Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is a work of Akbar’s period. From which painted manuscript does it come?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Divan-i Hafiz
Option (1) Hamza Nama — Incorrect. Humayun started the illustration of the Hamza Nama, and Akbar continued it. Noah’s Ark is not from it.
Option (2) Tutinama — Incorrect. The Tutinama gives The Girl and the Parrot, a different painting.
Option (3) Divan-i Hafiz — Correct. The painting is Noah’s Ark, ascribed to Miskin. It comes from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz manuscript of 1590.
Option (4) Diwan of Amir Shahi — Incorrect. The folio from the Diwan of Amir Shahi is A Prince and a Hermit, not this scene.
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): “Noah’s Ark Noah’s Ark, from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz painted manuscript of 1590, is an excellent painting in subdued colour palette and has been ascribed to Miskin, one of the masters at Akbar’s imperial atelier. Prophet Noah is in the ark, which is carrying animals in pairs so that they may continue to flourish after the threatening flood sent by God to punish human beings for their sins.”
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