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Maharashtra Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC / Class 12) History of Art and Appreciation under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), Pune — subject code 60 practice questions are available now; exam metadata is being verified.

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Key Facts: Maharashtra HSC History of Art Exam

3 hours

Typical Maharashtra HSC History of Art theory paper duration

MSBSHSE HSC exam pattern reporting for Fine Arts theory subjects

35%

Common minimum passing floor per HSC subject under MSBSHSE

Maharashtra HSC pass-mark practice (~35% each subject)

Subject code 60

Official MSBSHSE HSC subject code for History of Arts & Appreciation

MSBSHSE HSC general subject codes (mahahsscboard.org/hscsub.htm)

Theory + practical pair

History of Art (60) is taken with Drawing (57), Design & Colour (58), or Pictorial Composition (59)

MSBSHSE Fine Arts scheme of subjects

100 marks

Each Fine Arts subject (including History of Art theory) is considered for 100 marks

MSBSHSE History of Art & Appreciation syllabus choice of subjects

English MCQ adaptation

This free local bank is not the official Higher Secondary paper format

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Maharashtra MSBSHSE HSC History of Art and Appreciation (code 60) is a Class 12 Fine Arts theory subject of about 3 hours (~100 marks with project as applicable) with ~35% pass floor, covering Indian and Western architecture, sculpture, painting, and appreciation — not a pure MCQ board paper. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for concept and monument fluency.

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1The mature urban phase of the Indus Valley Civilization is commonly dated roughly to:
A.About 3000–1500 BCE as treated in HSC Fine Arts outlines
B.About 500–200 CE only
C.About 1000–1500 CE only
D.About 320–650 CE (Gupta age only)
Explanation: MSBSHSE History of Art outlines place Indus Valley Civilization roughly 3000–1500 BCE, covering background, cities, sculpture, seals, and craft objects.
2Which pair of cities is most famous as major Indus Valley urban centres?
A.Pataliputra and Taxila only
B.Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
C.Agra and Fatehpur Sikri
D.Madurai and Kanchipuram
Explanation: Mohenjo-daro (Sindh) and Harappa (Punjab region) are the classic twin type-sites for mature Harappan urban planning, drains, and craft production.
3A distinctive feature of Indus urban architecture is:
A.Flying buttresses and pointed Gothic arches
B.Ionic colonnades around every house
C.Planned streets and advanced drainage/sanitation systems
D.Glass curtain-wall skyscrapers
Explanation: Harappan towns show grid-like planning, baked-brick construction, wells, and sophisticated covered drains — a core architecture topic for Indus art history.
4The famous small bronze figure of a dancing girl from Mohenjo-daro is notable for:
A.Being a life-size marble Apollo copy
B.Being a Mughal jade inlay throne ornament
C.Being a Gupta period sandstone pillar capital
D.Lost-wax casting skill and naturalistic modelling of a youthful female figure
Explanation: The Dancing Girl is a celebrated Harappan bronze made by skilled metal-casting (cire perdue/lost-wax tradition) and is a standard sculpture example in Indian art surveys.
5The so-called 'Priest-King' bust from Mohenjo-daro is carved mainly in:
A.Steatite (soapstone), with traces of treated surface finish
B.Solid gold only
C.European Carrara marble
D.Chinese porcelain
Explanation: The bearded 'Priest-King' is a steatite sculpture with a trefoil robe pattern and calm, formal modelling — a key Indus sculpture example.
6Indus seals are typically made of steatite and most often show:
A.Latin inscriptions of Roman emperors
B.Animals (especially the unicorn-like bull) with a short pictographic script
C.Full Quranic calligraphy only
D.Printed newspaper headlines
Explanation: Harappan seals (often square steatite) combine animal motifs and undeciphered Indus script — central to the seals unit of the syllabus.
7What is a widely accepted functional interpretation of many Indus seals?
A.Tickets for modern railway journeys
B.Only children's board games with no economic role
C.Trade/identity markers and administrative tags in a commercial network
D.Christian baptismal certificates
Explanation: Seals likely marked ownership, identity, or goods in long-distance trade; impressions on clay tags support administrative-commercial use.
8Which statement best describes Indus pottery and craft objects studied in art appreciation?
A.Only oil-on-canvas portraits survive from Harappa
B.Indus artists painted only on Gothic cathedral ceilings
C.No craft objects were made outside stone tools
D.Well-fired ceramics, terracotta figurines, beads, and toys show high craft skill
Explanation: Syllabus 'artistic things & toys' covers terracotta figures, beads (carnelian etc.), toys with movable parts, and painted pottery — evidence of specialised craft.
9The Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro is best interpreted as:
A.A large waterproofed public tank, likely for ritual or communal bathing
B.A Roman amphitheatre for gladiators
C.A Mughal charbagh garden pavilion
D.A Greek outdoor theatre (odeon)
Explanation: The Great Bath is a carefully sealed rectangular tank with steps and rooms — a landmark of Indus public architecture often linked to ritual cleanliness.
10Compared with later Hindu temple plans, Indus cities are especially striking for:
A.Exclusive use of flying buttresses
B.Secular urban planning with citadel and lower town rather than a single shikhara temple focus
C.Mandatory cruciform church plans
D.Only wooden skyscrapers
Explanation: Harappan centres organise life around planned streets, citadels, and public works — not the later Nagara/Dravida temple as the primary urban focus.

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