Who painted Babur inspecting the fort of Gwalior, a folio of the Baburnama?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Bhure
Option (1) Shah Muzaffar — Incorrect. Babur, in his memoirs, named Shah Muzaffar as a painter who excelled in the representation of hairstyle. He is not the painter of this folio.
Option (2) Bhure — Correct. The Baburnama folio of 1598 is by Bhure.
Option (3) Bihzad — Incorrect. Bihzad was a master artist of the Persian school at Herat, mentioned in Babur’s memoirs. He did not paint this folio.
Option (4) Abd us Samad — Incorrect. Abd us Samad was one of the two Persian artists Humayun invited to his court. He probably painted Princes of the House of Timur.
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):
“Babur inspecting the fort of Gwalior, Bhure, Baburnama, 1598, National Museum, New Delhi” |
