Observe the image and answer the following question.
This Deccani painting is in the collection of a National Museum. In which country is that museum?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Czech Republic
The painting is Sultan Adil Shah II playing Tambura by Farrukh Beg, from Bijapur.
Option (1) India — Incorrect. The National Museum, New Delhi holds Chand Bibi playing Polo, not this painting.
Option (2) Czech Republic — Correct. This painting is in the National Museum, Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Option (3) Ireland — Incorrect. The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, holds the Bijapur works The Throne of Prosperity and Yogini.
Option (4) United Kingdom — Incorrect. The British Museum, London, holds the Golconda painting Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Deccani Schools of Painting …In the plateau region of southern India, beyond the Vindhya mountain range, an endearing school of painting, which was distinct and strong, was nurtured and expanded under various Sultans of the Deccan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.”
“Sultan Adil Shah II playing Tambura, Farrukh Beg, Bijapur, 1595–1600, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic” |
