Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

Arrange the following chronicles and memories of the Mughal emperors in a chronological order.

(A) 'Humayun Nama' is prepared by Gulbadan Begum.
(B) 'Alamgir Nama', history of Aurangzeb was compiled.
(C) Babur's memoirs was translated into Persian.
(D) Jahangir writes his memoirs in 'Jahangir Nama'.
(E) Lahori composes first two daftars of 'Badshah Nama'.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(B), (A), (C), (D), (E)

(A), (C), (D), (E), (B)

(E), (A), (D), (C), (B)

(A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

Correct Answer:

(A), (C), (D), (E), (B)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C), (D), (E), (B)

(A) 'Humayun Nama' is prepared by Gulbadan Begum: 1587
(C) Babur's memoirs was translated into Persian: 1589
(D) Jahangir writes his memoirs in 'Jahangir Nama': 1605-1622
(E) Lahori composes first two daftars of 'Badshah Nama': 1639-1647
(B) 'Alamgir Nama', history of Aurangzeb was compiled: 1668

Timeline of major literary works in the Mughal period:

c.1587: Gulbadan Begum begins to write the Humayun Nama
1589: Babur’s memoirs translated into Persian as Babur Nama
1589-1602: Abu’l Fazl works on the Akbar Nama
1605-22: Jahangir writes his memoirs, the Jahangir Nama
1639-47:  Lahori composes the first two daftars of the Badshah Nama
c.1650:  Muhammad Waris begins to chronicle the third decade of Shah Jahan’s reign
1668:  Alamgir Nama, a history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb’s reign compiled by Muhammmad Kazim