Noah’s Ark is a Mughal court painting. Consider the following statements about it:
(A) It is from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz painted manuscript.
(B) It has been ascribed to Basawan.
(C) The rendering of water in it is convincing.
(D) Its horizontal perspective infuses it with heightened dramatic energy.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) It is from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz painted manuscript. — Correct. Noah’s Ark comes from a dispersed Divan-i Hafiz manuscript.
(B) It has been ascribed to Basawan. — Incorrect. It is ascribed to Miskin, one of the masters at Akbar’s atelier. Basawan painted Madonna and Child.
(C) The rendering of water in it is convincing. — Correct. The water is rendered convincingly.
(D) Its horizontal perspective infuses it with heightened dramatic energy. — Incorrect. The perspective is vertical, not horizontal. The vertical perspective gives the painting its dramatic energy.
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. …The use of pure white and subtle shades of red, blue and yellow is charming. The rendering of water is convincing and the vertical perspective infuses the painting with an element of heightened dramatic energy.”
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