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Post NameArtist -Medical Education
Question Paper Code074/2022/OL
Category Code011/2021
Date of Test15 September 2022
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
What is related to the meaning of the word contour ?
Answer
A. Lines
2
What is considered as the saturation of a color ?
Answer
D. Pureness
3
What is the element of a work which refers to its totality as a work of art ?
Answer
D. Form
4
What are considered as the analogous colors ?
Answer
A. The hues that lie next to one another on the color wheel
5
Identify the statement which is wrong.
Answer
A. The shapes appear in Piet Mondrian's composition with Red Blue and Yellow are examples for organic shapes.
6
Which among the options is an example for the work of art which has subversive texture ?
Answer
A. Meret Oppenheim's 'object'
7
What do we see in Raphel's Renaissance masterpiece school of Athens ?
Answer
A. Parallel lines converge at a single vanishing point on the horizon
8
Polykleitos' Doryphoros is an example for
Answer
B. Actual Balance
9
The Greeks developed a concept in order to create ideal proportions in architecture. What does this actually get related to ?
Answer
D. Golden section
10
Which among the art works given as the options would be an excellent illustration of variety within unity ?
Answer
A. Andy Warhol's Ethel Scull Thirty-six Times
11
Identify the correct statements about Leonardo da Vinci. i. He was apprenticed to Andrea del Verrocchio. ii. Vision of St Eustace is his painting. iii. Last supper is in Santa Maria delle Grazie.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
12
Identify the works of art created by Alberto Giacometti. i. Lobster Telephone ii. Hands holding the void (invisible object) iii. The Spoon-Woman.
Answer
B. Only ii and iii
13
Migrant Mother is a photograph taken by
Answer
B. Dorothea Lange
14
Radioactive cats is a photograph created by
Answer
C. Sandy Skoglund
15
A popular Raster File Format is
Answer
C. jpg
16
The spacing between individual letters or characters in typography is
Answer
C. Kerning
17
The Folk art form in Kerala which is supposed to have introduced by the Portuguese is
Answer
B. Chavittu Natakam
18
Who among the following is a contemporary Indian dancer ?
Answer
A. Astad Deboo
19
Identify the statements refer to site specific art. i. Land art is not site-specific work. ii. Spiral Jetty locates in Utah's Great Salt Lake. iii. The Gates is a work of art of Christo and Jeanne Claude.
Answer
B. Only ii and iii
20
Identify the films of Akira Kurosawa. i. The seventh seal. ii. Throne of Blood. iii. Drunken Angel.
Answer
B. Only ii and iii
21
Where does Lascaux, the Palaeolithic cave, locate ?
Answer
B. Southwestern France
22
What is the material with which Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf) was made ?
Answer
A. Limestone
23
Which civilization is known as 'Terracotta Civilization' ?
Answer
B. Indus Valley Civilization
24
Identify the wrong statements about prehistoric art. i. It is highly likely to assume that prehistoric paintings were merely decorative. ii. The act of painting in prehistoric times may have served some ritual purpose. iii. It is not a mistake to assume that naturalism was a Paleolithic artist's inevitable or only goal.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
25
What does centaurs represent in the Greek myth of Lapiths and Centaurs ?
Answer
A. Evil
26
Who are often considered as the 'copyists' of the Greeks ?
Answer
B. The Romans
27
Who ordered the building of San Vitale in Ravenna and Hagia Sophia in his Capital, Byzantium ?
Answer
A. Justinian
28
Where does the Mosaic Emperor Justinian and his Retinue situate ?
Answer
C. San Vitale
29
Identify the correct statements about the Palatine Chapel. i. Charlemagne constructed the Palatine Chapel. ii. It was influenced by the central plan church of San Vitale. iii. Palatine Chapel is a central plan with an ambulatory and circular dome.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
30
Identify the correct statements about Gothic Art. i. Art and architecture of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in Europe is called Gothic. ii. The Basilica of Maxentius belongs to the Gothic style of architecture. iii. The Gothic style of architecture began in 1140 with the construction of the choir of the Church of St. Denis near Paris.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
31
Who created The Tribute Money, the fresco in the Brancacci Chapel of Sta Maria del Carmine, Florence ?
Answer
C. Masaccio
32
Who painted The Visitation, the fresco in the cloister of SS. Annunziata, Florence ?
Answer
A. Jacopo Pontormo
33
Which is one work of Bernini that can be described by the statement : Uncontrollable Passion and theatrical drama ?
Answer
C. The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
34
Whose paintings are seen to have the following features ? i. A deep, lush landscape ii. Relatively large - scale figure. iii. Simple pose and dignified gaze.
Answer
A. Thomas Gainsborough
35
Identify the correct statements about Neoclassicism. i. European Neoclassicism in the Visual arts began in opposition to the then-dominant whimsy Rococco style. ii. The subject matter of Neoclassicism was inspired by the October Revolution. iii. The painting the Oath of the Horatii belongs to Neoclassicism.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
36
Which is the painting to which the following description suits ? A spaniard thrusts his arms upward in surrender to the bayonets of the faceless enemy.
Answer
C. The Third of May 1808
37
Identify the correct statements about Realism. i. Daumier has not painted a crowded third class compartment of a French train. ii. Gustave Courbet did not use the term Realism to describe his own work. iii. The terms Realism and Naturalism are synonymous.
Answer
D. None of these
38
Identify the correct statements about Art Nouveau. i. For Art Nouveau's leading designer, the Belgian Henry Van de Velde, line was a welcome antidote to imitations of nature. ii. Art Nouveau dominated architecture and the applied arts in Europe for more than a decade, from the early 1890s until about 1906. iii. Henry Van de Velde did not become the spokeman and Chief theorist of Art Nouveau in Europe.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
39
Which is the Modern art movement the painting dance class belongs to ?
Answer
D. Impressionism
40
Who painted the oil painting Bathers at Asniers in 1884 ?
Answer
A. Georges Seurat
41
Luxe calme et volupte is an oil painting by the French artist
Answer
C. Henri Matisse
42
The scream is one of the best known works of
Answer
A. Edvard Munch
43
Identify the wrong statements about Cubism. i. Cubism is a limited term and it does not adequately describe the appearance of cubist paintings. ii. The term Cubism ignores the most significant contribution - a new treatment of pictorial space that hinged upon the rendering of objects from multiple and radically different views. iii. The Cubist treatment of space differed significantly from that in use since the Renaissance.
Answer
D. None of these
44
An often repeated word in Futurist credo is
Answer
A. Dynamism
45
Identify the painting to which the following indication of details suits. A barren landscape - A watch is left crawling with insects - three limp watches - A rectangular block - A dead tree - A lifeless amorphous creature.
Answer
A. The Persistence of Memory
46
Who penciled a mustache and goatee on a reproduced image of Mona Lisa ?
Answer
B. Marcel Duchamp
47
Who is the artist methodically elucidated his abstract art of pure color and form relationship in terms of spiritual and 'musical' ideas ?
Answer
D. Vasily Kandinsky
48
The painting Autumn Rhythm (1950 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art) is an important example for
Answer
D. Abstract expressionism
49
Identify the wrong statements about constructivism. i. Alexander Rodchenko and EI Lissitzky were not associated with constructivism. ii. In 1948 Antoine Pevsner created construction in the Egg. iii. Naum Gabo did not disseminate his constructivist ideas in Great Britain.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
50
Which is the modern art movement the following information refers to i. Bridget Riley. ii. Measuring by visual potency. iii.Manipulation of light or color fields.
Answer
C. Op Art
51
Identify the correct statements about Pop art. i. The term 'Pop' was coined by English critic Lawrence Alloway in 1954. ii. Marilyn Diptych is a silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol. iii. Richard Hamilton is an American Pop artist.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
52
Which is the Modern art movement the following information refers to ? i. Mario Merz. ii. Germano Celant. iii. Italian art movement of late 1960s.
Answer
D. Arte Povera
53
Which is the Modern art movement the following information refers to ? i. It is often interpreted as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism. ii. Frank Stella is associated to the movement.
Answer
A. Minimalism
54
The modern art movement which is also known as idea art is
Answer
D. Conceptual art
55
The type of art into which viewer physically enters, and which is often described as theatrical, immersive or experimental is
Answer
A. Installation art
56
One of the famous exponents of contemporary performance art is
Answer
A. Marina Abramovic
57
The Israeli-American artist working in the area of interactive digital art is
Answer
B. Daniel Rozin
58
The Vedio installation Fin de SiĆØcle ll was created in 1989 by
Answer
A. Nam June Paik
59
The marriage of Murder and Suicide is an overlay of text appears in the work of
Answer
D. Barbara Kruger
60
Identify the wrong statements about Neo-expressionism. i. It emerged during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ii. It revitalized painting with strong colors. iii. It is called Trans-avantgarde in Italy.
Answer
D. None of these
61
Identify the correct statements about Land art. i. It is site-specific work created within natural surroundings. ii. Spiral Jetty is an example of Land art. iii. Andy Goldsworthy is not a Land artist.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
62
The following names of the works of art refers to i. The Dinner Party. ii. Semiotics of the Kitchen. iii. Rhythm O.
Answer
D. Feminist art
63
Identify the wrong statements about Body art. i. Artist's own body becomes the art work. ii. It is closely related to conceptual art and performance art. iii. Performance related body art is exemplified by Marina Abramovic.
Answer
D. None of these
64
Name of the prehistoric rock shelters situate in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is
Answer
B. Bhimbetka
65
Identify the correct statements about Dancing Girl, the sculpture from Mohenjo-daro. i. It is an iron sculpture. ii. An arm is completely ringed with bangles. iii. One hand rests on her right hip.
Answer
B. Only ii and iii
66
The Buddhist nomenclature the wheel came to be used and read universally as the wheel of
Answer
B. Law
67
Identify the correct statements about the painting Bodhisattva Padmapani. i. Standing in the tribhanga pose of sculpture. ii. Holding a red lotus. iii. Wearing rich pieces of jewellery - a pointed crown and secred cord.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
68
The sculpture found on the veranda of cave 3 in Badami is the image of
Answer
A. Vishnu
69
Under whose patronage the massive Brihadisvara temple was built ?
Answer
D. Rajaraja I
70
What is the stone used to build Hoysala temples ?
Answer
B. Soapstone
71
Identify the wrong statements about Khajuraho. i. An example of Medieval architecture and sculpture. ii. A Northern Indian Shikhara temple style. iii. An abundant display of erotic sculptures.
Answer
D. None of these
72
Which is the temple known as Black Pagoda ?
Answer
B. Konark Sun Temple
73
Identify the correct statements about Abanindranath Tagore. i. He received training in oil painting from Charles Palmer. ii. He was not influenced by Indian Miniature tradition. iii. He met the Japanese artists Yokoyama Taikan and Hishida Shunro.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
74
Identify the correct statements about Ravi Varma. i. He acquired oil painting technique from Theodore Jensen. ii. He followed the technique of British academic tradition. iii. He was not patronised by Sayaji Rao Gaekwad.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
75
S. K. Bakre was part of the progressive artists group based in
Answer
B. Bombay
76
The artist who was part of the Group 1890 is
Answer
D. J. Swaminathan
77
Who was featured in the 1981 show, place for people, which defined the narrative figurative style ?
Answer
B. Bhupen Khakhar
78
Who founded the artists village Cholamandal ?
Answer
B. K. C. S. Paniker
79
Identify the works of art created by K. G. Subramanyan. i. Hunter and Trophy. ii. Tiger in the Moonlight Night. iii. The king of the Dark Chamber.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
80
Whose paintings have the blend of the pictorial characteristics of both Islamic and Rajput miniatures along with the traditions of Persian art ?
Answer
A. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
81
Identify the painting of Bhupen Khakhar.
Answer
D. Celebration of Guru Jayanti
82
Whose are the works created by an intriguing use of engine oil and charcoal, which make a caustic reference to Gulf war ?
Answer
B. Vivan Sundaram
83
The installation man with tools was created by
Answer
A. N. N. Rimzon
84
Identify the correct statements about K. C. S. Paniker. i. In Madras school of arts, he was a successor of D. P. Roy Choudhury. ii. The painting fruit seller synchronized the alphabet with the pictorial image. iii. Lumbini or life of Buddha is not his painting.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
85
The woman painter, a native of Kerala, who trained under K. C. S. Paniker was
Answer
B. T. K. Padmini
86
The artist from Kerala who had training from Shanthinikethan under Nandalal Bose and Abanindranath Tagore was
Answer
D. K. Madhava Menon
87
Whom do the following statements refer to ? i. A painter, sculptor, art critic, writer and orator. ii. Studied under DP Roy Choudhury and K. C. S. Paniker. iii. A former chairman of Kerala Lalithakala Akademi.
Answer
B. M. V. Devan
88
A founder member of Cholamandal artists village, who formulated a concept of space, tantric mandalas and geometric forms is
Answer
A. V. Viswanathan
89
Identify the correct statements about K. V. Haridasan. i. An important painter in the Neo-Tantra movement. ii. Brahmasutra is a famous painting series. iii. A participant of the exhibition place for people.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
90
Who among the options is a key proponent of the late Madras movement and one of the semi abstract painters in South Indian Contemporary art ?
Answer
C. P. Gopinath
91
Identify the sculptures of Kanayi Kunhiraman. i. Jalakanyaka. ii.Jatayu Bird Sculpture. iii. Mukkola Perumal.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
92
Who is one of the artists by whom the lineage of new figuration was carried on ?
Answer
B. Surendran Nair
93
The painter, a native of Kerala, whose paintings are considered to be photo-realisitc is
Answer
C. Shibu Nadesan
94
In nature study drawings, linear perspective and atmospheric perspective will create
Answer
A. Sense of believability
95
Which among the following relates to the term contrapposto ?
Answer
B. Figure drawing
96
Laughing Cavalier is a portrait created by
Answer
A. Frans Hals
97
Whose is the painting generally considered to be the first still life ?
Answer
D. Jacopo de' Barbari
98
Identify the correct statements about composition. i. Arrangement of visual elements. ii. Different from the subject matter of a painting. iii. It concerns the material qualities of a work.
Answer
A. Only i and ii
99
Identify the correct statements about Lithography. i. It was invented by Aloys senefelder. ii. Its process is like relief and intaglio printing. iii. It is a planographic printing process.
Answer
C. Only i and iii
100
Identify the correct statements about new media art. i. It includes interactive arts. ii. Nam June Paik was not associated with the Fluxus collective. iii. Jeffrey Shaw is a new media artist.
Answer
C. Only i and iii

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