Consider the following statements about ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ and choose the correct statements.
(A) The Ain is made up of five books.
(B) Ain was officially sponsored to record detailed information.
(C) The data in the Ain has not been carefully collected.
(D) Historians have detected numerous errors in totalling which are generally minor.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(1) (A), (B), (C) only
(2) (A), (B), (D) only
(3) (A), (C), (D) only
(4) (B), (C), (D) only

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The correct statements about 'Ain-i-Akbari' are: (2) (A), (B), (D) only

Explanation:
(A) The Ain is made up of five books: This statement is correct. 'Ain-i-Akbari' is divided into five books.
(B) Ain was officially sponsored to record detailed information: This statement is correct. 'Ain-i-Akbari' was commissioned by Akbar and is an official compilation that provides detailed information about the administration, culture, and society of the Mughal Empire.
(D) Historians have detected numerous errors in totaling which are generally minor: This statement is correct. Some historians have identified errors in the numerical data presented in the Ain, but these are considered generally minor.

The data in the Ain has been carefully collected. So, the third statement is incorrect.

The "Ain-i-Akbari" is a part of the Akbarnama, and it is made up of five books (daftars), of which the first three books describe the administration. The first book, called manzil-abadi, concerns the imperial household and its maintenance. The second book, sipah-abadi, covers the military and civil administration and the establishment of servants. This book includes notices and short biographical sketches of imperial officials (mansabdars), learned men, poets and artists. The third book, mulk-abadi, is the one which deals with the fiscal side of the empire and provides rich quantitative information on revenue rates, followed by the “Account of the Twelve Provinces”. This section has detailed statistical information, which includes the geographic, topographic and economic profile of all subas and their administrative and fiscal divisions (sarkars, parganas and mahals), total measured area, and assessed revenue ( jama ).