Observe the image and answer the following question.
What are Nanda and Yashoda doing in this Bhagvata Purana folio in the image?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Engaging in charitable activities
Option (1) Guarding baby Krishna from the evil eye — Incorrect. It is the women who hover over baby Krishna to safeguard him from the evil eye, in the upper left section.
Option (2) Engaging in charitable activities — Correct. Overjoyed at the birth of Krishna, the parents give away cows and calves to Brahmins and well-wishers.
Option (3) Singing and dancing — Incorrect. The singing and dancing is done by the men and women of the household, in the lower left and upper middle sections.
Option (4) Preparing food — Incorrect. Food is being prepared in the central section, but this task is not shown as that of Nanda and Yashoda.
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): “Bhagvata Purana …One observes scenes of celebration and festivities in the house of Nanda and Yashoda after the birth of Krishna. Men and women are singing and dancing (lower left and upper middle section); overjoyed parents — Nanda and Yashoda — are involved in charitable activities and are seen donating cows and calves to Brahmins and well-wishers (middle left and extreme right); lot of delicious food is being prepared (central section); women are hovering over baby Krishna to safeguard him form the evil eye (upper left section) and the narrative concludes with Krishna toppling, and thus, liberating the cart demon, Shakatasura, with a gentle kick.”
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