Prince Salim came to be known as Jahangir after he acquired the Mughal throne. His memoirs, the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, tell of his efforts to achieve scientific correctness in rendering which subject that interested him the most?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Flora and fauna
Option (1) Realistic portraits of courtiers — Incorrect. In Jahangir in Darbar the courtiers’ portraiture is perfect and realistic, but the memoirs tie scientific correctness to flora and fauna.
Option (2) Spatial depth in compositions — Incorrect. Spatial depth came into Jahangir’s school with European art sensibilities. It is not the subject the memoirs name.
Option (3) Flora and fauna — Correct. The memoirs tell of his efforts to render flora and fauna with scientific correctness, the subject that interested him the most.
Option (4) European religious themes — Incorrect. Christian themes were produced in his atelier from his fascination for European art, not as the subject of scientific correctness.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Mughal School of Miniature Painting …Prince Salim came to be known as Jahangir — the World Seizer once he acquired the Mughal throne after his return from Allahabad. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, the memoirs of Jahangir, tells about his great interest in arts and his efforts of achieving scientific correctness in the rendering flora and fauna that interested the Emperor the most. Under his patronage, the Mughal painting achieved naturalism and scientific accuracy of the highest degree.” |