By maternal descent, Mughals were descendants of?

Genghis Khan

The correct answer is Option 3- Genghis Khan

By maternal descent, Mughals were descendants of Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest land empire in history. He was born in Temüjin around 1162 in what is now northeastern Mongolia. He rose to power by uniting the Mongol tribes and then conquering much of Central Asia and China.

Mughal founder Babur's mother, Qutlugh Nigar Khanum, was a descendant of Genghis Khan through her father, Yunus Khan, the ruler of Moghulistan.

The Mughals were proud of their Timurid ancestry on the paternal side, but they did not like to be called Mongols because of the negative associations with Genghis Khan's conquests. However, they did acknowledge their maternal descent from him.