Match List-I with List-II (Abu'l Fazl's work).List-IList-II(A) First…

Match List-I with List-II (Abu'l Fazl's work).

List-I	List-II
(A) First two books of the Akbar Nama	(I) A detailed and highly complex view of agrarian society in northern India
(B) Ain-i Akbari, the third book	(II) A historical narrative
(C) Mulk-abadi	(III) Religious, literary and cultural traditions and Akbar's auspicious sayings
(D) Fourth and fifth books (daftars) of the Ain	(IV) A compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) First two books of the Akbar Nama	(II) A historical narrative	The Akbar Nama had three books, and the first two told the history of events as a narrative.
(B) Ain-i Akbari, the third book	(IV) A compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire	The Ain was the third book, arranged as a collection of imperial rules and a gazetteer, a descriptive record of the empire.
(C) Mulk-abadi	(I) A detailed and highly complex view of agrarian society in northern India	The mulk-abadi, the fiscal book with its tables of sarkars, gives a detailed and complex picture of agrarian society in northern India.
(D) Fourth and fifth books (daftars) of the Ain	(III) Religious, literary and cultural traditions and Akbar's auspicious sayings	The last two daftars deal with the religious, literary and cultural traditions of the people and hold Akbar's auspicious sayings.

Note: Rows C and D come from the next page of the same section.

NCERT (2026-27): “8. The Ain-i Akbari of Abu’l Fazl Allami …
The Ain was part of a larger project of history writing commissioned by Akbar. This history, known as the Akbar Nama, comprised three books. The first two provided a historical narrative. We will look at these parts more closely in Chapter 9. The Ain-i Akbari, the third book, was organised as a compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire.”

“… The mulk-abadi gives a fascinating, detailed and highly complex view of agrarian society in northern India. The fourth and fifth books (daftars) deal with the religious, literary and cultural traditions of the people of India and also contain a collection of Akbar’s “auspicious sayings”.”