Observe the image, read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:
This painting is on a theme from Harivamsa.
Badauni, a scholar noble in the court of Akbar, worked on this Harivamsa volume. What was his role, and how did he differ from Abul Fazl?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → He translated the Harivamsa into Persian, and was known for his orthodox religious views, unlike Abul Fazl.
Option (1) He illustrated the Harivamsa, and was known for his liberal religious views, unlike Abul Fazl. — Incorrect. Badauni translated the volume; the painting is attributed to Miskin. His views were orthodox, not liberal.
Option (2) He translated the Harivamsa into Persian, and was known for his orthodox religious views, unlike Abul Fazl. — Correct. Badauni was assigned the job of translating the volume on Lord Krishna into Persian. He was famous for his orthodox religious views, much unlike Abul Fazl.
Option (3) He translated the Harivamsa into Persian, and was known for his liberal religious views, unlike Abul Fazl. — Incorrect. The translation part is right, but Badauni was known for orthodox views, not liberal ones.
Option (4) He illustrated the Harivamsa, and was known for his orthodox religious views, unlike Abul Fazl. — Incorrect. The orthodox views are right, but his job was translating, not painting. The painting is attributed to Miskin.
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): “Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan … Harivamsa Purana is one of the many Sanskrit manuscripts, which were translated into Persian by the Mughals. This painting is on a theme from Harivamsa. Badauni, a scholar noble in the court of Akbar, was assigned the job of translating this volume on Lord Krishna into Persian. It is interesting to note that Badauni was famous for his orthodox religious views, much unlike Abul Fazl, another famous scholar chronicler in Akbar’s court.”
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