Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

Which of the following books are correctly matched with their authors?

(A) Humayun Nama Gulbadan Begum
(B) Akbar Nama - Abul Fazl
(C) Badshah Nama Abdul Hamid Lahori.
(D) Alamgir Nama - Muhammad Waris

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B) and (C) only

(A), (B) and (D) only

(A), (C) and (D) only

(B), (C) and (D) only

Correct Answer:

(A), (B) and (C) only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (C) only

(A) Humayun Nama – Gulbadan Begum: Correct. Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of Emperor Babur and the sister of Humayun. She wrote this account at the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar.

(B) Akbar Nama – Abul Fazl: Correct. Abul Fazl was one of the "Nine Gems" (Navratnas) in Akbar's court and wrote this official history of Akbar's reign.

(C) Badshah Nama – Abdul Hamid Lahori: Correct. Abdul Hamid Lahori was a traveler and historian during the period of Shah Jahan. He was commissioned to write the official history of the first two decades of Shah Jahan's reign.

(D) Alamgir Nama – Muhammad Waris: Incorrect. While Muhammad Waris was a court historian who worked on the Badshah Nama (specifically the third decade of Shah Jahan's reign), the Alamgir Nama (the history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb's reign) was written by Mirza Muhammad Kazim