Which institution holds the illustrated manuscript Tarif–i–Hussain Shahi, with its painting King sitting on the Throne?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Bharata Itihasa Samshodaka Mandala, Poona
Option (1) Bharata Itihasa Samshodaka Mandala, Poona — Correct. The Ahmadnagar painting King sitting on the Throne (1565–1569) is in this collection at Poona.
Option (2) The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin — Incorrect. This library holds two Bijapur works, The Throne of Prosperity from the Nujum al-Ulum and the Yogini.
Option (3) Bankipore Library, Patna — Incorrect. This library has the manuscript signed by the scribe Yusuf, with seven miniatures in the Bukhara idiom.
Option (4) British Museum, London — Incorrect. This museum holds a Golconda painting, Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.
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): “Ahmadnagar School of Painting The earliest examples of Deccani painting are in a volume of poems, celebrating the reign of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar (1553–1565). Most of the 12 miniatures that illustrate battle scenes are of no artistic interest, but interestingly, those depicting the queen and her marriage delight us with gorgeous colours and sensuous lines.”
Tarif–i–Hussain Shahi: King sitting on the Throne, Ahmadnagar, 1565–1569, Bharata Itihasa Samshodaka Mandala, Poona |
