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Akbar The Great, my favorite Mughal Emperor.

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1
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What is the full name of Akbar?

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Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar

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Who is the father of Akbar?

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Humayun

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Who is the mother of Akbar?

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Hamida Banu Begam

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Akbar was born at?

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Amarkot

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Akbar was born in the year?

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1542

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Who was Akbar’s regent?

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Bairam Khan

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Who represented Akbar in the ‘Second Battle of Panipat’?

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Bairam Khan.

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In which year the ‘Second Battle of Panipat’ took place?

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1556

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9
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Akbar was coronated by Bairam Khan at which place?

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Kalanaur

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How old was Akbar during his coronation at Kalanaur?

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14 years old.

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Second Battle of Panipat was fought by Bairam Khan against?

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Hemu Vikramaditya

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Hemu was the Prime Minister of which King?

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Muhammad Shah Adil of Bengal

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13
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Who is the last Hindu king of Delhi?

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Hemu Vikramaditya

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Akbar ruled under Bairam Khan’s regency between the period?

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1556-1560

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Where was Bairam Khan assassinated?

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Patan, Gujarat.

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Who killed Bairam Khan?

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Afghani enemies

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17
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Where was Bairam Khan heading to when he was killed?

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Mecca

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In which year did Akbar conquer ‘Malwa’?

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1561

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Whom did Akbar defeat while conquering Malwa?

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Baz Bahadur

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What did Akbar do to Baz Bahadur after defeating him in the battle for Malwa?

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He was made the ‘Mansabdar’

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Why did Akbar make Baz Bahadur a ‘Mansabdar’?

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To honour his skill as a musician.

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Akbar defeated Garh-Katanga ruled by?

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Rani Durgavati

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Rani Durgavati ruled which kingdom?

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Garh-Katanga

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Akbar defeated Rani Durgavati in the year?

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1564

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25
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When did Akbar marry Mariam-uz-Zamani (Jodhaa)?

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1562

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Who is Mariam-uz-Zamani?

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Eldest daughter of ‘Raja Bharmal’ of Jaipur.

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In 1570, Akbar married the princesses from

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Bikaner and Jaisalmer

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In 1584, Prince Salim was married to the daughter of?

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Raja Bhagwant Das

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Who was Raja Bhagwant Das?

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Eldest son of Raja Bharmal. Brother of Jodhaa

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30
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Akbar won Gujarat in the year?

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1572

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In order to commemorate his victory over Gujarat Akbar built what?

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Buland Darwaza.

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Where is Buland Darwaza?

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Fatehpur Sikri, UP.

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33
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Which is the highest gateway in the world?

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Buland Darwaza

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34
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For suppressing the revolt of Gujarat, Abdul Rahim was given the title of?

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Khan-i-Khana

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Who was Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana?

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Son of Bairam Khan. One of Akbar’s Navratnas.

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36
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Who translated Babur’s memoirs, Baburnama from Chagatai language to Persian language?

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Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana

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37
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Name the two books on astrology written by Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana?

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Khetakautukam and Dwatrimshadyogavali

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Akbar’s Mughal forces fought Battle of Haldighati on

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18 Jun 1576

39
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Who represented Mughal’s forces in the Battle of Haldighati?

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Raja Maan Singh

40
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Battle of Haldighati was fought by Mughals against?

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Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap.

41
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Raja Maan Singh conquered which states for Akbar?

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Bihar, Bengal and Orissa.

42
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Akbar conquered Kashmir in the year?

A

1586

43
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Akbar conquered Sindh in the year?

A

1593

44
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Akbar’s last conquest was at?

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Fort of Asirgarh in Deccan.

45
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Akbar died of ?

A

Dysentery

46
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Akbar was buried at?

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Sikandra, Agra.

47
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Akbar died in the year?

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1605

48
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Who was the first Englishman to visit Akbar’s court?

A

Ralph Fitch

49
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When did Ralph Fitch visit Akbar’s court?

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1585

50
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Akbar abolished Jaziyah in the year?

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1564

51
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What is Jaziyah?

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Jaziyah or Jizya is the tax levied upon by Muslim rulers on non-muslims

52
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Akbar regularly visited this shrine?

A

Sheikh Muinuddin Chisti

53
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Where is the Sheikh Muinuddin Chisti shrine?

A

Ajmer

54
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Akbar believed in Peace with all. What was it’s Arabic term?

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Sulh-i-Kul

55
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Akbar built the house of Prayers at which place and what was it called?

A

He built Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri

56
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Ibadat Khana was built in the year?

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1575

57
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Akbar issued the ‘Decree of Infallibility’ in the year?

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1579

58
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Akbar created a new faith called?

A

Din-i-ilahi

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Din-i-ilahi is also called as

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Tawhid-i-ilahi

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Akbar formulated Din-i-ilahi in the year?

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1581

61
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Who joined Din-i-ilahi?

A

Birbal, Abu Fazl and Faizi

62
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Akbar’s land revenue system is called as

A

Todar Mal Bandobast

63
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Todar Mal Bandobast system is also called as

A

Zabti System

64
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Three salient features of Zabti system?

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i) measurement of land,
ii) classification of land,
iii) fixation of rates.

65
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Who are the important revenue officers under Akbar?

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Todar Mal and Muzaffar Khan Turbati

66
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In order to organise the Nobility as well as the Army, Akbar introduced which system?

A

Mansabdary System

67
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Mansabdar means

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holder of a rank.

68
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What are the two ranks in Mansabdary System?

A

Zat and Sawar.

69
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What does Zat indicate?

A

the status and standing in Administrative hierarchy

70
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What does Sawar indicate?

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the number of Troopers held by Mansabdar.

71
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Real name of Raja Birbal, one of the nine gems (Navratnas) of Akbar?

A

Mahesh Das

72
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Birbal is also a Poet his collections were under the pen name?

A

Brahma

73
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Where were Birbal’s collection of Poems preserved?

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Bharatpur Museum, Rajasthan

74
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Miyan Tansen was born in

A

Gwalior

75
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Tansen served as court musician under these 2 rulers

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King Ramachandra of Mewar and later to Akbar

76
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Tansen, born Hindu later accepted Islam at the hands of?

A

Sufi Great Shaykh Muhammad Ghaus.

77
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Tansen allegedly brought Rain and Fire through singing these ragas

A

Megh Malhar and Deepak respectively

78
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Birth name of Tansen

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Ramtanu

79
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Tansen was remembered for his epic compositions what were they called?

A

Dhrupad compositions

80
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Tansen’s 2 classic books on music

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Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara

81
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Who created the raga Darbari Kanada?

A

Tansen

82
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Tansen’s son Bilas Khan composed the raga

A

Bilaskhani Todi

83
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Who’s the author of Akbarnama?

A

Abul Fazl

84
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Who’s the chronicler of Akbar’s rule?

A

Abul Fazl

85
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Abul Fazl is the author of these 2 books?

A

Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari

86
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Who killed Abul Fazl?

A

Akbar’s son Salim (Jahangir)

87
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Who is the brother of Abul Fazl?

A

Faizi

88
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Akbar appointed this navratna as a teacher for his son

A

Faizi

89
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Who translated Bhaskaracharya’s famous mathematical work ‘Lilavati’ into Persian?

A

Faizi

90
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Raja Maan Singh is the son of

A

Raja Bhagwant Das, brother of Jodha

91
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Raja Maan Singh is the Raja of

A

Amber

92
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Akbar bestowed this title on Raja Todar Mal

A

Diwan-I-Ashraf

93
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This Navratna of Akbar introduced Standard weights and measures

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Raja Todar Mal

94
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Who are the 2 other less significant Navratna’s of Akbar who served as Advisors

A

Faqir Aziao Din and Mullah Do Piaza

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