CBSE Class 12 Sample Paper 2025 Solution for Painting

Central Board of Secondary Education

SAMPLE PAPER
Class 12
2025

Solutions

Subject – PAINTING (CODE-049)
Marking Scheme
CLASS XII (2024-25)

One Theory Paper – 2 hrs Total Marks – 30

S.No. SECTION-A (MCQ BASED) Marks
Q1. Select the right answer from the given options:

(A) (iv) 1
(B) (i) 1
(C) (iii) 1
(D) (ii) 1
(E) (iii) 1
(F) (i) 1
(G) (ii) 1
(H) (iii) 1
SECTION-B
(Short answer type questions)
Answer for this question is expected in more than 100 words

Q2. Name of Artist, Artwork 1 Mark 2
Aesthetic Depiction of the Painting 1 Mark

(DARASHIKOH KI BAARAT, ARTIST- HAJI MADNI,
CELEBRATIONS, BARAAT, GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ANIMAL
FIGURES, FIREWORKS, ROYALTY, GRANDEUR, SHAH JAHAN
SHOWN WITH AURA AND HIS HORSE WELL DECORATED, MUSIC
AND DANCE, CONNECTION AND BOND WITH ANIMALS,
DECORATED AND ORNAMENTAL CLOTHING FOR HUMANS AS
WELL AS ANIMALS, THE GROOM SIDE IS DEPICTED SITTING ON
ANIMALS, ILLUMINATION, FEMALE ROYAL FIGURES SITTING ON
ROYAL ELEPHANTS.)

Title, Medium and Style of the School 1 Mark
Description of the artwork along with the Human Values 1 Mark

(AMIR KHUSRO, HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN AULIA, BONDING,
HYDERABAD SCHOOL, TEMPERA, DECCAN SCHOOL, TURBAN,
MUSICIAN, DISCUSSION ON A RELIGIOUS SUBJECT,
TELEPATHY, HALO, TREE, BLUE SKY, FRUITS AND FLOWERS,
RESPECT TOWARDS GURU)
Q3. Name of the Painting, Artist 1 Mark 2
Description with the theme 1 Mark

(KRISHNA WITH GOPIS, ARTIST MANAKU, BASOHLI SCHOOL,
TEMPERA, KRISHNA THE CENTER FIGURE (AS PARAMATMA)
WITH GOPIS (ATMA), TRYING TO SERVE LIKE GIVING SHADE
WITH UMBRELLA, WEARING VIBRANT COSTUMES, RED
COLOUR HANDS, TO PLEASE HIM. RIVER YAMUNA WITH LOTUS
AND NATURAL SURROUNDINGS ALSO BECOMES PURE WHEN
HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH BHAKTI, LOVE AND DEVOTION

Title of the painting and Sub School 1 Mark
Subject Matter of the Painting 1 mark

(KISHANGARH, RADHA BANI THANI, NIHAL CHAND, WATER
COLOUR TEMPERA, LOTUS BUD, RAJPUT ROYALTY, LONG
TAPERING FINGERS, TRANSPARENT DUPATTA, PEARL

NECKLACE, PEARL NOSE RING, POINTED NOSE, THIN LIPS,
ELONGATED EYES, IMAGE IS PRINTED ON A STAMP.)

Q4. Artist & Artwork 1 Mark 2
Aesthetical Parameters and Description of the Artwork 1 Mark

(RAMA VANQUISHING THE PRIDE OF THE OCEAN, ARTIST -
RAJA RAVI VERMA, MEDIUM - OIL PAINTING, REALISM, ANGER,
FORCE OF WIND, MYTHOLOGICAL THEMES, CONNECTION
WITH THE MASSES, WELL BALANCED COMPOSITION, LORD
RAMA WITH BOW AND ARROW, SEA GOD, LIGHTENING,
STRONG SEA WAVES, PROMOTING INDIAN THEME, MAKING
ART APPROACHABLE TO COMMON PEOPLE.)

Artist, Artwork, Medium & Technique 1 Mark
Identification of the condition of women through artwork 1 Mark

(HALDI GRINDERS, CHORES, SURRENDER, NO HOPE, HALDI,
VEIL, SIMPLIFIED FORM, MODERN STYLE, AMRITA SHERGIL,
EAST AND WEST, GRINDING, EXPECTATION)
Q5. Name of the Print, Medium & Technique 1 Mark 2
Description of the Subject Matter and Emotional Views 1 Mark

(PRINT – OF WALLS, PRINTMAKER – ANUPAM SUD, MEDIUM –
ETCHING AND PRINT MAKING, SHOWS THE CONDITION OF A
HELPLESS WIDOW IN SOCIETY, POVERTY, MONOCHROMATIC
TONE, HOLLOW FACE, WHITE AND COLOURLESS CLOTHING,

LIFELESS BODY LYING ON THE FLOOR, IRONY OF LIFE, PAIN AND
SADNESS, REACHING OUT FOR HELP, SHOWING EMPATHY AND
RESPECT.)
Name of Sculpture and Medium and technique 1 Mark
Subject Matter 1 Mark

(SCULPTOR - RAM KINKAR BAIJ
SCULPTURE-SANTHAL FAMILY, CEMENT, CONCRETE, CEMENT
MIXED WITH PEBBLES, METAL RODS, MIGRATION OF FAMILY,
POVERTY, HUNGER, FINANCIAL CRISIS, HUMAN FIGURE, ANIMAL
FIGURE, ROUGH TEXTURE, EMOTIONS, COMPLEX
COMPOSITION.)
Q6. Name of Artist, Medium & Technique 1 Mark 2
Appreciation of the artwork 1 Mark

(ARTIST – USTAD MANSOOR, JEHANGIR PERIOD, WATERCOLOUR
AND TEMPERA ON PAPER, DEPICTS ROYAL BIRD, DEVANAGARI
LIPI OR SCRIPT, DECORATED BORDERS, VIGILANT EYES, SITTING
ON ROYAL CUSHION, DETAILED DRAWING, REALISTIC
APPLICATION, USE OF BROWN AND YELLOW COLOUR WITH FINE
USE OF WHITE, NECKLACE IN THE NECK OF THE BIRD,
POWERFUL CLAWS, SIDE PROFILE.)

Reason for liking the Deccan School Painting 1 Mark
Aesthetic Characteristics 1 Mark

(ARTIST – UNKNOWN, SUB SCHOOL – GOLKONDA,
HYDERABAD, DECCAN SCHOOL, PAINTED CHANDBIBI AS
EMPRESS AND HER HORSE AS ROYAL HORSE, GALLOPING
HORSES, WELL ORNAMENTED AND ROYAL
REPRESENTATION, USE OF NATURE AND BIRDS ETC.
DIFFERENT COLOUR HORSES, TEAMWORK, STRONG BOND
AND CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RIDER AND HER ROYAL
HORSE And RESPECT TOWARDS GURU, SIMPLICITY, PEACE,
DIVINE, DEVOTION TOWARDS MENTOR, FRUITFUL TREE,
BLISSFUL PREACHING, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, OUTDOOR
MINIMALISTIC ARCHITECTURE CONNECTION OF YOUNG AND
OLD AGE SHARING AND ACCEPTING THE KNOWLEDGE OF
WISDOM, HALO BEHIND THE GURU.)
SECTION-C
Attempt any two questions from the given options
(Long answer type questions)
Answer for this question is expected in more than 200 words
Q7. Name of the Painting, Description of Subject Matter 2 MARKS 6
Painting Style of the Sub School, Medium & technique, Artist.2 MARKS
Identification of the Aesthetic Qualities 2 MARKS

Key points that can be used in the answer:
‘Maru Ragini’
(SAHIBDIN, MEWAR, HUMAN FIGURES, OUTDOOR, DESERT,
LOVE, SIMPLE BORDERS, KING AND QUEEN, BRIGHT COLOURS,
ATTENDANTS, CAMEL AND DOG, AESTHETIC QUALITIES OF THE
PAINTING, COMMITMENT TOWARDS DUTY, LOYALTY,
FAITHFULNESS ETC.)
Q8. Describing the miniature style during the rule of King Akbar. 2 Marks 6
Explaining the painting ‘Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan’ 2 Marks

Justification for Secular Themes and Religious Unity 2 Marks

(AKBAR, GOLDEN TIME PERIOD-AKBAR PERIOD, ‘KRISHNA
LIFTING MOUNT GOVARDHAN’ ARTIST- MISKIN, AKBAR PERIOD,
BASED ON BHAGWAT PURAN, KRISHNA AS MAIN FIGURE,
WEARING PITAMBAR, MOUNTAIN IN PERSIAN STYLES, MOUNTAIN
USED AS UMBRELLA, VILLAGERS, EK CHASHM, DEDH CHASM,
SAVA CHASM, THIN LINES, ANIMALS, MAXIMUM USE OF BLUE
COLOUR, RAIN AND CLOUDS, BLEND OF RAJASTHANI AND
PERSIAN ART, USE OF FLORA AND FAUNA, ANIMAL FORMS,
KRISHNA HELPING OTHERS FROM THE GOD OF RAIN. MUGHAL
COSTUMES AND HANDLING OF FIGURES, HINDU THEME)
Q9. Name of the Painting and Artist, Medium and Characteristics 2 Marks 6
Compositional Arrangement & Subject Matter 2 Marks
Emotions and Sentiments experienced and derived 2 Marks

(PAINTING – JOURNEY’S END, ARTIST ABNINDRANATH TAGORE,
MEDIUM- WASH AND TEMPERA, PAIN, AGONY AND SUFFERING,
FIGURE OF A CAMEL, FINE DELICATE LINES, WASH AND
TEMPERA, HUMAN ATROCITIES ON ANIMAL, SADNESS DEPICTED
WITH USE OF COLOURS, BURDEN, HELPLESSNESS OF THE
CAMEL, USE OF EMOTIONS AND EMPATHY. UNITING INDIANS
THROUGH ART, PROMOTING INDIAN ESSENCE AND THEMES,
ESTABLISHING DISTINCTIVE AND UNIQUE IDENTITY OF INDIAN
ART.

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