Q. Assertion (A): Babur wrote Tuzk-e-Babri in Chagatai Turki.
Reason (R) : Turki was the official language of the Mughal Court.
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
b) (A) is false, but (R) is true
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Correct Answer: c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Question from UPPSC Prelims 2025
Explanation:
Assertion (A) is true: Babur’s memoirs, the Tuzuk-i-Baburi (Baburnama), were originally written in Chagatai Turki, his mother tongue; they were later translated into Persian in Akbar’s reign.
Reason (R) is false: The official language of the Mughal court and administration was Persian, not Turki. Although Babur personally used Chagatai Turki, Persian functioned as the court/administrative language throughout the Mughal period (formally continuing until replaced by the British in 1837).
Hence, (A) is true but (R) is false. Therefore, option 3 is correct.
