The Changing World of Visual Arts Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers
Choose the correct answer:
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Answer: (d) Kumar
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Answer: (a) Oil painting
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Answer: (b) commander of the British army
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Answer: (d) seringapatam
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Answer: (d) Bombay
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Answer: (b) Japanese artists
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Answer: (c) after the 1840s
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Answer: (d) the late nineteenth
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Answer: (b) West Bengal
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Colonialism | (a) Painting in small size |
| (ii) Convention | (b) Painting on a roll of paper |
| (iii) Engravings | (c) A picture of a person in which the face and expression is prominent |
| (iv) Mural | (d) An accepted norm or style |
| (v) Scroll painting | (e) The design which has been cut in wood or metals |
| (vi) Miniatures | (f) Wall painting |
| (vii) Portrait | (g) The state of a country when it is ruled by foreigners |
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| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Colonialism | (g) The state of a country when it is ruled by foreigners |
| (ii) Convention | (d) An accepted norm or style |
| (iii) Engravings | (e) The design which has been cut in wood or metals |
| (iv) Mural | (f) Wall painting |
| (v) Scroll painting | (b) Painting on a roll of paper |
| (vi) Miniatures | (a) Painting in small size |
| (vii) Portrait | (c) A picture of a person in which the face and expression is prominent |
State whether true or false:
1. Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings were termed as national.
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Answer: True
2. Rabindranath Tagore rejected the art of Ravi Varma as imitative and westernised.
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Answer: False
3. Thomas and William Jlaniell came to India in 1785.
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Answer: True
4. Tipu Sultan was defeated in the battle of Mysore.
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Answer: False
5. The third category of imperial art was History Painting.
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Answer: True
6. Photographers came to India from Europe in 18th century.
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Answer: False
7. European artists came to India with British engineers.
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Answer: False
Fill in the blanks:
1. Thomas and William Daniell stayed in India for
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Answer: sevfen years
2. The most powerful enemy of the British was
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Answer: Tipu Sultan
3. The style of painting which showed Indian landscape as a land is called picturesque.
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Answer: quaint
4. Raja Ravi Varma belonged to the family of the of in Kerala.
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Answer: Maharajas, Travancore
5. Abanindranath Tagore was the of Rabindranath Tagore.
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Answer: nephew
