Many court artists painted for the Mughal emperors. Match the Mughal paintings in List-I with their painters in List-II.
| List-I (Painting) | List-II (Painter) |
| A. Babur inspecting the fort of Gwalior | I. Abul Hasan |
| B. Jahangir’s Dream | II. Bichitra |
| C. Princes of the House of Timur | III. Abd us Samad |
| D. Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass | IV. Bhure |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Babur inspecting the fort of Gwalior | (IV) Bhure | This Baburnama folio is by Bhure. |
| (B) Jahangir’s Dream | (I) Abul Hasan | Jahangir had his court artist Abul Hasan paint his dream of Shah Abbas’s visit. |
| (C) Princes of the House of Timur | (III) Abd us Samad | This early work on cotton is probably by the Safavid artist Abd us Samad. |
| (D) Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass | (II) Bichitra | Bichitra painted it and shows himself at the emperor’s right, holding a painting. |
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): “Babur inspecting the fort of Gwalior, Bhure, Baburnama, 1598, National Museum, New Delhi” “Jahangir’s Dream, Abul Hasan, 1618–1622, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.” “Princes of the House of Timur, Abd us Samad, 1545–50, British Museum, London” “Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass …In the painting, Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass (1625), symbolism is creatively applied by the court painter, Bichitra, who can be seen on the emperor’s right hand corner holding a painting in his hand, which would be his offering to the mighty emperor.” |