Observe the image and answer the following question.
Which painting is shown here?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass
Option (1) Jahangir’s Dream — Incorrect. In this painting by Abul Hasan, Jahangir stands on a lion and embraces the Persian Shah on a globe.
Option (2) Jahangir in Darbar — Incorrect. This is a court scene from the Jahangirnama, with courtiers placed according to their ranks.
Option (3) Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass — Correct. Bichitra shows Jahangir seated on an hourglass, offering a book to Shaikh Husain of the Chisti Shrine.
Option (4) Princes of the House of Timur — Incorrect. This early work shows ancestral members of the Mughal dynasty in an open air setting.
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 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. Persian calligraphy adorns the top and bottom, which in verse says that the Shahs of this world may stand before him as Jahangir prefers to have the dervishes. …Jahangir offers a book to Shaikh Husain of the Chisti Shrine, descendent of Shaikh Salim, in whose honour Akbar had named his son Salim.”
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