The following statements are about how Mughal painting is studied. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): For understanding Mughal painting, the political history and genealogy of the Mughal dynasty is often taken into account.
Reason (R): Every Mughal successor, based on his taste and preferences, contributed to the arts and nurtured new styles in the artists’ ateliers.
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): For understanding Mughal painting, the political history and genealogy of the Mughal dynasty is often taken into account. — True. The political history and the line of rulers help to understand Mughal painting.
Reason (R): Every Mughal successor, based on his taste and preferences, contributed to the arts and nurtured new styles in the artists’ ateliers. — True. Each emperor added to the arts by his own taste and took keen interest in the ateliers.
Why R explains A? Each successor shaped painting by his own taste and nurtured new styles. So the painting of a period depends on who the patron was, and that is why the dynasty’s political history and genealogy are taken into account.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Mughal School of Miniature Painting …The Mughals were patrons of various art forms. Every Mughal successor, based on his taste and preferences, contributed towards enhancing the status of art, viz., calligraphy, painting, architecture, bookmaking, book illustration projects, etc. They took keen interest in artists’ ateliers and nurtured unprecedented new styles that heightened and accelerated the existing art scenario of India. Therefore, for understanding the Mughal Painting, the political history and genealogy of the Mughal dynasty is often taken into account.” |