UPSC Prelims 2018— Question 42

**Concept and analysis:** Bani Thani is the celebrated portrait associated with the Kishangarh school of Rajasthani miniature painting. It is linked with the court of Raja Sawant Singh and the artist Nihal Chand and is known for its stylised, elongated facial features. Bundi, Jaipur and Kangra represent other important painting traditions but not the school associated with Bani Thani. The question is testing precise UPSC-level identification rather than a broad association. The key is to distinguish the exact institutional, constitutional, historical, geographical, economic or scientific feature being asked. **Option-wise evaluation** **Option A:** Incorrect. Bundi school is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option B:** Incorrect. Jaipur school is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option C:** Incorrect. Kangra school is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option D:** Correct. Kishangarh school directly matches the concept or factual identification established in the analysis. **UPSC takeaway:** The safest way to solve this type of question is to anchor the answer in the defining feature of the concept and then test every option against that feature. Closely related institutions or terms are often used as distractors. In statement-based questions, do not judge the option as a whole before checking each statement independently. In factual questions, compare the wording of each option with the exact definition, location, institutional role, chronology or scientific property. The correct answer follows from that verification rather than from familiarity with a keyword.