Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

Match the following Years in List I with the events associated with them in List II correctly:

List- I (Years)

List- II (Description of an event)

(A) 1564

(I) Badshah Nama paintings were shown first time in an exhibition.

(B) 1580

(II) The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by Sir William Jones

(C) 1784

(III) First Jesuit mission reached the Mughal court at Fatehpur Sikri

(D) 1997

(IV) Jizya was abolished by Akbar

 

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

Akbar abolished the tax on pilgrimage in 1563 and jizya in 1564 as the two were based on religious discrimination. Instructions were sent to officers of the empire to follow the precept of sulh-i kul in administration.

The first Jesuit mission reached the Mughal court at Fatehpur Sikri in 1580 and stayed for about two years. The Jesuits spoke to Akbar about Christianity and debated its virtues with the ulama. Two more missions were sent to the Mughal court at Lahore, in 1591 and 1595.

During the colonial period, British administrators began to study Indian history and to create an archive of knowledge about the subcontinent to help them better understand the people and the cultures of the empire they sought to rule. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, founded by Sir William Jones in 1784, undertook the editing, printing and translation of many Indian manuscripts.

The gifting of precious manuscripts was an established diplomatic custom under the Mughals. In emulation of this, the Nawab of Awadh gifted the 'illustrated Badshah Nama' (One containing paintings along with written text) to King George III in 1799. Since then it has been preserved in the English Royal Collections, now at Windsor Castle.
In 1994 conservative work required the bound manuscript to be taken apart. This made it possible to exhibit the paintings, and in 1997 for the first time, the Badshah Nama paintings were shown in exhibitions in New Delhi, London and Washington.