Medieval History PYQ 97 of 123 · Mughal Polity & Culture · Music and Painting of the Mughal Period

Which Mughal ruler established Karkhanas for painting?

  1. AHumayun
  2. BAkbar
  3. CJahangir
  4. DShah Jahan
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2020Disputed key

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Correct answer: (b) Akbar

Explanation

Humayun had a painting workshop (Nigar-khana / Tasvir-khana) set up, which was connected to his library. Akbar established painting studios—at Agra from 1558 to 1572 AD, at Fatehpur Sikri from 1572 to 1585 AD, at Lahore from 1585 to 1601 Ad, and again at Agra from 1603 to 1605 AD. Notably, the Bihar Public Service Commission considered option (b) as the answer to this question in its official answer sheet.

Disputed. BPSC’s official key is (b), though Humayun set up the first painting workshop.

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