SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 74

SSC CPO Tier I - 12th December 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q74

Fatwa-i-Alamgiri, a digest of Muslim laws, was written during the period of which of the following kings?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Aurangzeb.

Fatwa-i-Alamgiri Aurangzeb appointed a board of ulemas to compile a digest on the law which came to be known as Fatwa-i- Alamgiri.
  It is a sharia-based compilation on statecraft, general ethics, military strategy, economic policy, justice and punishment, that served as the law and principle regulating body of the Mughal empire under Aurangzeb.