Correct answer: (c) Bamboo art
Explanation
- A
Jewellery
(a) Jewellery. Maharathi’s craft book is not a jewellery treatise.
- B
Painting
(b) Painting. He was a painter-teacher, but Venushilpa names bamboo (venu) craft, not easel painting.
- C
Bamboo art
(c) Bamboo art. Venushilpa by Chitracharya Upendra Maharathi (Bihar) is a study of bamboo craft—venu is bamboo. (c) Official key.
- D
Marble carving
(d) Marble carving. That is a different material tradition (Makrana, etc.), not this title.
Summary. Official key is (c). Venushilpa is Upendra Maharathi’s bamboo-art book. The Sanskrit venu is the clue; jewellery, painting and marble are neighbouring crafts, not this title.
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