Traditional Indian Arts and Crafts

Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper. The earliest miniatures were on palm leaves or wood. By the late seventeenth century Himachal Pradesh had developed a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohli. The most popular text to be painted here was Bhanudatta's Rasamanjari.

Statement 1 is correct (metal ornamentation techniques). Statement 2 is correct (Nachiarkoil is famous for brass lamps). Statement 3 is incorrect because Meenakari is most famously associated with Jaipur, not Vadodara or Varanasi.

The statements contain multiple errors: Kangra is not famous for blue pottery (Jaipur is), and Delhi/Khurja/Jaipur are not the primary centers for Black Pottery (Azamgarh is). Since multiple statements are incorrect, 'All of the above' is the correct choice for a 'not correct' question.

All three statements are factually correct regarding the history and characteristics of Indian pottery.

India had inland and maritime trade relations with foreign countries. The two major inland trade routes were from Lahore to Kabul, and from Multan to Kandahar. The major imported items included metals, leather, velvet, dry fruits, and horse.

Jaimini Roy made his name in the field of painting. For his artistic skill, he was honoured with Padmabushan award in the year 1955. He is from west Bengal of India.

Natraj, in the Hindu religion, depicts a form of the dancing Lord Shiva and symbolizes Shakti, or life force. It has international significance from the point of view of arts. Carl Sagan drew the metaphor between the cosmic dance of the Nataraj and the modern study of the 'cosmic dance' of subatomic particles.
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centers for scientific research. It has a statue of Natraj in its compound. The plaque alongside the statue explains the belief is that Lord Shiva danced the Universe into existence, motivates it, and will eventually extinguish it.

The four goals of life (Purusharthas) in Indian philosophy are Dharma (duty/righteousness), Artha (prosperity), Kama (pleasure), and Moksha (liberation).

Historically, the vast majority of Indian art, including sculpture, architecture, and painting, was created to serve religious purposes or express religious themes.

Chandbardai was known for his excellence in poetry. Chandrabai was a court poet of Prithvi Raj Chauhan. He was born in Lahore in the year 1148. He acquired immense knowledge of language, literature, grammar, puranas, astrology etc. The famous creation of Chandbardai is Prithviraj Raso. It is considered to be the first epic in Hindi. 

The earliest reference to the art of puppetry is found in Tamil classic Silappadikaaram written around the 1st or 2nd cent B.C. It was written by Jain-poet, Ilango Adigal. The excavation sites at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro have yielded puppets with sockets attached to them, which suggest the presence of puppetry as an art form then.

Bandhani is a traditional tie-dye technique that often features diverse patterns, including geometric shapes like dice, as well as various animal and puppet motifs.

Murals are large paintings applied directly to a wall or ceiling. The Ajanta caves are famous for these ancient Buddhist wall paintings.

The Gupta period is widely regarded as the Golden Age of India, characterized by significant advancements in science, mathematics, literature, and art.