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Akbar The Great, my favorite Mughal Emperor.

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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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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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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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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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When did Akbar marry Mariam-uz-Zamani (Jodhaa)?
1562
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Who is Mariam-uz-Zamani?
Eldest daughter of 'Raja Bharmal' of Jaipur.
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In 1570, Akbar married the princesses from
Bikaner and Jaisalmer
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In 1584, Prince Salim was married to the daughter of?
Raja Bhagwant Das
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Who was Raja Bhagwant Das?
Eldest son of Raja Bharmal. Brother of Jodhaa
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Akbar won Gujarat in the year?
1572
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In order to commemorate his victory over Gujarat Akbar built what?
Buland Darwaza.
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Where is Buland Darwaza?
Fatehpur Sikri, UP.
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Which is the highest gateway in the world?
Buland Darwaza
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For suppressing the revolt of Gujarat, Abdul Rahim was given the title of?
Khan-i-Khana
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Who was Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana?
Son of Bairam Khan. One of Akbar's Navratnas.
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Who translated Babur's memoirs, Baburnama from Chagatai language to Persian language?
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana
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Name the two books on astrology written by Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana?
Khetakautukam and Dwatrimshadyogavali
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Akbar's Mughal forces fought Battle of Haldighati on
18 Jun 1576
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Who represented Mughal's forces in the Battle of Haldighati?
Raja Maan Singh
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Battle of Haldighati was fought by Mughals against?
Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap.
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Raja Maan Singh conquered which states for Akbar?
Bihar, Bengal and Orissa.
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Akbar conquered Kashmir in the year?
1586
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Akbar conquered Sindh in the year?
1593
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Akbar's last conquest was at?
Fort of Asirgarh in Deccan.
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Akbar died of ?
Dysentery
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Akbar was buried at?
Sikandra, Agra.
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Akbar died in the year?
1605
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Who was the first Englishman to visit Akbar's court?
Ralph Fitch
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When did Ralph Fitch visit Akbar's court?
1585
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Akbar abolished Jaziyah in the year?
1564
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What is Jaziyah?
Jaziyah or Jizya is the tax levied upon by Muslim rulers on non-muslims
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Akbar regularly visited this shrine?
Sheikh Muinuddin Chisti
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Where is the Sheikh Muinuddin Chisti shrine?
Ajmer
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Akbar believed in Peace with all. What was it's Arabic term?
Sulh-i-Kul
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Akbar built the house of Prayers at which place and what was it called?
He built Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri
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Ibadat Khana was built in the year?
1575
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Akbar issued the 'Decree of Infallibility' in the year?
1579
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Akbar created a new faith called?
Din-i-ilahi
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Din-i-ilahi is also called as
Tawhid-i-ilahi
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Akbar formulated Din-i-ilahi in the year?
1581
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Who joined Din-i-ilahi?
Birbal, Abu Fazl and Faizi
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Akbar's land revenue system is called as
Todar Mal Bandobast
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Todar Mal Bandobast system is also called as
Zabti System
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Three salient features of Zabti system?
i) measurement of land, ii) classification of land, iii) fixation of rates.
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Who are the important revenue officers under Akbar?
Todar Mal and Muzaffar Khan Turbati
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In order to organise the Nobility as well as the Army, Akbar introduced which system?
Mansabdary System
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Mansabdar means
holder of a rank.
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What are the two ranks in Mansabdary System?
Zat and Sawar.
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What does Zat indicate?
the status and standing in Administrative hierarchy
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What does Sawar indicate?
the number of Troopers held by Mansabdar.
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Real name of Raja Birbal, one of the nine gems (Navratnas) of Akbar?
Mahesh Das
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Birbal is also a Poet his collections were under the pen name?
Brahma
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Where were Birbal's collection of Poems preserved?
Bharatpur Museum, Rajasthan
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Miyan Tansen was born in
Gwalior
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Tansen served as court musician under these 2 rulers
King Ramachandra of Mewar and later to Akbar
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Tansen, born Hindu later accepted Islam at the hands of?
Sufi Great Shaykh Muhammad Ghaus.
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Tansen allegedly brought Rain and Fire through singing these ragas
Megh Malhar and Deepak respectively
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Birth name of Tansen
Ramtanu
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Tansen was remembered for his epic compositions what were they called?
Dhrupad compositions
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Tansen's 2 classic books on music
Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara
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Who created the raga Darbari Kanada?
Tansen
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Tansen's son Bilas Khan composed the raga
Bilaskhani Todi
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Who's the author of Akbarnama?
Abul Fazl
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Who's the chronicler of Akbar's rule?
Abul Fazl
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Abul Fazl is the author of these 2 books?
Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari
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Who killed Abul Fazl?
Akbar's son Salim (Jahangir)
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Who is the brother of Abul Fazl?
Faizi
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Akbar appointed this navratna as a teacher for his son
Faizi
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Who translated Bhaskaracharya's famous mathematical work 'Lilavati' into Persian?
Faizi
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Raja Maan Singh is the son of
Raja Bhagwant Das, brother of Jodha
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Raja Maan Singh is the Raja of
Amber
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Akbar bestowed this title on Raja Todar Mal
Diwan-I-Ashraf
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This Navratna of Akbar introduced Standard weights and measures
Raja Todar Mal
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Who are the 2 other less significant Navratna's of Akbar who served as Advisors
Faqir Aziao Din and Mullah Do Piaza

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