Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan is a painting from the time of Akbar. Which of the following is NOT true of this painting?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Abul Fazl was assigned to translate its text into Persian.
Option (1) It is attributed to Miskin. — True of this painting. The painting is attributed to Miskin.
Option (2) It is from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana. — True of this painting. It comes from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana.
Option (3) Hari uses the mountain like a huge umbrella in it. — True of this painting. The whole village takes refuge under the mountain.
Option (4) Abul Fazl was assigned to translate its text into Persian. — Not true of this painting. The Harivamsa volume was given to Badauni, a scholar noble of Akbar’s court. Abul Fazl was another scholar chronicler there, unlike Badauni in his views.
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 Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin (1585–90). … 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. Hari or Lord Krishna lifted the mountain, Govardhan, with all creatures dwelling therein with the intention to protect them — the villagers and their livestock, who were his followers, from torrential rain sent by another powerful God Indra. Hari uses the mountain like a huge umbrella, under which the entire village takes refuge.”
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