Akbar’s court had a large atelier and translated Sanskrit texts. Consider the following statements:
(A) The artworks produced during the early Mughal phase were collaborative efforts of a team of artists.
(B) Abul Fazl was assigned the job of translating the Harivamsa volume on Lord Krishna into Persian.
(C) Akbar named his son Salim in honour of Shaikh Salim.
(D) Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana, is attributed to Basawan.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) The artworks produced during the early Mughal phase were collaborative efforts of a team of artists. — Correct. Early Mughal works were team efforts; each artist took up the part he specialised in.
(B) Abul Fazl was assigned the job of translating the Harivamsa volume on Lord Krishna into Persian. — Incorrect. The job went to Badauni, a scholar noble in Akbar’s court. Abul Fazl was another scholar chronicler of the same court.
(C) Akbar named his son Salim in honour of Shaikh Salim. — Correct. Shaikh Husain of the Chisti Shrine was a descendant of Shaikh Salim, after whom Akbar named his son.
(D) Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana, is attributed to Basawan. — Incorrect. The painting is attributed to Miskin. Basawan painted Madonna and Child.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Colours and Technique of Mughal Painting …Thus, the artworks produced during the early Mughal phase were collaborative efforts of the team of artists. And based on one’s specialisation, each artist would undertake an aspect of the painting that he was comfortable with or delegated.” “Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin (1585–90). … Badauni, a scholar noble in the court of Akbar, was assigned the job of translating this volume on Lord Krishna into Persian. It is interesting to note that Badauni was famous for his orthodox religious views, much unlike Abul Fazl, another famous scholar chronicler in Akbar’s court.” “…Jahangir offers a book to Shaikh Husain of the Chisti Shrine, descendent of Shaikh Salim, in whose honour Akbar had named his son Salim.” |