Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image was made in 1580–1585. In the reign of which Mughal emperor was it painted?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Akbar
Option (1) Babur — Incorrect. Babur came to India in 1526 and was succeeded by his son Humayun in 1530.
Option (2) Humayun — Incorrect. Humayun succeeded Babur in 1530. His son Akbar took his love of painting forward from 1556.
Option (3) Akbar — Correct. Akbar ruled from 1556 to 1605, so 1580–1585 falls in his reign. The painting is the Tutinama folio The Girl and the Parrot.
Option (4) Shah Jahan — Incorrect. Prince Khurram took the throne as Shah Jahan only in 1628, long after this painting.
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):
“Tutinama: The Girl and the Parrot, 1580–1585, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin” “Early Mughal Painting …The tradition and fascination for painting started by Humayun was carried forward by his illustrious son Akbar (1556–1605). Abul Fazal, the court historian of Akbar, writes about Akbar’s passion for arts. He records that more than a hundred artists were employed in the royal atelier.” |
