Class 12 History 2022 Board Exam

Read the source given below carefully and answer the questions that follow :
In praise of taswir
Abu'l Fazl held the art of painting in high esteem :
Drawing the likeness of anything is called taswir. His Majesty from his earliest youth, has shown a great predilection for this art, and gives it every encouragement, as he looks upon it as a means both of study and amusement. A very large number of painters have been set to work. Each week, several supervisors and clerks of the imperial workshop submit before the emperor the work done by each artist, and His Majesty gives a reward and increases the monthly salaries of the artists according to the excellence displayed. ... Most excellent painters are now to be found, and masterpieces, worthy of a Bihzad, may be placed at the side of the wonderful works of the European painters who have attained worldwide fame. The minuteness in detail, the general finish and the boldness of execution now observed in pictures are incomparable; even inanimate objects look as if they have life. More than a hundred painters have become famous masters of the art. This is especially true of the Hindu artists. Their pictures surpass our conception of things. Few, indeed, in the whole world are found equal to them.
3.1 How did Mughal paintings exhibit decorative elements ?
3.2 How did Abu'l-Fazl credit Bihzad and the works of the Europeans ?
3.3 How does this source reflect the personal inclination of the Emperor towards the paintings ?

Read the source given below carefully and answer the questions that follow :
In praise of taswir
Abu'l Fazl held the art of painting in high esteem :
Drawing the likeness of anything is called taswir. His Majesty from his earliest youth, has shown a great predilection for this art, and gives it every encouragement, as he looks upon it as a means both of study and amusement. A very large number of painters have been set to work. Each week, several supervisors and clerks of the imperial workshop submit before the emperor the work done by each artist, and His Majesty gives a reward and increases the monthly salaries of the artists according to the excellence displayed. ... Most excellent painters are now to be found, and masterpieces, worthy of a Bihzad, may be placed at the side of the wonderful works of the European painters who have attained worldwide fame. The minuteness in detail, the general finish and the boldness of execution now observed in pictures are incomparable; even inanimate objects look as if they have life. More than a hundred painters have become famous masters of the art. This is especially true of the Hindu artists. Their pictures surpass our conception of things. Few, indeed, in the whole world are found equal to them.
4.1 How did Mughal paintings exhibit decorative elements ?
4.2 How did Abu'l-Fazl credit Bihzad and the works of the Europeans ?
4.3 How does this source reflect the personal inclination of the Emperor towards the paintings ?

Read the case given below and answer the questions that follow :
Travels of the Badshah Nama
Gifting of precious manuscripts was an established diplomatic custom under the Mughals. In emulation of this, the Nawab of Awadh gifted the illustrated Badshah Nama to King George III in 1799. Since then it has been preserved in the English Royal Collections, now at Windsor Castle.
In 1994, conservation work required the bound manuscript to be taken apart. This made it possible to exhibit the paintings, and in 1997 for the first time, the Badshah Nama paintings were shown in exhibitions in New Delhi, London and Washington.
7.1 Explain the diplomatic practice of Mughals.
7.2 Why did Nawab of Awadh share a common ground of diplomatic gift giving practice with King George III ?
7.3 How have the precious work of Mughals preserved ?

Read the case given below and answer the questions that follow :
Travels of the Badshah Nama
Gifting of precious manuscripts was an established diplomatic custom under the Mughals. In emulation of this, the Nawab of Awadh gifted the illustrated Badshah Nama to King George III in 1799. Since then it has been preserved in the English Royal Collections, now at Windsor Castle.
In 1994, conservation work required the bound manuscript to be taken apart. This made it possible to exhibit the paintings, and in 1997 for the first time, the Badshah Nama paintings were shown in exhibitions in New Delhi, London and Washington.
8.1 Explain the diplomatic practice of Mughals.
8.2 Why did Nawab of Awadh share a common ground of diplomatic gift giving practice with King George III ?
8.3 How have the precious work of Mughals preserved ?

On the same political outline map of India, a place related to the capital city of Mughal Empire is marked as 'A'. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near it.

On the same outline Map of India, a place related to the Capital city of Mughal Empire is marked as A. Identify it and write its name on the line drawn near them.

How did the British East India Company control the powers of Zamindars in the Permanent Settlement System ? Explain.