Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

Match List I with List II:-

LIST I

LIST II

A. Gulbadan Begum

I. Akbar Nama

B. Abu'l Fazl

II. Badshah Nama

C. Abdul Hamid Lahori

III. Alamgir Nama

D. Muhammad Kazim

IV. Humayun Nama

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Correct Answer:

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

LIST I

LIST II

A. Gulbadan Begum

IV. Humayun Nama

B. Abu'l Fazl

I. Akbar Nama

C. Abdul Hamid Lahori

II. Badshah Nama

D. Muhammad Kazim

III. Alamgir Nama

Explanation:

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.

Abu'l Fazl wrote Akbar Nama. He started working on Akbar Nama in 1589. The Akbar Nama is divided into three books of which the first two are chronicles.

Badshah Nama - There are multiple texts with this name, but the most famous one is written by Abdul Hamid Lahori and covers the reign of Shah Jahan. It was completed in the mid-17th century.

Alamgir Nama is a biography of Emperor Aurangzeb written by Mirza Muhammad Khazim, and it was completed in the late 17th century (1668).