Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:
The word "mowgli", a character of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book has been derived from which of the following term:
Options:
Mongol
Mughal
From a real name of a child living in Pench Forest
None of the above
Correct Answer:
Mughal
Explanation:
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.