Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is from a dispersed manuscript of which text?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Harivamsa Purana
Option (1) Razm Nama — Incorrect. The Razm Nama is the Persian Mahabharata, made under the supervision of Daswant.
Option (2) Harivamsa Purana — Correct. The painting is Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, attributed to Miskin. Hari uses the mountain like a huge umbrella over the village.
Option (3) Divan-i Hafiz — Incorrect. The dispersed Divan-i Hafiz gave Noah’s Ark, a scene of the prophet in the ark.
Option (4) Hamza Nama — Incorrect. Humayun started the illustration of the Hamza Nama and Akbar continued it. This Krishna scene is not from it.
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): “Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin (1585–90). It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Harivamsa Purana is one of the many Sanskrit manuscripts, which were translated into Persian by the Mughals. This painting is on a theme from Harivamsa.”
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