Step 1: Look at the Picture:
Ask why an artist trained in Western style would switch to village art in the early twentieth century. The answer lies in the nationalist mood of that time.
Step 2: Test option 1.
Promoting British taste would go against his turn to folk art, so reject it.
Step 3: Test option 2.
Choosing Indian folk art over British art taught in colonial schools shows opposition to colonial rule. Keep this option.
Step 4: Test option 3.
Industrial growth is unrelated to folk imagery, so reject it.
Step 5: Test option 4.
Westernizing Indian art is the very thing he gave up, so reject it.
Final Answer:
His folk themes carried the idea of resistance to colonial rule, option 2.
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