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English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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Paragraph Organization

English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · English · Paragraph Organization

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:...

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Jahangir twice mentions a tower, tank and pavilion used as a hunting palace about 29 km from Lahore. Today the site is known as Shaikhupura, but Jahangir in 1606 refers to it as Jahangipura and then in 1620 calls it Jahangirabad, both meaning City of Jahangir, the latter a more Persianate form. Here the emperor's favourite tame antelope died before 1606; it was buried in a grave above which a sculpted antelope and eulogy written by Mulla Muhammad Husain of Kashmir were placed. Adjacent to this gravestone, a tower was constructed around 1606 under the supervision of Sikandar Muin Khan, the landholder of the area. On Jahangir's orders, Sikandar Muin Khan also built a tank and royal resudence. Despite Muin's death while the work was in progress, the complex was handsomely completed by 1620, the later stages of construction having been supervised by Iradat Khan. The expenses incurred were sufficiently awesome that the emperor recorded the amount in his memoirs. Jahangir considered the site a 'kingly hunting place' although his successor found the place inadequate and in 1634 spent another sizable sum rebuilding the pavilion. Both the names Jhangirpura and Jahangirabad carry same meaning, i.e., 'City of Jahangir'. From which language the word Pura is taken?

Options

  1. AMarathi
  2. BUdru
  3. CPersian
  4. DSanskrit

Correct answer

D. Sanskrit

Step-by-step solution

- The names Jhangirpura and Jahangirabad both mean "City of Jahangir". - The word "pura" is a Sanskrit word that means "city". - Jahangir was the fourth Mughal emperor, who ruled from 1605 to 1627. - He was the son of Akbar the Great and the grandson of Humayun. - There are several places in India that are named Jhangirpura or Jahangirabad, including: - Jhangirpura, a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. - Jahangirabad, a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. - Jahangirabad Fort, a fort in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. - The word "pura" is also found in the names of other cities in India, such as Jaipur, which means "City of Victory".
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