ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS - 2021

ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS - 2021

M.F.A. Art Historv

and

Visual Studies

Date:

Code No: Z-38

OMR Max. Marks:

50 + Essay Questions: ¹⁰ marks Time:

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$ill

be done on the basis

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p€rformance in

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_aad

part

B

(oMR).

vii)

^{Part C (essay} questions)

will

be

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and considered only

for

those candidates \,lho

qualify for

the campus

oral inten

ierrs

In Part

A

and Pan B, for each question, there are four answers and the answers are indicated with capiral letters ofalphabets viz., A, B. C and D. Indicate the

corect

answer on the ON4R sheet provided to I'ou.

Part A

(Objective Type - OMR) has 25 questions with

NEGATIVE

marking

of0.33

for each for every

$rong

ansl{,Er of one-mark question.

Pan

B (Objecli\e

T)pe

OMR) has 25 quesrions

$ith \O \ECAllVf

mdrkings.

Part

C (2 Essay quesdons) to be written in the booklet ans\aer sheets The marks ofthese essals

wiil

^be

included

ody

as part

ofthe

campus oral inteNiew and evaluation process.

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PART

A

2 -v?

LThe

fiudra

depicted in the famous Gupta period seated Buddha image

liom

Sarnath is

A.

Abhaya Mudra

B.

Varada Mudra

C.

Dharmachaka Mudra

D. Bhumi.par.a VuJra

2. The medium for

qhich

Ladl sculptor Marie Tussaud became famous is

A.

Bronze

B.

Papier mache

C. Wa\

D.

Casein

3. K.

G. SubramaDyan's

'The'King ofthc Dart

Chamber' is ^a A. Glass Pajnting

B. Tapestry C. Buon fresco D. Terracotta mural

4.

The Ancient Indic Script that has not yet been succcssfully deciphered is

A.Pali

B. De\ anagari

C.lndus Valley

script

'

_{D. Brahmi}

5.

The Sompura

family ofartists *ill

^be responsible for the planning and

building ofthe A.Yadadri

Lakshmi Narasimha Temple complex, Telangana

B.

S

^{Ra1n Janma Bhoomi} Teefiha Kshetra tcmplc. Uttar Pradesh

C.sri

Sonrnoth

Tenple

in

Veraral.

Uujarat D. Sri Padmanabhaswam-r"femple, Kerala

6.

^{The 108 Kalanas}

ofBharata's

Natya Sastra are depicted on the wails

of A.Ayodhya

Ram Mandir, Uttar Pradesh

B. \raikuntha Perumal Temple. Kancheepuram C.

Thillai

Nataraja Temple, Chidanbaram D. Srikalahasteesvara tenlple, Chittoor

District

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7.

When

Andy

Warhol

first

exhibited this

r'ork in

1962, the canvases rvere displayed together on shelves, like products in a grocery aisle. The

title ofthis

r,!'o.k rr'as

A.

Velvet {Jnderground

B.

Triple

Elvis

C.

Campbell's Soup Cans

D.

Ten Lizes

8.

^Indian farmer and spokeslerson

ofthe

Bharat Kisan Llnion is

A.

Pinarayi

Vljayan

B.

Surendran

Nair

C.

Gajerdra Singh Shekha*at

D.

Rakesh

Tikait

9.

The redevelopment architectural project being undertaken on Raisina

Hill

Nerv Delhi is called the

A.

^Sabarmati Riverfront Developnrent Project

B.

^{Central Vista Proj ect}

C \armcdc V"lle)

Ker adia

Pr,jccr

D.

Urban Heritage Development Project

10. The Svetambara Jain temples situated in Mount Abu are part of a complex ofshrines cailed

A. Dilwala

^temples

B.

^{Hoysala complex}

C.

Shaktipeethatemples

D.

Jyotirlinga

shires

1i.

The iconographical attribute in the hands

ofthe

Boddhisattva Vajrapani is A.

Lotu. flouer

B.

Tddent

'

C. Thr:nderboit

D

^Spear

12. The 12'h century Oriya work that describes the loves of Krislma, Radha

ard

the Gopikas

of

Vrindavana is

A.

The Mricchakatika b-v

Sudraka

^:

B.

l'he Raghuvamsa by Kalidasa

C.

The Gita Govinda by Jayadeva

D.

The Cilapatikara by Ilango

Adigal

13. The Indian pharmaceutical manul'acturer of the Covaxin vaccine against SARS-CoV2

A.

Himalaya Drug Company

B.

Ayush Laboratories

C.

Alembic Pharmrce-ticals

D.

Bharat Biotech

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14. Which

ofthe follo{'ing

works does not bclong to the Blue Period ofPicasso's paintincs?

A.

The

Old

Guitarist

B.

The Portrait

ofcedrude

Stein

C.

The Tragedy

D.

The Woman

with

folded Arms

15. The lithography press lo rep]oduce paintings that was helped and set up to run by the German Fred Schleicher

in I894

rva: the

A.

Thompson Press, Fariclabad

B.

Pragati Pdnters, Hydcrabad

C.

Ravi Varma Fine

Art

Lirhography Press

D.

^Pranava Pdnters CTC

16. 'Ihe

Candella

King

Vidyadhara in the l lrh century declicated this temple to the God Shiva

A.

Kandaril'a Mahadeo Temple, Khajuraho

B.

Muktesvaratemple, Bhubanes$'ar

C.

Mahakaleshvara Temple.

Ujjain D.

Omkareshrvara Temple, Shivapuri

17. Which

city

is

horvr

^as the birthpiace

ofthe

Renajssance?

A.

Romc

B.

Paris

C.

Florence

D.

London

18. Kalighat Paintings are examples

of

A.

^Bazaar

Art . B.

^Modern

Afi

C.

^Popular

Afi

D. \ll ,'ltl-e

^abore

19.

The pulp-print technique used in the

critically

acclaimed ,Folmd ,\eries

ol

ptj]:'ts $'as the

\tork of

A. Sanat

Kar

B.

(dltikanr

_Mondal

C. Somnath Hore

D.

Sarbari Roy Choudhary

20. The colossal limestone statue

ofa reclining

sphinx is seen in

A.

The great Assyrian

cit] ofNineveh

in the Mesopotamian

civilization

B.

The great pyramjd complex

ofGiza

near Cairo

C.

Mesoamerican

civilization

of the Maya people in Guatamala

D.

Asokan capital in Patalipurra

21.

Rock cut temples dating to the Chalukyan

dlnas.y

are lbund

in

A.

Barabar

Hills,

Ellora and Hampi

+

B.

Ellora. Kanheri and Mahabalipuram

C. Badani,

Patladakkal and

Aihole

D.

Lepakshi, Pattadakkal and

Kachipuran

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22. The aftist whose

$orks

particularly reflect German

cultue

and its coliective history. dremes

ftom

Nazi rule ollen done on a large scale and exposed to elements

like

acid and fire, and incorporate

mateials

such as lead, burned books, concrete, thomy branches, tau'. ashes and sheilac is

A. Paul Nash B. Georg Baselitz C. Anselm

Kiefer

D. Casper

David Fried

c

23.

'lhe

_{painting done by} Edouard Manet

ofa

^{picnic in a rural} setting v'hich shows a nude, ^a scantily dressed 1'emale bather

$ith two fuli]

dressed mer! is

A. Olympia

B. Les Demoiselles des

Avignon c. A

Bar at the Folies-Bergere

L

Le Dejeuner sur

l'Herbe

24. Chitrasutra or the theory

ollndian

painting $as part

ofthis

historic

text

A.

Ma) arnaLan'

B.

Vishnudharmottara Purana

C.

Garuda Purana

D.

Skanda Purana

25. The experimental, universal township establishcC

in

1968 in Puducherry. Tamil Nadu, by

Mina

Aifassa is

A.

^Vishwa

Kuti.am, Thanjarur

B. Auroville C.

Santiniketan

D.

lshJ Yoga Cenlcr

(

_ormha

ore part-R

26. The Fukuoka Prize is an

arard

established by the

city ofFukuoka

and the Fukuoka

Citl'

Intemational Foundation to honor the outstanding

rork ofindividuals

or organizations

in

presen/ing or creating Asian culture. I'he Indian

*ho

won this prize in 2021 is

A.

Cirish Karnad

B. Blimscn

^Joshi

C.

^{P Sainath}

D.

^P

V

Sindhu

27. Match the

lollowing

aitists r'-ith the medium

oftheir

major works

A. PushpamalaN (i)

PhotoRomances

B.

^Laxma

Goud

(ii.lHandmade paper

c. Mrinaiini Mukheiee (iii)

Dyed and Woven Hemp Fibre

D.

^Anupam

Chakaborty (iv)

^Etching

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CODESABCD

A.

(D (iv) (iii) (ii)

B.

(iv) (ii) (iii) (i) c. (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

D.

(ii) (D (iii) (it')

28.

\!ho

among the

follo*ing

^{u'as a} curator ^at the Kochi Biennale in 2020?

A. ShubigiRao

B.

Sheela Goq'da

C.

Rumana Hussain

D.

^{Altupam Sud}

29. Consider the

following

statements:

L

^{The Dutch}

Art

Museum dcdicated to the lvorks

olVincent

\'an Gogh and his contemporades ls located in Amsterdam

II.

The Jagdish antl Kamala

Mittal

Muse um of Indian

Art

is located in Ahmedabad

III-

The Prince ofV/a1es Museum ^{has been} renamed ^as the Mumbai Museum.

IV.

The Salar Jung Museunr in Hydcrabad u'as

o

^{ginally the} privale collection

ofthe

Salar Jung

family

and endowed to the nation alrer the death

ofSalar

Jung

III.

Which

ofthe follo*ing

statcments are correci?

A.

I

and

IV

B.

ll

^eud

lll

C.

[, III

^and

IV

'

D.

I, ll,.rnd lll

30. Match the

follou'ing

artist

with

thek relevant mediums

ofcrealive

^practice

A.

Shilpa

Gupta (i)

^Sound

B.

Sudharslun

Shelty (ii)

^Cenent

C.

Rachel

Whileread (iii) Wood

^:

D.

Antony

Gonnlel (iv) lron

Codes: (A) (B) (C)

^(D)

A. (i) (iiil (ii) (iv) B. (iv) (jii) (i1)

⁽¹⁾

c. (ii) (i1) (i) (iii) D. (.i:r rir riir fi\)

31. The alvard

\inning

actor $'ho had workcd in Indian, British and American cinema belbre his

ultimely

^{demise is}

L

A.

^{Sutapa Bis\.vas}

B.

Anand Daniel

C. Irlfan

Khan

D.

Pramodaya Ananta ^'l ocr

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32. "R Mutt.

1917" was the signature on one

ofthe

most controversial.

icol]ic

a1t\.orks

ofthe

t$'entieth

certury.

The adist associared

widl

this rvork

\\as

A.

Cy

Trvcmbly

B. Banl.1

C.

Marcel Duchamp

D. Ad

Reinhardt

33. Which

ofthe

pairs

ol'the

art

lbIms

given belou, is/are correctly matched?

A.

Phulkari

Embroiderl, (i)

^Bengal

B. KanthaEmbroidery (ii)

^Punjab

C.

Chikaakari

Embroidery (iii) Luckno{' D.

Zardozi

Embroidery (iv)

^Farukhabad

CODEABCD

A. (i) (iD (iii) (iv)

B. 1ir1 iir iiil

^1iril

c. (iiD (ii) (iv) (i)

D. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

34. Which

ofthe foltolving

statements are correct?

L

^Sultan

Ibrahim Adil

^Shah

II

^{created a toq,nship} ofNauraspur, to givc shape to his idea

ofa

musical

ciq

in Bijapur'

. IL

^{Pandit Bhimsen Joshi \\as a reno$ned player}

ofthe

Rudraveena in the tradition

ofthe G\lalior

Gharana

lll. Navjot

Siddhu is a \4,e11

kno$n

contenporarJ' artist \&ho is baseci in Bastar and Mumbai

IV.

Pandit SeLr

ofGuler

was the father

ofthe

paintels Nainsuklt and

Manakr

.{. (I,II

^and

III) B.

^(1.

II,

and

IV) (

_.

tl

^{xnd IVJ}

D. (II

and

IV)

35. Which

ofthe foliorving

statemenls is co1.rect?

L

The yatra to Kailashnath is underlaken every year to pray to the revered ice lingam

ofLord

Shiva

IL

The dargah of Moinuddin Chisti in

Ajmer

lras

built

by the Nizam

of

Hlderabad

in

1897

IIL hdia's first

mosque

*as built

in Thrissur, Kcrala

in

629

A.D

IV.The

chariots used in the Puri lestival are made afresh every year in a prescribed manner by hercditary carpenters using specific \.voods and rifua1s.

v

I

z -zs

A. II, III

and

IV

B. I.II

and

lV

C. I, III

and

IV

D. III

^and

IV

36.

BhogaliBilntin

Assam is related to

A. Holi festival

B. New

Year

C.

Harvest

festival

D.

Durga

puia

37. Match the ibllovv'ing

A. Mandu (i)

Rani Roopmari

B. Kishangarh (ii)

Meera Bai

C. Golconda (iii)

Bani Thani

D. Chittorgarh (iv)

Bhagamati

CodeA B C

^D

A (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

B (i) (iii) (iv)

^(iD

c (iiD (it (t (iv)

D (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

38- Anange the

lbllou'ing

according to chronology

ofthe

texts

L

Natya Sast.a

bl'

Bharata

Muni Il.

Tuzk-e Baburi (Babur Namah)

IiL

Rasik Priya

ofKeshav

Das

IV.

Horlus Malabaricus by H

A

Van Rheede

A, III, IV, T, I

. B, I.

X.

III. IV

C, IV. I, II. TI

D II, III, I, IV

39. The Indian

origin

afiist to

win

the prestigious Turner prize organized bt, Tate

B tainis

A. Dhruv Mistry

B.

Anish Kapoor

C.

Susheela Raman

D.

Salima Hashmi

40. The largest artist

commute

that $as established

in

1966 in India

$,fs

A.

The Progressive Arrists Group in Bon rbay

B.

Group 1890

C.

Cholamandalam

Artist viilaee

D.

Kasauli

Art

Center

41. The famous

British

street artist and

politjcal

activist \\,hose real name and identity remain

unlnorrn.

and a caLrse

ol

specuialion is

A.

Tl-e Velr et Undergruund

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B.

Emma

Phillips

C.

Banksy

D.

Boom for Real

42. Rabindtanath Tagore is the author and composer of the National Acthem

of

A. India

B.

India and Bangladesh

C.

Bangla Desh

D.

A11

ofthe

above

43. The

ltalian

art movement that celebrated ^speed, technology. movement and

indust

^alization

\as

founded by

A. Filippo Marinetti

B.

^Salvador

Dali C. Alberto

Giacometli

D.

Lisa Gherardini

44. The artist with whom Pablo Picasso collaborated most closely duriDg the phase of

Anaifical

Cubism was

A.

Marcel Duchamp

B.

George

Cbirico C.

Georges Braque

D. Albefio

^Giacometti

45. BlacL

I

ives

Vaner

is a

' A. A

^black fungus lesponsible for the spread

ofthe

corona virus

B. A

social movement in America dedicated to

fighting

racism and police

brutalig again't

BIack ^peoPIe

C. A

movement to use bLack banners to protest against

envionmentai

degradation

D.

^The

tradition

^{of usin.t black and white} photography to document industrial labour

40. lhe tollouing

^{is not a cenler}

ol lradirional

RrjasLhani Pa;nling in lndia

A. Kota

B.

Buodi

C.

Udaipur

I).

^Kangra

47. Which

ofrhe following

stalements are ^t1ot correc!?

L

The Guru Granth Sahib is written in the Pali script

of

Punjab'

II.

The Gurdwara Darabar Sahib Kartarpur is located in Amritsar

IlL

The Harmandir Sahib Gurdwara is also called the Golden Temple'

IV.

The GuIu Granth Sahib was installed in the Golden Temple

in

^160'1

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A. II, III

^and

IV B.

^I and

II

C. III

^and

II

D. III ard IV

48. Malch _the

following

pairs

A.

Bhupen

Khakkar

^{i. Man}

with

Plaslic Flovvers

B. Heffi Matisse ii.

Curtain, Jug and Fruits

C.

Raja Ravi

Varma iii.

Here Comes Papa

D.

Paul

Cezame iv.

The Green Line

Codes

Codes: (A) (B) (C)

^(D)

A. (1) (iu) (iiD

^(ir)

B. (iv) (iii) (iD

^(D

c. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

D. (iiD (i) (ii) (n)

,19. Which

ofthe following

statements are conect?

I.

The commencement

ofthe

celebrations

for

Eid-al-Adha or

Bakid

are based on the sighting of the crescent moon.

ll.

The

visit

to the

Al-M.rsjid

Al-Haram mosque is the focris

ofthe Hajj

pilgrimage for

ali Muslims

IIL Eid-Milad-un-Nabi

celebrates the

u'illirgness

of lbrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail

in

obedience to God's command

IV.

The festival thal marks the eud

ofthe

month

ofprayer,

fa.lting. rellection and community

ibr

the Islamic community is called

Eid-ul-fitr

' A. I,III

^and

IV

B. I

^and

IV

C. II, III,

and

lV

D. Il

and

lV

50. Which set of art historians have published an edited book on the museruns

of

South Asia in 2015?

A.

Stella

Kranrisch

and Pupul Jaykar

B. Michel

Foucault and Pupul Jayakar

C.

Gyan Prakash and Kavita Singh

D.

Saloni Mathur and Kavita _Singh

.to

Two

Dssay Questions - ⁵

marks

each. (5 x 2 = ¹⁰

mnrks)

The

narks oithese

^essays

\r'ill

be

included onl)

as

part ofthe

^campus

oral inte'view

and

evaluation

process.

1. Write an essay on any art \,vork/

building/

^{book/ or}

film

^{that you have recently seen and that}

has impacted you deeply. Describe the image/book/building/frlm, ^{as closely as you}

can l'ist

as many detaiis and

f;cis

as possible, Explain the reasons

for

the impact that this work has had on your own thoughts. u'orking process and practice.

2. Identify tlis

image in terms

ofafiist,

subject matter, theme, material, and date ^as closely as you can' Describe and anaiyre the

pictorial

and sculptural aspects of this artwork. What kinds

of

art

histo

cal questions can one pose to this image?

If

you 1l ere to teach this artwork to someone

totally

ne$' to the

field ofart

^{and art} history, how u'ould you approach the topic?

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University of Hyderabad

Entrance Examinations

-

2021 School/Department/Centre

:FineArts,SNschool

Course/Subject

^{: MFA Art} History and Visualsiudies ^code N0: z-38

Prot. Suresh BV Head

Department of ^Fine Arts

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