Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is Jahangir in Darbar from the Jahangirnama. Where is it housed now?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Option (1) Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C. — Incorrect. The Smithsonian Institution houses Jahangir’s Dream and Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass.
Option (2) Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio — Incorrect. The Cleveland Museum of Art holds Ustad Mansur’s Falcon on a Bird Rest.
Option (3) The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — Correct. Jahangir in Darbar is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Option (4) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — Incorrect. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds Miskin’s Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan.
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):
“Jahangir in Darbar, Jahangirnama, Abul Hasan and Manohar, 1620, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” |
