Identify the correct statements: (A) Gulbadan Begum wrote 'Humayun Na…

Identify the correct statements:

(A) Gulbadan Begum wrote 'Humayun Nama'.
(B) Gulbadan could not write fluently in Turkish.
(C) Gulbadan was the daughter of Babur.
(D) Gulbadan in her writings described the conflicts among the Princes and Kings.
(E) Gulbadan was the daughter of Jahangir.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C), (D) only

(A) Gulbadan Begum wrote ‘Humayun Nama’. Correct. The Humayun Nama, which gives a glimpse into the domestic world of the Mughals, was written by Gulbadan Begum.

(B) Gulbadan could not write fluently in Turkish. Incorrect. Gulbadan could write fluently in Turkish and Persian.

(C) Gulbadan was the daughter of Babur. Correct. She was the daughter of Babur, Humayun’s sister and Akbar’s aunt.

(D) Gulbadan in her writings described the conflicts among the Princes and Kings. Correct. Her work was no eulogy; she described in great detail the conflicts and tensions among the princes and kings and the mediating role of elderly women of the family.

(E) Gulbadan was the daughter of Jahangir. Incorrect. She was the daughter of Babur, Humayun’s sister and Akbar’s aunt, so she belonged to a generation long before Jahangir.

Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Kings and Chronicles’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).

NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “7. The Imperial Household … An interesting book giving us a glimpse into the domestic world of the Mughals is the Humayun Nama written by Gulbadan Begum. Gulbadan was the daughter of Babur, Humayun’s sister and Akbar’s aunt. Gulbadan could write fluently in Turkish and Persian. When Akbar commissioned Abu’l Fazl to write a history of his reign, he requested his aunt to record her memoirs of earlier times under Babur and Humayun, for Abu’l Fazl to draw upon. What Gulbadan wrote was no eulogy of the Mughal emperors. Rather she described in great detail the conflicts and tensions among the princes and kings and the important mediating role elderly women of the family played in resolving some of these conflicts.”