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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 40

SSC CHSL - 14th October 2020 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q40

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Who among the following wrote ‘Akbar Nama’?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Abul Faz.

  • The Akbarnama, which translates to Book of Akbar, the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor (r. 1556–1605), commissioned by Akbar himself by his court historian and biographer, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, called one of the "nine jewels in Akbar's court" by Mughal writers.
  • The work was commissioned by Akbar, and written by Abul Fazl, one of the Nine Jewels (Hindi: Navaratnas) of Akbar's royal court.