Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question:

The Ain-i Akbari was the culmination of a large historical, administrative project of classification undertaken by Abu’l Fazl at the order of Emperor Akbar. It was completed in 1598, the forty-second regnal year of the emperor, after having gone through five revisions. The Ain was part of a larger project of history writing commissioned by Akbar.

The Ain gives detailed accounts of which of the following topics?

Options:

The organization of the court.

Administration and army.

Literary, cultural, and religious traditions of the people.

All of the above.

Correct Answer:

All of the above.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - All of the above.

Option 1- The organization of the court.
Option 2- Administration and army.
Option 3- Literary, cultural, and religious traditions of the people.
Option 4- All of the above.

The Ain gives detailed accounts of the organisation of the court, administration and army, the sources of revenue and the physical layout of the provinces of Akbar’s empire and the literary, cultural and religious traditions of the people. Along with a description of the various departments of Akbar’s government and elaborate descriptions of the various provinces (subas) of the empire, the Ain gives us intricate quantitative information of those provinces.