Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image is a work of Akbar’s period. It is a folio from which illustrated manuscript?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Tutinama
Option (1) Razm Nama — Incorrect. The Razm Nama is the Persian version of the Mahabharata, made under the master artist Daswant.
Option (2) Akbar Nama — Incorrect. The Akbar Nama records Akbar’s political and personal life. This folio does not come from it.
Option (3) Tutinama — Correct. The painting is The Girl and the Parrot, a folio from the Tutinama.
Option (4) Diwan of Amir Shahi — Incorrect. The folio from this manuscript in the chapter is A Prince and a Hermit.
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):
Tutinama: The Girl and the Parrot, 1580–1585, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin |
