The popular name Taj Mahal was given by
2013
The popular name Taj Mahal was given by
Answer: D. European travellers — ConceptA passage-based factual question is answered from the explicit contrast in its source. When the passage distinguishes an official or chronicle name…
- A.
Shah Jahan
- B.
Tourists
- C.
Public
- D.
European travellers
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Correct answer: D
Concept
A passage-based factual question is answered from the explicit contrast in its source. When the passage distinguishes an official or chronicle name from a name used by a particular group, that contrast identifies the intended attribution.
Application
The source passage states that the name “Taj Mahal” is unknown in Mughal chronicles but was used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that it was the tomb’s popular name. Among the offered values, this wording supports European travellers.
Contrast
Shah Jahan commissioned the mausoleum, but the passage does not attribute the popular name to him.
Tourists is a broad label for visitors; the passage names a historically and geographically specific group.
Public is a general collective term; it is not the group identified in the passage.
European travellers corresponds to the contemporary European group explicitly mentioned in the passage.
Cross-check
The official UGC-NET June 2013 Paper I key for this question confirms European travellers. The source passage independently reaches the same value from its reference to contemporary Europeans in India.