) and (B) are correct and (B) is the correct interpretation of (A).
- B.
Both (A) and (B) are correct, but (B) is not the correct interpretation of (A).
- C.
(A) is correct, but (B) is wrong.
- D.
(A) is wrong, but (B) is right.
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Correct answer: B
Questions of this type ask you to judge two statements independently for factual accuracy, and separately to judge whether one statement explains or is an interpretation of the other. Two statements can each be true as separate, unrelated facts about a period, without either one being derived from or explaining the other.
Here, Statement (A) describes a documented strand of nineteenth-century Indian art — satirical prints (in the Kalighat style) that mocked the changing tastes of English-educated, Westernized elites and voiced conservative anxiety about women moving outside the home. Statement (B) describes a separate, equally well-documented strand — nationalist imagery, such as Abanindranath Tagore's painting Bharat Mata, created to symbolize the nation and inspire resistance to British rule. Both statements are factually accurate descriptions of nineteenth/early-twentieth century Indian visual culture.
The two strands, however, serve different purposes and address different audiences: one is social satire aimed at changing urban manners, the other is nationalist iconography aimed at political mobilisation. Statement (B) does not explain, derive from, or interpret Statement (A) — they are parallel developments, not a cause-and-effect pair. So both statements are correct, but (B) is not the correct interpretation of (A).
Treating (B) as an interpretation of (A) wrongly assumes a dependency between two unrelated artistic developments.
Claiming (B) is wrong ignores well-attested nationalist imagery (such as Bharat Mata) created specifically to inspire anti-colonial sentiment.
Claiming (A) is wrong ignores well-attested satirical prints mocking Anglicized tastes and conservative views on women's mobility.