Kalamkari painting refers to
Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) a hand-painted cotton textile in South India
Kalamkari is the hand-painted cotton textile of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in South India.
- ✓ (a) Kalamkari is the hand-painted (and block-printed) cotton textile of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in South India.
- ✗ (b) Drawing on bamboo handicrafts is not Kalamkari; the cane and bamboo crafts of the North-East are a separate tradition.
- ✗ (c) Kalamkari is on cotton, not wool, and is not from the Western Himalaya.
- ✗ (d) Kalamkari is not a silk cloth of North-Western India.
Remember · Kalamkari: hand-painted cotton textile, South India.
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2015, General Studies Paper I. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 24 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·
