INDIAN SCULPTURE : PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS : ART AND CULTURE

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2014

With reference to the Indian history of art and culture, consider the following pairs :

 Famous work of sculpture     Site
  1. A grand image of Buddha”s Mahaparinirvana with numerous celestial musicians above and the sorrowful figures of his followers below
 :   Ajanta
      2. A huge image of Varaha Avatar (boar incarnation) of Vishnu, as he rescues Goddess Earth from the deep and chaotic waters, sculpted on rock :  Mount Abu
  3. “Arjuna”s Penance”/ “Descent of Ganga” sculpted on the surface of huge boulders  :  Mamallapuram

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

 c

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