Ustad Mansur received the title Nadir ul Asr from Jahangir. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Images of fine falcons were painted at Jahangir’s court.
Reason (R): Jahangir had fine falcons brought to his collection and, as a keen connoisseur, he had them painted.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): Images of fine falcons were painted at Jahangir’s court. — True. The fine falcons in Jahangir’s collection were painted at his wish, and the images went into his official biography, the Jahangirnama.
Reason (R): Jahangir had fine falcons brought to his collection and, as a keen connoisseur, he had them painted. — True. Jahangir had fine falcons brought to his collection and, as a keen connoisseur, had them painted.
Why R explains A? Jahangir was a keen connoisseur, so he had his fine falcons painted. His painters, Ustad Mansur among them, made these images, and they were included in his official biography, the Jahangirnama.
NCERT (2026-27): “Falcon on a Bird Rest This painting by Ustad Mansur, Nadir ul Asr, a title received from Jahangir, is in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA. Jahangir had fine falcons brought to his collection, and as a keen connoisseur, he had them painted. These images were included in his official biography Jahangirnama. … The painting shown here, Falcon Perched on a Bird Rest (1615), is one of the many paintings that were painted by the Mughal artist, Ustad Mansur.”
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