Which of the following is NOT a famous painter of Madhya Pradesh?
- (a)Narayan Shridhar Bendre
- (b)Vishnu Chinchalkar
- (c)Nana Saheb Panse
- (d)Amritlal Begad
Correct — C, Nana Saheb Panse. Panse was a celebrated pakhawaj (classical percussion) player of the Indore gharana, not a painter — his fame is in music, not visual art. The other three are genuine painters associated with Madhya Pradesh: N.S. Bendre (Indore-born pioneer of Indian modern painting), Vishnu Chinchalkar (trained at the Indore School of Art, known for his assemblage/'junk' art) and Amritlal Begad/Vegad (Jabalpur-based painter-writer known for the travel sketches in his Narmada travelogues).
- (a)Narayan Shridhar Bendre — Wrong — Bendre, born in Indore, is one of Madhya Pradesh's most celebrated modern painters, so he IS a painter.
- (b)Vishnu Chinchalkar — Wrong — Chinchalkar, trained at the Indore School of Art alongside Bendre and M.F. Husain, was a genuine painter/assemblage artist.
- (d)Amritlal Begad — Wrong — Begad (Vegad), based in Jabalpur, was a painter-writer whose books carry his own travel sketches; he IS a painter.
This is a name-recognition question: MPPSC lists genuine MP painters alongside one name from a different field (classical music) to test whether the candidate can tell them apart. All three real 'painter' options trace to the Indore school of modern art; the odd one out belongs to classical percussion music.
The trap is assuming any well-known MP-linked name in a 'culture' list must be an artist of the type being asked about — the question rewards knowing the actual field each name is famous in, not just recognising the name.
- N.S. Bendre: Indore-born painter, pioneer figure of Indian modern art
- Vishnu Chinchalkar: Indore School of Art painter, known for assemblage ('junk') art
- Amritlal Begad (Vegad): Jabalpur-based painter-writer, known for his Narmada travelogue sketches
- Nana Saheb Panse: pakhawaj player of the Indore gharana — a musician, not a painter
Three MP painters, one classical musician — Panse is the exception.
- Assuming every well-known MP name in a 'culture' list is a painter — check the actual field, not just the fame
- Mixing up Amritlal Begad/Vegad's spelling variants
MPPSC often runs 'who is NOT X' lists mixing a genuine field expert with one from an adjacent field (music/literature/sculpture) — read every name's actual specialisation.
Consider the following famous names: 1. Amrita Sher-Gil 2. Bikash Bhattacharjee 3. N. S. Bendre 4. Subodh Gupta Who of the above is/are well known as artist(s)?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 1 and 4 only
- (c) 2, 3 and 4 only
- (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 — all four, including N.S. Bendre, are well-known Indian artists.
Same painter, N.S. Bendre, tested directly as one of the 'well-known artists' in a UPSC 2009 list-based question.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Narayan Shridhar Bendre, a pioneer of Indian modern painting, was born in which Madhya Pradesh city?
- (a)Bhopal
- (b)Indore
- (c)Jabalpur
- (d)Gwalior
Answer(b) Indore — Bendre's birthplace and the seat of the Indore School of Art.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Vishnu Chinchalkar of Madhya Pradesh is best known for which style of art?
- (a)Miniature painting
- (b)Assemblage art from discarded everyday objects
- (c)Bronze casting
- (d)Fresco painting
Answer(b) Assemblage art — he famously turned discarded objects into artworks.