In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: The words 'Mughals' was chosen by the rulers of the dynasty themselves.
Reason: Babur, the first Mughal ruler, was related to Ghenghiz Khan from his mother's side.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The correct answer is Option 3 - The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Assertion: The words 'Mughals' was chosen by the rulers of the dynasty themselves. (Incorrect)
Reason: Babur, the first Mughal ruler, was related to Ghenghiz Khan from his mother's side. (Correct)

Assertion 'The words 'Mughals' was chosen by the rulers themselves' is incorrect as it was not the name the rulers of the dynasty chose for themselves

The name Mughal derives from Mongol. Though today the term evokes the grandeur of an empire, it was not the name the rulers of the dynasty chose for themselves. They referred to themselves as Timurids, as descendants of the Turkish ruler Timur on the paternal side. Babur, the first Mughal ruler, was related to Ghenghiz Khan from his mother’s side. He spoke Turkish and referred derisively to the Mongols as barbaric hordes. During the sixteenth century, Europeans used the term Mughal to describe the Indian rulers of this branch of the family. Over the past centuries the word has been frequently used – even the name Mowgli, the young hero of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, is derived from it.