CUET PG Plastic Arts 2025 Question Paper (Available): Download Question Paper with Answer Key And Solutions PDF

What is the use of pyrometric cones in the Kiln?

• (A) Checking color
• (B) Measuring temperature
• (C) Checking the colour of ceramic body
• (D) Checking the firing quality

Who is known as one of the most consistent practitioners of installation art form-

• (A) Dhan Raj Bhagat
• (B) Vivan Sundaram
• (C) Nagji Patel
• (D) Ramesh Pateria

Identify the contemporary sculptor, who was known as a perfectionist in the 1970s, preferring assemblage and construction in industrial scrape to modelling and casting.

• (A) Raghav Kaneria
• (B) Nagji Patel
• (C) M. Dharmani
• (D) Pushpa Mala

Ramkinkar Vaij worked mostly in a form that was a peculiar synthesis of-

• (A) Classical European and African elements.
• (B) Native folk and cubist elements.
• (C) Classical Indian and European elements.
• (D) North Indian and South Indian elements.

Among the contemporary sculptors of India, who is considered as pioneer in using different craft media and techniques?

• (A) Sankho Chaudhuri
• (B) Dhan Raj Bhagat
• (C) P. V. Jankiram
• (D) Ram Kinkar Vaij

Eminent Artist K.G. Subramanyan developed the style of his murals taking inspiration from-

• (A) Lost-wax process of casting.
• (B) Terracotta reliefs and glass painting.
• (C) Fibre sculptures.
• (D) Repoussed copper and metal casted forms drawing on Indian iconography.

Which of the following materials is not used in flexible molds?

• (A) Latex
• (B) Korogel
• (C) Gelatin
• (D) Gel Coat

Which of the following materials is not used as a releasing agent?

• (A) Liquid Detergent
• (B) Oil
• (C) Liquid Wax
• (D) Alum

Which of the following materials is used for the Flexible molds?

• (A) Ice
• (B) Korogel
• (C) Coal
• (D) Resin

What is clay?

• (A) Moist, stiff, tenacious earth
• (B) Hard, nonporous and fired
• (C) Hard, porous and baked
• (D) Baked, hard and non-porous

What is sand?

• (A) Fine Silica
• (B) Flint
• (C) Grog
• (D) Feldspar

What is a maquette?

• (A) Three-dimensional terms of the idea
• (B) Rough Drawing
• (C) Visualization
• (D) Illusion

What are the characteristics of the stoneware ceramic?

• (A) Soft, porous and moist
• (B) Hard, Fired and non porous
• (C) Fired, porous and soft body
• (D) Soft, porous and opaque body

Which of the strong abrasive is used to achieve the smoothness on the stone sculpture?

• (A) Softstone
• (B) Carborundum
• (C) Lime stone
• (D) Sand stone

What is the use of 'pouring funnel' in metal casting?

• (A) To escape the gas or air
• (B) To pour the molten metal
• (C) To blow the investment
• (D) To hold the mold

What is the use of vertical lifting tongue in metal casting?

• (A) to take out the crucible
• (B) to pour the melted metal
• (C) to separate the metal
• (D) to clean the metal

Which of the following metals is a Non-Ferrous Metal?

• (A) Mild Steel
• (B) Steel
• (C) Iron
• (D) Bronze

Who has used sheet-metal to create pictorial sculptures as freestanding forms and embellishing their surfaces with linear elements?

• (A) P. V. Janakiram
• (B) Mrinalini Mukherjee
• (C) Meera Mukherjee
• (D) Lydia Mehta

The famous sculpture 'Vishnu lying on Sheshnaga' which was found at Deogarh represents the skillful artistry in-

• (A) Terracotta
• (B) Stone
• (C) Bronze
• (D) Cement

Bush hammer is used in -

• (A) Wood carving
• (B) Stone carving
• (C) Cement cast Carving
• (D) Plaster carving

What are the tools used to split the stones?

• (A) Feathers and Wedges
• (B) Banker
• (C) Pitcher
• (D) Claw

What are the three components mixed up for setting the Glass fiber casting?

• (A) Resin, accelerator and catalyst
• (B) Accelerator, catalyst and fiber matt
• (C) Gel coat, Resin and accelerator
• (D) Gel coat, Resin and Catalyst

Which of the following tools is used for wood carving?

• (A) Claw
• (B) Gouges
• (C) Bush
• (D) Hammer

Which of the following is the correct chemical formula for Plaster of Paris?

• (A) \({4CaSO2 . 2H2O}\)
• (B) \({CaSO4 . 2H2O}\)
• (C) \({CaSO4 . 1/2 H2O}\)
• (D) \({3CaSO4 . 1/2 H2O}\)

Metal Shim is used for-

• (A) Metal casting
• (B) Fiber casting
• (C) Mould making of Plaster of Paris
• (D) Investment casting

What is the hardening time of the cement?

• (A) 7 days
• (B) 5 days
• (C) 3 days
• (D) 11 days

Which of the following are the basic ingredients for the concrete mixture?

• (A) Pabbles and water
• (B) Water, Sand and Cement
• (C) Cement, wood and clay
• (D) Clay and Cement

Which of the following metals has more ductility?

• (A) Zinc
• (B) Tin
• (C) Aluminum
• (D) Copper

Which of the following metals has more corrosion resistance?

• (A) Zinc
• (B) Aluminum
• (C) Copper
• (D) Silver

What is the main purpose of making piece mold?

• (A) To produce more than one production
• (B) To produce single production
• (C) To produce liquid production
• (D) To carve the wood

Identify the sculptor who has used lost-wax process of casting with reference to folk and tribal art techniques to great creative advantage in his/her sculptures.

• (A) Amar Nath Sehgal
• (B) Balbir Sing Katt
• (C) Meera Mukherjee
• (D) Mrinalini Mukherjee

The famous sculpture 'Shiva slays Yama' was carved at-

• (A) Ajanta Caves
• (B) Ellora Caves
• (C) Elephanta Caves
• (D) Bhimbetka Caves

Identify the Ellora Cave, where the sculpture of 'Govardhandhari Krishna' is carved-

• (A) Cave No. 13
• (B) Cave No. 16
• (C) Cave No. 20
• (D) Cave No. 15

'Das Avatara' from cave no 15 of the Ellora was carved during which century?

• (A) \(2^{nd}\) C.E.
• (B) \(5^{th}\) C.E.
• (C) \(8^{th}\) C.E.
• (D) \(13^{th}\) C.E.

The famous sculpture 'Queen mother and baby prince' (Badoh) is displayed in-

• (A) Gwalior Museum
• (B) Patna Museum
• (C) Craft Museum
• (D) National Museum

The famous panel of sculpture called 'Descent of the Bodhisattva in the form of a white elephant' is displayed in-

• (A) State archaeological museum
• (B) National museum
• (C) Nagarjunakonda archaeological museum
• (D) Indian Museum

Which of the following metals has the lowest melting point?

• (A) Aluminium
• (B) Tin
• (C) Zinc
• (D) Copper

Which of the following is an alloy?

• (A) Brass
• (B) Copper
• (C) Zinc
• (D) Gold

The 'Dancing Girl' from Mohenjo Daro is a part of the collection at-

• (A) National Museum, New Delhi
• (B) Prince of Wales Museum, London
• (C) National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
• (D) Sarnath Musem, Varanasi

The famous sculpture 'Parvati and Ganesa' from early \(6^{th}\) c. C.E. is displayed in-

• (A) Baroda Museum
• (B) Gwalior Museum
• (C) Patna Museum
• (D) Bihar Museum

Which of the following qualities is not a characteristic of the metals?

• (A) Malleability
• (B) Hardness
• (C) Ductility
• (D) Fragility

When was the 'Lion Capital' Ashokan Piller carved?

• (A) 1st Centuary BCE
• (B) 3rd Century BCE
• (C) 5th Century BCE
• (D) 7th Century BCE

Identify the correct height of the famous sculpture 'Lion Capital' in cm -

• (A) 213 cm
• (B) 170 cm
• (C) 258 cm
• (D) 295 cm

Identify the medium of the famous sculpture 'Lion Capital' -

• (A) Lime Stone
• (B) Sand Stone
• (C) Pink Marble
• (D) Granite

Select the museum where this famous sculpture 'Lion Capital' is displayed -

• (A) Sarnath Museum
• (B) Indian Museum
• (C) Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum
• (D) Indian Archaeological Museum

Identify the metals by its sequential order from its minimum to maximum malleability?

• (A) Nikel
• (B) Zinc
• (C) Platinum
• (D) Coper
• (E) Silver
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
• (2) (D), (E), (A), (B), (C)
• (3) (B), (E), (D), (C)
• (4) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

Correct order adopted for making sculptures through lost wax process-

• (A) Application of the facing
• (B) Modelling the wax form over the core
• (C) Preparation of the core
• (D) Melting and pouring the metals
• (E) Application of the negative mold investment material
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (C), (B), (A), (E), (D)
• (2) (B), (A), (C), (E), (D)
• (3) (A), (C), (E), (B), (D)
• (4) (D), (B), (C), (A), (E)

Identify the metals by its sequential order from its maximum to minimum ductility?

• (A) Lead
• (B) Tin
• (C) Zinc
• (D) Aluminum
• (E) Copper
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)
• (2) (A), (B), (E), (D), (C)
• (3) (D), (E), (A), (B), (C)
• (4) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

Metals having maximum to minimum resistance to corrosion

• (A) Zinc
• (B) Aluminum
• (C) Copper
• (D) Tin
• (E) Gold
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)
• (2) (E), (B), (C), (D), (A)
• (3) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
• (4) (A), (C), (D), (E), (B)

Identify the metals by their sequential order from minimum to maximum malleability.

• (A) Tin
• (B) Platinum
• (C) Zinc
• (D) Iron
• (E) Nickel
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
• (2) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)
• (3) (D), (E), (A), (B), (C)
• (4) (C), (D), (E), (A), (B)

Identify the process of making earthenware body-

• (A) Baking or firing
• (B) Building forms by coiling, slabs or pressing clay
• (C) Drying
• (D) Mixing of different additives like sand, grog etc.
• (E) Preparing clay
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (E), (D), (B), (C), (A)
• (2) (A), (D), (C), (B), (E)
• (3) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
• (4) (E), (D), (C), (A), (B)

Aluminum sculpture can be given a black patina by immersing the sculpture in a bath of solution made from the following chemicals:

• (A) Copper Sulphate
• (B) Caustic Soda
• (C) Acetic Acid
• (D) Calcium Chloride
• (E) Water
• (1) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
• (2) (A), (B), (E) and (D)
• (3) (B), (C), (E) and (A)
• (4) (B), (D) and (E) only

Select the right order of dynasties starting from the oldest to newer one with reference to history of Indians sculptures

• (A) Maurya
• (B) Sunga
• (C) Nanda
• (D) Gupta
• (E) Pallava
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (E), (C), (D), (A), (B)
• (2) (C), (A), (B), (D), (E)
• (3) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
• (4) (B), (D), (A), (E), (C)

Correct sequence of 'Ramayana scenes' depicted at the 'Kailasha temple' of Ellora -

• (A) Battle of Ravana and Jatayu
• (B) Rama leaving from Ayodhya
• (C) Conversation between Rama and Sugreeva
• (D) Victory of Rama
• (E) Burning of Lanka
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (B), (A), (C), (E), (D)
• (2) (A), (C), (D), (B), (E)
• (3) (C), (B), (A), (E), (D)
• (4) (E), (D), (B), (A), (C)

Identify the correct chronological order of the artists.

• (A) Somnath Hore
• (B) Satish Gujral
• (C) P. V. Jankiram
• (D) Ved Nayar
• (E) Mrinalini Mukherjee
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (D), (E), (B), (C), (A)
• (2) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
• (3) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)
• (4) (B), (A), (D), (C), (E)

What are the terms used during the Cire-perdue process?

• (A) Slip
• (B) Core vents
• (C) Sprue
• (D) Ducts
• (E) Claw
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A), (B) and (E) only
• (2) (D) and (E) only
• (3) (A) and (D) only
• (4) (B), (C) and (D) only

What are the components of Bronze?

• (A) Copper
• (B) Silver
• (C) Zinc
• (D) Tin
• (E) Iron
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (D), (B) and (C) only
• (2) (A), (B) and (C) only
• (3) (A), (C) and (D) only
• (4) (C), (D) and (E) only

Identify the cubist sculptors-

• (A) Auguste Rodin
• (B) Alexander Archiponko
• (C) Pablo Picasso
• (D) Umberto Boccioni
• (E) Henri Laurens
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A), (D) and (E) only
• (2) (B), (C) and (E) only
• (3) (A) and (D) only
• (4) (C) and (D) only

What are the releasing agents of moldcast

• (A) Polyester resin
• (B) Liquid detergent
• (C) Oil
• (D) Slip
• (E) Resin
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A) and (B) only
• (2) (B) and (E) only
• (3) (A), (E) and (C) only
• (4) (B), (C) and (D) only

What are the retarding agents of Plaster of Paris?

• (A) Cold water
• (B) Warm water
• (C) Acetic acid
• (D) Alcohol
• (E) Salt
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A), (C) and (D) only
• (2) (A), (D) and (E) only
• (3) (A) and (E) only
• (4) (B) and (D) only

Iconography defining Shiva as a 'Musician'

• (A) Holding 'veena' in right hand while sitting
• (B) Holding 'Damaru' in the left hand in sitting posture
• (C) Holding 'veena' with both the front hands in standing posture
• (D) Playing 'Sitar' in sitting position
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A) and (B) only
• (2) (A) and (C) only
• (3) (B) and (C) only
• (4) (C) and (D) only

Testimonies to adopting Persian stone carving techniques in India during the Mauryan period-

• (A) Large three-dimensional figurative supports for the roof.
• (B) Independent edict pillars with bell-shaped capitals, surmounted by the animal figure.
• (C) Replica of wooden structures.
• (D) Cylindrical shapes in architectural structures.
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A) and (C) only
• (2) (D) and (A) only
• (3) (A) and (B) only
• (4) (B) and (C) only

Identify the sculptures of Kanayi Kunhiraman from the following-

• (A) The chariot of Sun
• (B) Yakshi, 1969
• (C) Aattam, 1987
• (D) Santhal Family
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (A) and (B) only
• (2) (B) and (C) only
• (3) (C) and (D) only
• (4) (D) and (A) only

Famous sculptures created in concrete by kanayi kunhiraman

• (A) A river carries its past
• (B) Lust
• (C) The conch
• (D) Sagarakanyaka
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (B) and (C) only
• (2) (A) and (B) only
• (3) (C) and (D) only
• (4) (D) and (A) only

Group of the sculptures form the Neo-Classical era-

• (A) Antonio Canova
• (B) John Flaxman
• (C) Bertel Thorvaldsen
• (D) Gianlorenzo Bernini
• (E) Francois Duquesnoy
• Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
• (1) (D) and (E) only
• (2) (A), (B) and (C) only
• (3) (B), (D) and (E) only
• (4) (A) and (E) only

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
• (2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (3) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
• (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
• (2) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
• (4) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
• (2) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
• (3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
• (4) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
• (2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
• (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
• (2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
• (3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
• (2) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
• (3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
• (2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
• (3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
• (2) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
• (3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
• (2) (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)
• (3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
• (4) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• (1) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
• (2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
• (3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
• (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)