Observe the image and read the passage given below and answer the following question:
The zebra in the painting was from Ethiopia, brought by Turks, and presented to Mughal emperor Jahangir by his nobleman Mir Ja’far, who had acquired it. Jahangir wrote on the painting in Persian, the court language, that it was: “A mule which the Turks (rumiyan) in the company of Mir Ja’far had brought from Ethiopia [Habesha]”.
What decision did Jahangir make regarding the zebra after carefully examining it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → He decided to send it to Shah Abbas of Iran.
Some at court thought the zebra was a horse with painted stripes, so Jahangir examined it closely. He then sent it to Shah Abbas of Iran, with whom he often exchanged rare gifts, including animals and birds. He did not send it back to Ethiopia, nor to Ibrahim Adil Shah of Bijapur, a Deccani ruler. It was presented to Jahangir himself at Nowruz.
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): “Zebra …In Jahangirnama, it is clearly stated that the animal was presented to him during Nowruz or New Year festivities in March 1621. It is also mentioned that Jahangir had carefully examined it as some thought that it was a horse on which someone had painted stripes. Jahangir decided to send it to Shah Abbas of Iran, with whom he often exchanged rare and unique gifts, including animals and birds.”
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