Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz manuscript of 1590. To which master of Akbar’s imperial atelier has it been ascribed?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Miskin
Option (1) Daswant — Incorrect. Daswant was the master artist who supervised the Razm Nama, the Persian Mahabharata completed in 1589. This Divan-i Hafiz folio is not ascribed to him.
Option (2) Miskin — Correct. The painting is Noah’s Ark, from the dispersed Divan-i Hafiz of 1590. It has been ascribed to Miskin, one of the masters at Akbar’s imperial atelier.
Option (3) Basawan — Incorrect. Basawan painted Madonna and Child, a work on a European theme. He is not named for this folio.
Option (4) Abd us Samad — Incorrect. This Safavid artist is linked with the early painting Princes of the House of Timur (1545–50), made long before this folio.
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): “Noah’s Ark Noah’s Ark, from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz painted manuscript of 1590, is an excellent painting in subdued colour palette and has been ascribed to Miskin, one of the masters at Akbar’s imperial atelier. Prophet Noah is in the ark, which is carrying animals in pairs so that they may continue to flourish after the threatening flood sent by God to punish human beings for their sins.”
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