Question

Consider the following sentences.
1. During Jahangir, painting reached its zenith.
2. Akbar founded a separate department of painting under Khwaja Abdus Samad.
3. During Shah Jahan, painting reached technical perfection.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given.

• A. 1 and 2
• B. 2 and 3
• C. 1 and 3
• D. 1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is D 1, 2 and 3

Jahangir was a great patron of art of painting. During his reign the distinctive style of Mughal painting expanded and blossomed to its height. During Shah Jahan, court paintings became more rigid and formal. Technical details and individuality dominated these paintings. Abdus Samad was a 16th-century painter of Persian miniatures one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition. Akbar founded a separate department of painting under Khwaja Abdus Samad.