HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Chintamani - Hindi poet
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Sunder Das - Singer
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Jagannath Pandit - Poet laureate
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Asaf Khan - Wazir
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Detailed explanation-1: -The option D, Sunder Das too was part of the Shah Jahan’s court but he was a poet and not a singer. He was a Brahmin Braj poet from Gwalior. He wrote the famous work Sundar Shringar which included a short eulogy to the emperor as well.
Detailed explanation-2: -He undertook the building of the Moti Masjid or the Pearl Mosque, as well as the mausoleum, Taj Mahal, at Agra. At Delhi, Shah Jahan built a massive fortress-palace complex called the “Red Fort", as well as the “Jama Masjid", which is among the finest mosques in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shah Jahan erected many splendid monuments, the most famous of which is the Taj Mahal at Agra . The Pearl Mosque at Agra, the palace and great mosque at Delhi. The celebrated Peacock Throne, said to be worth millions of dollars by modern estimates. He was the founder of Shahjahanabad, now known as ‘Old Delhi’.