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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 31

SSC CGL - 10th June 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q31

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____ died in 1605, nearly 50 years after his ascension to the throne. He was buried outside of Agra at Sikandra.

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Correct answer: C

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The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Akbar.

_____ died in 1605, nearly 50 years after his ascension to the throne. 

Akbar 

Who is he? 
  • He was the third emperor of the Mughal Empire, after Babur and Humayun. 
  • He was the son of Nasiruddin Humayun and succeeded him as the emperor in the year 1556, at the tender age of just 13.
  • Akbar died on October 27, 1605 in Agra. he is buried in a mausoleum tradition of white marble in Sikandra, northwest of Agra.