Observe the image and answer the following question.
The animal in this painting was brought from Ethiopia by Turks. Who presented it to the Mughal emperor Jahangir?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Mir Ja’far
Option (1) Ustad Mansur — Incorrect. Ustad Mansur drew the likeness of the zebra. He was the painter, not the giver.
Option (2) Shah Abbas — Incorrect. Jahangir decided to send the zebra to Shah Abbas of Iran as a gift.
Option (3) Mir Ja’far — Correct. Jahangir’s nobleman Mir Ja’far had acquired the zebra and presented it to the emperor.
Option (4) Shah Tahmasp — Incorrect. Shah Tahmasp was the Safavid ruler who gave refuge to Humayun, long before Jahangir’s reign.
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): “Zebra The zebra in this painting was from Ethiopia, brought by Turks, and presented to Mughal emperor Jahangir by his nobleman Mir Ja’far, who had acquired it. Jahangir wrote on the painting in Persian, the court language, that it was: “A mule which the Turks (rumiyan) in the company of Mir Ja’far had brought from Ethiopia [Habesha]”. Its likeness was drawn by Nadir ul asr (Wonder of the Age) Ustad Mansur. … Jahangir decided to send it to Shah Abbas of Iran, with whom he often exchanged rare and unique gifts, including animals and birds.”
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