CBSE Class-12 Exam 2020 : Question Paper (Graphics)

• Subject :-Graphics
• Class : XII
• Year : 2020

SECTION A

Instruction : Write answers for all six parts of the question.

1. Fill in the blanks out of the options given below the following questions.

(i) In Contemporary (modern) Indian graphic-prints included in your course of study, graphic-print __________ depicts emaciated human figures.
(A) Devi
(B) Of Walls
(C) Children
(D) Man, Woman and Tree

(ii) The famous Contemporary (modern) Indian graphic-print ‘Devi’ is made with ____________ technique.
(A) Intaglio
(B) Etching
(C) Lithography
(D) Screen printing

(iii) India saffron colour used in the Indian National Flag symbolizes ____________ .
(A) Danger and Fear
(B) Courage and Sacrifice
(C) War and Dispute
(D) Heat and Light

(iv) Contemporary (modern) Indian sculptor Aekka Yadagiri Rao has made his famous sculpture ‘Chatturmukhi’ in __________ medium.
(A) Bronze
(B) Brass
(C) Stone
(D) Wood

(v) The famous miniature painting of Rajasthani School ‘Bharat Meets Rama at Chitrakuta’ is based on __________, an Indian mythological epic.
(A) Geet Govinda
(B) Bhagwad Gita
(C) Ramcharitmanas (Ramayana)
(D) Durga Saptashati

(vi) The famous miniature painting ‘Nand, Yashoda and Krishna with Kinsmen Going to Vrindavan’ has been made in ___________ sub-school of the Pahari School.
(A) Chamba
(B) Kangra
(C) Basohli
(D) Guler

SECTION B  

Instruction : Write answers for each of the three parts of the question in about 30 words.

2. (a) Why, in your opinion, is the miniature-painting ‘Raja Aniruddha Singh Hara’ done by Utkal Ram of Rajasthani School appreciable ? Give your answer in short.
(b) Why do you appreciate any of the following painters of the Mughal School ? Write a short note on his technique, medium and compositional-arrangement of the subject-matter with reference to his particular painting included in your course of study.
(i) Ustad Faquirullah Khan
OR
(ii) Miskin
(c) Appreciate any of the following miniature-paintings included in your course of study duly based on the aesthetic parameters in short :
(i) Chand Bibi Playing Polo (Chaugan)
OR
(ii) Ragini Pat-hamsika

SECTION C

Instruction : Write answers for each of the two parts of the question in about 100 words.

3. Evaluate the artistic achievements of any two of the following painters duly based on the aesthetic-parameters with reference to their particular paintings included in your course of study :
(a) Dana (Rajasthani Painter)
(b) Sahibdin (Rajasthani Painter)
(c) Guman (Rajasthani Painter)
(d) Manaku (Pahari Painter)

SECTION D

Instruction : Write the answer for the given question in about 200 words.

4. Identify any relevant painting of the Mughal or Deccan School in your course of study comprising of the following features and explain them in that painting accordingly :
(a) The Mughal School of Miniature-Painting was secular, in which Hindu Gods-Goddesses and saints were also depicted.
OR
(b) The rendering of tall and slender female figures in fine and rhythmic lines in the Deccan School of Miniature-Painting.

SECTION E

Instruction : Write the answer for the given question in about 200 words.

5. Which one do you like or dislike from the following Contemporary (modern) Indian graphic-prints/paintings of the Bengal School included in your course of study ? Justify your answer on the basis of the aesthetic-parameters in detail with suitable examples/reasons :
(a) Children (A graphic-print)
(b) Of Walls (A graphic-print)
(c) Man, Woman and Tree (A graphic-print)
(d) Rasa-Lila (A painting of the Bengal School)
(e) Journey’s End (A painting of the Bengal School)

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