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8. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(8 marks)
1. Jahangir, born to Akbar and Jodha Bai, always found time for his hobby - the study of animals and plants.
He was an avid ornithologist and a naturalist. His observations are recorded in his memoirs, the Tizuk-I-
Jahangiri
2. Jahangir had a small zoo and would sometimes spend days and nights on his observations. He observed
how sarus cranes' mate brood over their eggs in turn and how chicks are hatched and taken care of. He
observed a human quality in this bird: the parents love not only their eggs and chicks but also each other.
3. When he came across a rare animal, bird or plant, he would instruct an artist to draw it Ustad Mansur
excelled in this art. For modem ornithologists, Jahangir's collection of paintings provide a strikingly accurate
description of the natural history of the day. Unfortunately, most of these paintings are no longer to be found
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in India. With the disintegration of the Mughal Empire, foreign adventurers looted this reasure. Most of
these paintings were thus lost.
4. Jahangir loved gardens but his dissertation in botany was confined to how a lotus u aps homets or bow
saffron sprouts from soil. He cultivated high altitude trees such as cypress, juniper, pine, etc. He had other
scientific interests. He conducted an experiment to show that the air of Mahmudabad was hea thier than that
of Ahmedabad. The movement of stars and planets fascinated him and he recorded the occurrence of solar
and lunar eclipses. When a comet made its appearance, he recorded the growth and decay of its tail
8.1 On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes using points only. Use abbreviations
wherever necessary. Give a suitable title. (5 marks)
8.2 Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. (3 marks)​

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