A hybrid style that developed under British colonial patronage from the mid-18th century, in which Indian artists (many trained in earlier Mughal/Rajput traditions) adapted their technique to European tastes, subjects, and materials (using watercolour on paper, European-style perspective and shading) — commissioned largely by British East India Company officials as documentary records of Indian flora, fauna, occupations, monuments, and social "types."
Major centres: Calcutta, Delhi, Patna, Murshidabad, Tanjore, Lucknow.
Notable examples include natural history studies and the so-called "Patna Kalam" (Patna school), which developed a distinctive, fluid, minimal-background style depicting everyday Indian life and occupations.
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1.Which of these schools of paintings is named after a district in Bihar? (RRB JE (23/05/2019) Shift 3)
2.In the 1830’s, which Scottish man was Commissioned by the East India Company to prepare reports on Education and progress in the native schools of Bengal and Bihar?
3.The Kangra School of Painting was primarily inspired by which tradition?
4.The Bikaner, Jaipur, Marwar and Mewar schools are all sub-schools of which broader painting tradition?
5.Which company developed the Windows operating system?
6.Who is the author of 'Segar: Autobiography with Paintings,' published in 2013? (RRB JE CBT-I 2024 (16/12/2024) Shift 3)
7.Tanjore paintings originated in the time of which dynasty? (RRB NTPC CBT-I (07/03/2021) Shift 1)
8.Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO) is an example of- (RPF Constable 2018 (16/02/2019) Shift 2)
9.The state government of which of the following states, in September 2025, mandated a child protection policy in all residential schools and hostels?
10.Who fought the Battle of Plassey against the East India Company? (RRB NTPC CBT-I (28/12/2020) Shift 2)